Edward Andrew Robinson

It has been ages since I last posted, and for that I am sorry, but I have kept up with my twitter and identica accounts. Things have been moving really fast for me of late and as a result my blogging has slipped. So whats new in the world of earobinson?

1. I am now working for CAE, more precisely CAE PS out of Toronto, and I am loving every moment of it. They have a very open culture and encourage the use of open source tools when appropriate. I have been able to use Ubuntu to host some of the websites I have developed in Django. This has kept me very happy. I can honestly say that I think that my Ubuntu, and Open Source knowledge set me apart.
2. I have been getting more and more into photography with my new Canon EOS Rebel T1i, you can follow me on flickr.
3. I have been ramping up my fitness (and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills) at Toronto BJJ.

This brings me to my goals for the future, I am falling in love with Django and as a result I want to play with it more and more, now my current hosting provider 1and1 has served me very well up to now. But now that I want to start playing with Django more I need to get a hosting provider that can support Django (because I want to show off my work of course). I would hope that any new hosting provider I use could support both Django, and ruby on rails (as I may want to play with it in the future). So dear lazy web what do you recommend? And I know I could use Google app engein but I like the idea of pure Django, not some hack, I have also looked at djangohosting.org but would love some recommendations from actual users of hosting plans.

Any advise lazyweb?

I have been blogging for quite some time. During that time I have used blogspot.com, wordpress.com and now my own wordpress install. The main thing that has made me move from platform to platform is gaining more and more control over my blogging experience. With that said as of late I have been having some really problematic wordpress bugs.

1. Wordpress republishes my rss feeds when I edit my posts
   I expected this was being caused by the Simple Feed Copyright plugin so I have disabled it. I had a reason for installing it but I would much rather be able to edit my posts and I’m not so sure how bother I am by other sites ripping my content (I would still rather they did not however). Despite my best googling efforts I have still not solved this problem. Any ideas? Update: Yup this seems to have solved it!
2. Wordpress is no longer emailing me when someone comments on my blog
   Google did get me more information on this problem. But I have still not been able to solve it. Whenever someone comments on my blog I would like to be notified by email. Any ideas?

About my Setup

• Hosting Plan: 1and1 home linux
• Wordpress Version: 2.5.1
• Plugins:
  • Enabled:
    • AdSense Manager 3.2.13
    • Akismet 2.1.4
    • Google Analyticator 2.12
    • Google XML Sitemaps 3.0.3.3
    • SyntaxHighlighter 1.1
    • TagMahal – Automatic tag suggester 1.0.3
    • WordPress.com Stats 1.2.1
    • wp-cache 2.1.2
  • Disabled:
    • Hello Dolly 1.5
    • Simple Feed Copyright 1.0
    • Theme Switcher Reloaded 1.0
• Theme: SpotLight-Fluid 1.2 By Sadish

If I left out anything let me know. Hope you guys can help me.