I really only do anything, to date, with pencoyd.com, but I own three others, and I’ve let a previous one or two go. Back in the boom days (1999), I was actively working on iventing.com… a one-time business idea much akin to what planetfeedback.com was doing, before they were bought by Intelliseek. I ask the question because I’m curious about how long before we all have our own home server and the idea of hiring/finding hosting goes away for all but the largest commercial websites. I do know, from direct experience, that no one really wants to run their own webserver, but as the software and hardware and bandwidth all improve to the home, how long can it be before we all have a server at the home? 10 years? Maybe IPv6 needs to be a full-fledged reality, but all these pieces will converge… although by the time they do, no one will bother to think about the server, any more than they think about the cable box (one candidate for the home server, of course!).
Returning to the present, I need to figure out the right mix of low-hassle, low-price hosting services. I’ve got low price going for the almost dormant domains, and I’ve got low-hassle going for pencoyd.com. I haven’t found the combo yet, although I haven’t stretched myself to look yet. Hard enough to find time to keep pencoyd.com mildly vibrant.