another vote for slicehost. it's run by developers in response to their own frustrations with other hosting companies. full root access to the VM, flexible pr

another vote for slicehost. it's run by developers in response to their own frustrations with other hosting companies. full root access to the VM, flexible pricing/options, super-reliable. we've been using them for about 3 months for staging and some back-end admin tasks, and so far it's been brilliant.