In "Curious George: Hosting comparison"

Depends on the service and features you want, but I've had good experiences with Textdrive and for a smaller sort of operatiion (i.e. not quite virtual hosting) Cornerhost.

In "Curious George: Back-ups."

If you're comfortable at the command prompt look at rsync for performing your backups to disc. If memory serves it comes as standard with OS X. If you prefer a more 'pointy-clicky' experience take a look at SuperDuper.

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