[http://www.cascadehosting.com CascadeHosting.com] is a small site hosting business started by myself and Rick Koller in Alaska (where we were [http://www.alaskahosting.com alaskahosting.com]) after the ISP we worked for managed to screw up web hosting services so badly we were convinced we could do it better ourselves. Rick and I both have dayjobs and haven't automated things to the point they need to be but manage to cover colocation costs for a couple servers and respond to customer requests in a timely manner.
We offer domain registration ($15/year) and website hosting ($99/year, includes free domain name registration) and can help you hook up with cheap colocation ($100/mo) in the Portland area. We use Debian linux (and one Cobalt RAQ that we are hopefully getting rid of soon). If you signup and put adam's name in the refer field, he'll get a kickback to spend on domain registrations for wireless community purposes. (He's too cool to need hosting services or I'd give him that for free too)
Or, if you're a customer, have three people put your name in the refer field and WHAMMO! Free hosting for a year.
If you need a home server to mess with php, mysql, mod_perl, apache modules, zope, python or anything else that doesn't charge licensing fees and will run on Linux I wholeheartedly recommended our services 
-- GeneMerrill
gene_at_personaltelco_dot_net gene_at_cascadehosting_dot_com