Agreed
I had my gear running from here with Xively for a month and then it refused. I'm inclined to think it was them, not me. I am now finally about to establish one of the remote stations up the coast, where it needs to run unattended for about a year. I don't trust Xively so I thought I would give other guys a look, and they were the first.
I'm too old for Python but I will be interested to see if you eventually get some joy out of this. I will probably stick with Xively and take my chances........