Archive for November, 2007
· November 29, 2007 at 5:59 am · Web Hosting
Tags: contest, design, hosting, hosts, Lunarpages, themes, WordPress
Lunarpages has just launched one heck of a cool contest that anybody can appreciate.
Lunarpages is having a WordPress Theme Contest!! All you need to do is design a unique WordPress Theme and upload it to our site for the chance to win! Just about anybody (with a few exceptions) can participate in the contest and the prizes are amazing!
What are the prizes?
First Prize is $1,000 cash and 5 years free hosting on our Basic Plan
Second Prize is 3 years free hosting + $300 cash
Third Prize is 1 year free hosting + $100 cash
Along with their logo design contest - things are really starting to get creative and fun over at Lunarpages. Oh yeah, might be worth mentioning they are one heck of a good web host too!
· November 26, 2007 at 5:00 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Tags: article, hosting, jobs, magazine, work, writing
Ping! Zine’s newest edition is out in PDF (paperback should be coming to your mailbox in a few weeks) and you might be surprised to see who made it back into the magazine. This is my first time in a while to write up something for the magazine (mainly due to time issues) but starting next year one of my resolutions is to do my best to make more time for it.
One thing that never has gotten old yet is seeing my name in it. I really hope that doesn’t sound egotistical but I remember just being a fan of the publication and loving it - so actually being a part of the fun, it still gets me excited and hyped up. Read the rest of this entry »
· November 23, 2007 at 7:52 am · Personal
Tags: elite, HP, new, pavilion, PC, shopping, stats
I broke down and bought a new computer. After having my last PC for a good four or five years, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to lay down some cash on a new one.
Since I do all my work remote, it is something that I need to have to make an income - so why not spend a little extra? That was my internal argument before hitting the buy button for this beauty.
I ended up going with the HP Pavilion Elite and I am pretty darn happy. Of course, I had better be because the final price was a little over $2,000. Read the rest of this entry »
· November 21, 2007 at 6:35 am · Desktop, Software Help
Tags: opinions, quick, review, Vista, Windows, xp
For those of you watching my recent twittering, you probably noticed that I ordered myself a new PC. The one thing that made me really reluctant about moving from my old 3 or 4 year old previous Windows XP machine was Windows Vista. I have heard so many horror stories on the Web how could somebody not be scared?
After spending some time with it last night though I have to say it is not that bad. Sure, there is room for improvement - but think about any previous Windows version. It is never “right” when you pull it out of the box. It takes a lot of tweaking, love, tossing midgets at it and affection before you get it the way you want it to be. Read the rest of this entry »
· November 20, 2007 at 6:17 am · Web Hosting
Tags: deals, free, giveaway, holiday, hosting, hosts, web
Every year about this time, web hosts roll out the red carpet to try to get the attention of those avid shoppers with cash burning a hole in their pockets. Courtesy of HostingHoopla.com I have some of the best hosting deals for you that have caught my eye thus far.
Host Color Offers Thanksgiving Deal
Web hosting provider Hostcolor.com announced on Friday it is offering through December 1 a special Thanksgiving promotion that offers a 20 percent discount on shared hosting plans.
Hostway Gives Away Business Makeover
Customers who purchase specific Hostway and ValueWeb products before December 14 will automatically be entered in the draw for $5000 (USD) worth of Hostway services.
Designers - Win a Xbox 360 or $400!
Lunarpages is holding a contest for our new t-shirt design, and you are all invited to submit your designs via our community forums.
AIT Offers Free iPod Nanos
Web hosting provider and domain registrar Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. is offering free iPod nanos as part of its “Holiday Tunes Promotion”, the company announced recently.
· November 19, 2007 at 6:38 am · Online Tools, Personal
Tags: facebook, flickr, linkedin, MySpace, social, tools, twitter
Here are the social tools I use thus far in the order that I use them (from least to most). I do my best to try everything, but these are some that I have actually signed up for and used.
Flickr - I really need to get back into photography, guess I can’t blame this one on Yahoo or Flickr. It is my fault I can’t find time to pick up the ol’ camera.
MyBlogLog - This used to be really active and exciting - well, until everybody wanted to be friends with everybody and I started getting messages from threatening strippers.
Pownce - * See MyBlogLog (really don’t even visit this much anymore)
LinkedIn - I am amazed I use Linkedin as much as I do. At first, it was just a kind of MySpace for “grown ups” but now it is a useful tool to get in contact with some of the movers and shakers in the hosting industry.
Twitter - I like to skim through Twitter a few times a day, and I do have to say even though I wasn’t a believer at first I really like this tool for a lot of reasons. I sipped the Kool-aid, and I like the taste.
Facebook - This is another one of those tools that I probably should spend more time playing with but I don’t. Login once a day, skim through the news feed - put I promise I’ll change, well perhaps.
MySpace - I hate MySpace to death, but since I know more people on it than anywhere else I am stuck with it. Kind of like the old girlfriend you know has done you wrong but you keep coming back because the other girls just don’t look at you the same way. Oh yeah, and the strippers on MySpace are friendlier.
Am I missing out on one? I like to get everything a shot - but with a dozen coming out daily it is hard to try them all. Maybe I should just start up a Ning! network for one of my projects and be done with it?
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