tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54553231607813384532024-03-13T22:24:58.908-07:00hostingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-64691139105670943142009-04-17T11:27:00.000-07:002009-04-17T11:37:49.241-07:00it is time for the signature event here at Foma सेंटWith March Madness upon us, it is time for the signature event here at Foma Central, our fourth annual comics competition. For this year, we go back to some well-trod territory, the sexiest/hottest comics character. And yes, it has been done before. In 2007 we did Hottest CILF Soap Division which ended in a dead heat between Abbey Spenser and June Morgan as well as Hottest CILF Comics Division where Toni Daytona ran away from the pack.Other websites have even gotten into the act. Michael Cavna at the Washington Post's Comic Riffs is also taking nominees for his 2009 sexiest comics character contest (mostly to deafening silence). So to keep it fresh, we are upping the ante and sexy is not enough for this year's National Kinkiest Komics Karacter Kompetition aka NKKKK. We are searching for the ones with the most shocking secret life.The selection committee has already made a list of automatic bids, but I'm looking for some at-large entries. Feel free to nominate your favorites in any of this year's categories which are:Hottest Mom: Let's put the M into CILF. Which comic mother is baking cookies in the kitchen but swinging from the chandelier in the bedroom? This category promises to be the most crowded. Let the arguing begin.Hunkiest Soap Guy: In the past we've neglected the men in our competitions out of some subliminal homophobia, but no more. And in this category ambiguous sexuality is not a detriment, it's a plus.Best Bear: And we aren't talking Pluggers here. Which hirsute hunk raises the blood pressure of the chubby chasers?Kinkiest Couple: Another crowded category. Of all the couples in the comics, who flies the freak flag the highest once the bedroom door is closed?Barely Legal: For this grouping, the girl must be out of high school (we just are NOT going there) but arguably under thirty. Yeah, I got a rather elastic definition of 'barely.'Most Dutiful Dominatrix: Who brings the discipline and knows their way around a dungeon?The rules are just as they have always been: The character must be from a newspaper comic strip currently in syndication. No webcomics which are easily an order of magnitude kinkier than anything that must pass muster with the bluehairs that edit the comics pages.The "current" requirement is also known as The Brandy Rule since it prevents the fanboys with all their stuck-together copies of Liberty Meadows from stuffing the ballot box, to coin a euphemism. I'm also instituting a No Foobs rider on the rule. The Pattersons are dead to me. We must never speak of them again.Now get nominating.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-6621116059405641102008-06-01T14:36:00.001-07:002008-06-01T14:36:21.095-07:00Green Web Hosting Quest - turning a rant into an opportunity<p>My site was down for about 12 hours on Friday. 12. Hours. Aurgh! 12! When I called tech support I was told that they have backup servers that can be used if customers like me have an emergency need. "Techguy" said they'd get my files "moved to the backup within 24 hours."</p> <ol> <li>"If," huh? Ha.</li> <li>For "customers like me?" Does that mean they only have backups for the really really upset customers who catch on to an outage, call, and are ready to leave?</li> <li>If backups are available, why does it take 24 hours to get my sites up and running?</li> </ol> <p>After a few hours, I called back to ask just how far into that 24 hours I would be likely to see my sites again. Errm... well, <em>I told myself</em> I was calling back for a forecast, but, really, I wanted to bite someone connected to the outage. No... that's not quite it, either. </p> <p>I was hoping they would to tell me about some understandable extenuating circumstance, and offer to put themselves on the line for me. They have a 99.99% uptime guarantee. I wanted them to put their money where their reputation is. This is not an uncommon customer hope. </p> <p>Customers want to be loyal, but first a business has to confirm that we're smart to trust them - <em>show us</em>, often and generously.</p> <h2>Tech Support: get your story straight</h2> <p>This time I got "Techgal," who said there could be no guarantee of when my sites would come back online, because though their work to solve problems is ongoing, with an "intermittent server problem" they had no way of telling how long repairs would take.</p> <p>Intermittent my eye. At that point my site had been down, completely down, for several hours. What's more, she confirmed that they are operating without a net. Her "no way of telling how long repairs would take" strongly suggests that their contingency plans are about as solid as Swiss cheese. There was no confirmation of even a 24 hour backup. </p> <p>I like budget hosting, but not at this price.</p> <p>What can you do, besides bite the tech support person on the way out the door, and wish more of the world sat at the feet of Seth Godin and Steve Krug?</p> <p>You just watch me. I can shop.</p> <h2>Next time, green hosting</h2> <p>Solar powered web hosting is a viable alternative. Its existence hadn't even occurred to me until last month, when I was researching the idea of doing something special at Cre8asiteForums for last month's Earth Day. Now that I know green hosting is available and trusted by people I trust, I want some, too!</p> <p>A quick search brought up about a dozen alternatives, some of which look pretty good. They offer the whole range of standard web hosting services, often at prices that are in line with what you'd expect anywhere.</p> <h2>Question #1: Do you have an uptime guarantee?</h2> <p>I have a checklist and a plan, and a strong desire to be involved in consumer confidence fulfillment. I'm going to be calling US web site hosts that use renewable energy. I will compile the results into a blog post to share here. </p> <p>I want facts and feedback before I make a move on something as important to me as web site hosting. If you are a green web host or have experiences to share about a green host, please contact me.</p> <hr /><small>Copyright © 2007 AbleReach - This feed contains copyrighted content that may not be used without specific permission from the original author. (digitalfingerprint: 20cb767fdd299e39a414cfa8846be35e (66.150.96.109) )</small> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-85280509422342811322008-06-01T12:41:00.000-07:002008-06-01T12:42:04.302-07:00进一步使用鲜果<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p>首先来认领一下似水年华在鲜果的Feed:BANG29BCC36CF05009A67AEBCC3CXIANGUO</p> <p>其次,为本站添加鲜果Dig推荐按钮。鲜果推荐按钮、鲜果猜你喜欢具体功能和使用见鲜果官方博客。</p> <ol> <li>国内其他Dig站的生存余地更小了;</li> <li>Feed已经是博客的命脉;</li> <li>Feed的聚合成就了博客和读者的社区;</li> <li>在Feed输出、供应、消化这条链上的Web2.0公司都显得朝气蓬勃;</li> </ol> <p>最后,请大家帮顶我的文章 </p> <p></p> <hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /> <p>© yiyix for 似水年华, 2008. | Permalink | 10 comments | 网络观察</p> <p>添加到 美味书签 | 通过 Technorati 查看谁链接了我</p> <p>博客也能赚钱?查看我的博客赚钱方式</p><!-- <p></p>--><h3>相关文章</h3><ul class="related_post"><li>订阅feed共享</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-48036967341318528712008-06-01T08:36:00.001-07:002008-06-01T08:36:15.783-07:00天天网摘 [2007-06-06]:yiyix @ 365key<ul><li>也读名人博客<br/>近日来已经订阅了不少博客、资讯到google,现在每天必做之事也是到igoogle主页查看各个博客最新的文章。今日读到"央视直播"挖宝" 于丹易中天王立群合说考古",说央视科教频道将在6月9日推出《中国记忆———文化遗产博览月》之"6·09大型直播节目",《百家讲坛》的"名嘴"易中天(blog)、于丹、王立群(blog)将首度合作,一同评说神秘的"挖宝"进程。直播节目之所以选择易中天、于丹、王立群一起"合说",是看中他们在文化领域的权威性和知名度,"他们的作用是坐在演播室,解读三地的直播内容,会很自然地围绕文物引发出话题。我们很清楚他们不是考古专家,所以特邀了北大教授李伯谦坐镇把关。"</li> <li>平淡生活,似水年华!<br/>游戏网络,必看博客</li> </ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-31889868551264517142008-06-01T07:55:00.001-07:002008-06-01T07:55:39.393-07:00IBM ThinkPad行货、水货、学生机<p>1、行货、水货、学生机,该选哪种?<br /> 如果是公费,当然选行货。<br /> 如果能买到放心的学生机,学生机的性价比一定比其它两者高。<br /> 如果买不到学生机,又在意价格,找家大点的水货商吧。</p> <p>2、行货、水货、学生机,品质上有什么差别?<br /> 原则上讲,品质是没有差别的。水货只是逃了关税,学生机只是针对香港的学生市场,其质量控制与行货一样。但是,如果遇到不良商人,将有问题的机器充作新机,或明知有坏点的机器仍然当作正常机器卖,那就没办法了。所以要想省钱,就不能怕费事,要找有信誉的地方买。</p> <p>3、行货、水货、学生机,保修上有什么差别?<br /> 行货三年硬件保修,包括国际和国内蓝色快车。<br /> 水货不确定,渠道不同保修也各种各样。有的与行货相同,有的由代理商自行承担。<br /> 学生机每年政策不一样。今年(2006)年的学生机有国际保修,注册iws以后有国内蓝快保<br /> 修。</p> <p>4、如果没有国内兰快保修,会有什么问题?<br /> Thinkpad的质量是很不错的,保修期内出现硬件问题的可能性很小。如果在国外使用,不需要注册iws,当然也不需要兰快的服务。如果真的在国内需要维修,最好还是找兰快。有的代理商愿意承担保修,不过不放心这种服务的品质,毕竟不是原厂的东西,万一小问题变成大问题就麻烦了。</p> <p>5、水货是否都曾经开箱?<br /> 一般来说,水货是一定开过原包装箱的,因为在购机现场可以开箱验机,如果发现三个or三个以上坏点可以换新机。没有人会放弃这个验机权利的。</p> <p>另外:</p> <p>1、选择行货还是水货,取决于多方面因素<br /> 1)预算<br /> 2)所感兴趣的系列、机型,比如目前的R60、Z61t、X60(中低配)就行货划算<br /> 3)对保修的重视程度<br /> 4)自己附近是否有比较可靠的水货商家(可靠的水货商家就是该商家有能力、有意愿/责任<br /> 心帮你做好质量把关工作和保修工作)<br /> 5)机器使用状况,比如水货就不推荐异地购买,保修不方便,当然行货一般也不推荐异地购<br /> 买,因为三包不好操作,同时验机不好操作</p> <p>2、行货、水货根本区别是目标销售地和实际销售地是否一致,一致的就是行货。因为区别只有这个,所以出厂之前水货、行货质量上是没区别的。但是出厂后,因为流通过程的差别,质量保证也就不同。当然行货、水货质量都可能有问题,比如水货、行货都可能是样机、翻修机、拼装机,行货还有刷号机,但是因为水货是开箱过来的,再加上水货交易不受国内<br /> 任何法律保护,所以水货的猫腻更多,所以选择水货的时候我常说价格不重要,最重要的是对商家的选择,还有运气。学生机是政策的产物,但是和其它零售机器差别也就是配置、细节上的差别以及可能的保修方面的差别,质量和零售机型不会有差别</p> <p>3、关于保修<br /> 1)行货保修看型号,零售机型标配保修有两种,简单来说就是一年全球联保和三年全球联保,这个也是政策性质的,不好总结,建议购买某款行货时到官方网站了解该机型保修。对于个人用户,标配一年全球联保的ThinkPad可以享受大陆的三包,也就是主要部件是两年保修,具体看看新三包的详细规定<br /> 2)水货保修商家负责,所以最终解释权属于你购买水货所在商家</p> <p>4、保修有保险的性质,对于保修,不要有侥幸心理,ThinkPad质量好很大程度上是观念上的,目前笔记本电脑质量同质化严重</p> <p></p> <hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /> <p>© yiyix for 似水年华, 2008. | Permalink | 4 comments | 生活点滴</p> <p>添加到 美味书签 | 通过 Technorati 查看谁链接了我</p> <p>博客也能赚钱?查看我的博客赚钱方式</p><!-- <p></p>--><h3>相关文章</h3><ul class="related_post"><li>淘宝购物记(1):入手 Second Hand T43</li><li>华硕笔记本再登珠峰</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-81499448248110916382008-06-01T07:43:00.001-07:002008-06-01T07:43:40.133-07:00篮球记:通宵看火箭VS湖人<p>看到标题,请别误会,我并没有通宵看球赛。因为这个,被朋友冠以"伪球迷"的称号。其实,我又算得上是球迷吗?并不是像他们一样,火箭的球赛,场场不落。要做"火箭迷",还不如做"湖人迷",因为比较欣赏科比。两个我最关注的NBA球队间的对阵,我仍不看球,直接证明了我是"伪球迷"。</p> <p>昨天晚上,确切说是今早3点半,火箭客场客场挑战湖人,最终以12分优势取胜。这有点出乎我的意料。今天第一眼看到球赛的情况,是在王通老师的博客上。王通老师很少看NBA,却能坚持熬夜看球,让我这种球迷很惭愧呀。</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p>通宵看球或做事,是非常费体力的,还会打乱正常的作息次序,第二天肯定要补觉,可能还无精打采。所以通宵这种事,我很少做。大学时有过几次,多数情况下是在学期末考试结束后干的。</p> <p>记得那时候没电脑,考试完后几个人一起去网吧,玩通宵。居然没机子,像我们这样的还真不少。于是打车到市中心,找个网吧上网。那时候真能玩,也不觉得累,活力十足的。现在玩的心没了,一个学期出不了几次校门,搞研究?那就是对着电脑发呆。</p> <p>最长记录是48小时未合眼睡觉,那是做机器人的时候。我校做机器人有点名气,央视少儿频道要来做节目,可苦了我们,赶工制作了好几个机器人。最后机器人都上电视了,我们没上。打游戏打通宵也有过,还不止一次,现在感觉真无聊。</p> <p>能通宵玩耍的人,是精力比较充沛的,工作起来也应该会有这份冲劲的。比如说上面说到的王通老师。</p> <p></p> <hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /> <p>© yiyix for 似水年华, 2008. | Permalink | 7 comments | 生活点滴</p> <p>添加到 美味书签 | 通过 Technorati 查看谁链接了我</p> <p>博客也能赚钱?查看我的博客赚钱方式</p><!-- <p></p>--><h3>相关文章</h3><ul class="related_post"><li>篮球记:火箭21连胜</li><li>NBA总决赛马刺4:0横扫骑士</li><li>骑士又输给马刺了</li><li>马刺挺向总冠军</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-60468734655499936042008-06-01T07:16:00.001-07:002008-06-01T07:16:33.064-07:00Get Small Business Loans from AFSLoans<p>My blog often talks about making money online. As we know, it’s cheap to start web startups. But a good project often needs much money to start up. I have heard many people complaining about being lack of money and hoping to get funds from venture capitalists. They really have ignored another method of attracting funds: small business loans.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p>Accommodative Financial Solutions (AFS) is that company providing small business loans and personal loans for you. Come to afsloansonline.com, you can see the head menu: Welcom, Business Loans and Personal Loans. You would like to choose an unsecured loan in the amount of $10K- $150K, and get approved within 24-48 hours.</p> <p>With your great credit and AFS expert consulting services you'll get results belows:</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">No Upfront fee's</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">100% Approval Guarantee *</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">Unsecured - No Collateral</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">Stated Income – No Documents Required</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">Quick 5 Minute Application</p> <p class="bodyboxtextbold" align="left">Private, Confidential & Secure</p> <p>Unlike its competitors, AFSLoans has “No ApplicationFee”, “No Hidden Charges” and some of the lowest interest rates for unsecured loans in America. So if you want to obtain small business loans for your business or personal consumption or some other stuff, AFSLoans may be your best consideration.</p> <p></p> <hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /> <p>© yiyix for 似水年华, 2008. | Permalink | 3 comments | 博客评论</p> <p>添加到 美味书签 | 通过 Technorati 查看谁链接了我</p> <p>博客也能赚钱?查看我的博客赚钱方式</p><!-- <p></p>--><h3>相关文章</h3><ul class="related_post"><li>Get a Faxless Payday Loan from Easy Online Payday Loan</li><li>Insurance online from ez-insuranceportal</li><li>Backgammon Masters Redesigned Game Lobby</li><li>赶集网的话题营销</li><li>A Dating Website-Friendsation</li><li>通过SponsoredReviews.com写英文付费评论</li><li>单身戒,又一首"单身情歌"</li><li>初识9公寓</li><li>电话实名有前途吗?</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-86681437099475199322008-06-01T04:13:00.000-07:002008-06-01T04:43:49.501-07:00Brunch: Family Time<p><em> Each weekend a new "Brunch" post will feature thoughts about balancing family and self care with working in an always-on Internet environment. This "Brunch" post is by Donna D. Fontenot.</em></p> <hr style="width: 50%; margin: 15px auto 35px;" /> <p>Working from home, as a solo web entrepreneur, often means working much longer hours than the typical 9-5 job. The work is usually more more enjoyable, so the longer hours don't really bother us, but the problem is that they do bother our families. </p> <p style="margin: 15px auto;"></p> <p style="clear: both;">In fact, family relationships can suffer tremendously unless compromises are made all round. I learned years ago (through threat of great bodily and emotional harm) that I needed to set aside "family time", and that I needed to adhere to that commitment religiously. I do adhere to it faithfully, and everyone is happier because of it. Key lesson learned: Set aside a block of time (evenings usually work best) to spend totally with the family if you want to have a harmonious balance between the home/office and the home/hearth.</p> <hr style="width: 50%; margin: 40px auto 15px;" /> <p><em>Thank you, Donna!</em></p> <p><em>Dazzlin Donna D. Fontenot balances family time with:</em> </p> <ul> <li><em>SEO Scoop</em></li> <li><em>Dazzlin Donna</em></li> <li><em>eBuzz Coach</em></li> <li><em>Developing products like press kit templates</em></li> <li><em>and being there for her friends</em></li> </ul> <hr /><small>Copyright © 2007 AbleReach - This feed contains copyrighted content that may not be used without specific permission from the original author. (digitalfingerprint: 20cb767fdd299e39a414cfa8846be35e (66.150.96.109) )</small> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-5029295442799829512008-06-01T04:12:00.000-07:002008-06-01T04:42:57.229-07:00华硕笔记本再登珠峰<p>2007年5月24日早晨7点,华硕笔记本随珠峰业余登山队登顶珠峰,成为世界上第一台登顶珠峰的笔记本电脑。<br /> 2008年4月,奥运圣火将第一次登上珠峰,华硕将继续为中国登山队提供全程IT技术支持。</p> <p>"在珠峰上用笔记本,这本本的质量可够好的呀!"——这是我(或许还有不少人)的第一反应。珠峰太高了,封顶的最低气温常年在零下三四十摄氏度。山上一些地方常年积雪不化,冰川、冰坡、冰塔林到处可见。在这样的低温条件,本本能受得了吗?</p> <p>首先是本本的液晶屏幕。很多材料在低温环境下都会变得很脆,容易损坏。液晶也不例外。温度太低,液晶冷却成为晶体,液晶屏就变成黑屏。都黑屏了,本子还能正常使用吗?</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p>再次是本子的电池。电池能供电,靠得就是里面的电化学反应。温度低了,反应就慢了,离子也跑不动了,电量就不足了。启动慢,屏幕暗,这些问题也就来了。<br /> 电池的待机时间也是个问题,在户外充电是不方便的吧。</p> <p>然后是本子的抗震性。登山时有太多不确定性因素,身体可不像平常走路时那么平稳,偶尔摔跤也是正常的。笔记本这样晃荡来晃荡去,硬盘等部件是很容易损伤的。</p> <p>最后,笔记本在低温环境使用后,放入包包里面,会不会产生水汽。如果有水汽,发生短路,烧坏笔记本也是有可能的。</p> <p>上面是从物理、化学、机械振动方面,分析了笔记本在珠峰这样恶劣的环境下会碰到的一些问题。这让我想起了SMT方面的一些知识,都快全忘了。</p> <p>华硕笔记本确实不错,能在这样恶劣的环境测试通过,肯定花费了很多工程师的不少心血。</p> <p>我的习惯性观念是:在这种环境还能正常工作的笔记本,在平常环境下的表现肯定很稳定,甚至更出色。</p> <p>以上只是我的观点,朋友们请自辩!</p> <p></p> <hr noshade style="margin:0;height:1px" /> <p>© yiyix for 似水年华, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | 博客评论</p> <p>添加到 美味书签 | 通过 Technorati 查看谁链接了我</p> <p>博客也能赚钱?查看我的博客赚钱方式</p><!-- <p></p>--><h3>相关文章</h3><ul class="related_post"><li>淘宝购物记(1):入手 Second Hand T43</li><li>IBM ThinkPad行货、水货、学生机</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-62025188125356983442008-05-08T06:18:00.001-07:002008-05-08T06:18:41.184-07:00Best of April Fools Day (thus far)<p>By Mitch “THE April Fool” Keeler</p> <p>I have to say there have been a lot of “creative” stories Online today. Here are some of the best (or maybe the worst depending on how many you have seen) April Fools 2008 stories so far.</p> <ul> <li>Betamax to HD-DVD Converter</li> <li>Gmail Custom Time?</li> <li>Google Bedroom?</li> <li>TechCrunch acquires Tiger Beat?</li> <li>Wales Resigns from Wikipedia to Become a Monk?</li> <li>Firefox Facts Goes to the Dark Side?</li> <li>Opera Scores 106 on Acid 3 Test!</li> <li>Wi-Fi Makes Teacher’s Head Explode?</li> <li>Lance Ulanoff (PC Mag) still Uses Windows 3.1?</li> <li>All YouTube Front Page Videos Go Here?</li> </ul> <p>I love April Fools Day! Seen any other good ones?</p> <p><center>© Lunarpages Web Hosting - $25 off Web Hosting! Coupon Code: blog25</center></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-53992316950573358382008-05-08T06:01:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:02:01.025-07:00WordPress Theme Design Contest - Series 2!<p>By Amy Armitage</p> <p>We had such a huge response to our WordPress Design contest, that we have decided to launch a second series with cash and hosting prizes (first prize $1000 and 5 years hosting). This post is simply a heads up that it will be returning in the next few weeks, so dust off your designer tools and get inspired so you can start work! Don’t forget there is no limit on the number of submissions you can enter.</p> <p>Last time we had some challenges with the voting process which we have addressed, but we would like you to post your suggestions and comments on anything else that you believe will make the contest better.</p> <p>Don’t forget to tell your design friends about the upcoming contest and stay tuned for news of the start date.</p> <p><center>© Lunarpages Web Hosting - $25 off Web Hosting! Coupon Code: blog25</center></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-88829936488681517612008-05-08T00:04:00.001-07:002008-05-08T00:04:43.255-07:00How to use Gmail Instead of MS Outlook<p>By Dinsan Francis</p> <p>Ever wondered if you could take your Outlook with you ? Wanted to use something better than Horde and Squirrel Mail on your Webmail interface ?</p> <p>Gmail has an alternative for you !!</p> <p>Here is a detailed description of what you need to do ( believe me, its quite simple )</p> <p>Once you set this up, you can add labels to all emails to this account, and filter them accordingly, set a default reply address, leave or delete the downloaded email from your POP server.</p> <p>Few things to Remember :</p> <p>1) For the POP domain name field, if mail.domain.com is not working, try replacing it with domain.com, leaving the .mail part.</p> <p>2) If you are using Outlook and along with this new set up, select option to “leave messages on the server on the server after download” ( You can set this up for one week or so, or if you have enough time and space, delete accordingly from your control panel, whenever you wish to do so )</p> <p>3) Remember, its always good to leave the copy on the server, or use outlook as backup since Gmail will not give you support as your webhost does. ( If something goes wrong, you are in trouble ). However Google has another option where you can get support too.</p> <p>Get ready to take your Webmail to Gmail and Enjoy !! Oh… Questions before you do this ? Sure, drop me a comment, I will be glad to find answer for you.</p> <p><center>© Lunarpages Web Hosting - $25 off Web Hosting! Coupon Code: blog25</center></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-86482553734154072202008-05-07T21:38:00.000-07:002008-05-07T21:39:17.360-07:00Best Joomla Themes?<p>By Mitch “Q & A” Keeler</p> <p>As some of you may know, Joomla is yet another one of the great free content management systems out there from the Web that you can install and use to make your web site even better. It adds management options you never thought you wanted or you never knew you needed. Over the weekend though I got a Lunartics reader asking me where could they find some templates and themes for this CMS king?</p> <p>Here are a few of my suggestions for theme databases for Joomla powered web sites:</p> <p>Joomla-Themes.co.uk</p> <p>JoomlaShack.com</p> <p>OSSkins.com</p> <p>ThemesBase.com</p> <p>Joomla-Themes.biz</p> <p>Have any more good ones? Feel free to send them my way or drop them in as a comment. Would love to get a few more opinions on where the best places are to get Joomla themes are.</p> <p><center>© Lunarpages Web Hosting - $25 off Web Hosting! Coupon Code: blog25</center></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-12528125763467036772008-05-07T17:52:00.001-07:002008-05-07T17:52:19.223-07:00The power of the pen<p><em>In a forgotten club on the outskirts of the universe, the PALM BEACH, an old cleaning lady found a box with curious content. Inside, the were hundreds of shiny metallic books, full of black and white illustrations. And on the cover – in quirky letters – it read:</em></p> <p>H-E-R-R-E-N-S-A-H-N-E</p> <p><em>The old cleaning lady had heard this word before. In conjunction with excessive art- and comic exhibitions that used to take place in Duesseldorf a long time ago. And this had to be it: The legendary lost issue. HERRENSAHNE # 11!</em></p> <p><em>Also in the box: An old flyer. The paper was cracked, the colors faded ...</em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>Storyboard artist and illustrator Marc Ewert is a member of the independent comic collective from Duesseldorf. The release party for the latest issue of their cult comic HERRENSAHNE will take place on April 26 in th PALM BEACH in Duesseldorf.</p> <p>By the way: Marc also writes a wonderful film blog with excellent movie reviews: MONDO BIZARR</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-35582018014888626412008-05-07T16:11:00.001-07:002008-05-07T16:11:42.243-07:00Toronto DDB's monkeyfuck-up<p style="text-align:justify;">I'm a little late in blogging about this, but hell better late than never. Lat year, three ads produced for Running Free by DDB Toronto cause a huge monkeyfuck explosion up here in Canada Land. Why you ask? Well a few reason ....</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">1) The ads are in bad taste, offensive and not that good anyways.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">2) The ads were released by Toronto DDB without the approval of Running Free. The client saw the ads, the client hated the ads and Toronto DDB went and released them to Ads of the World, in hopes of winning an award.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Marketing Mag did an article about this already, Dirty Little Secrets, which summarizes the situation quite well, so I won't go into it again.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">What really pisses me off by the whole thing is the unethical behaviour of Toronto DDB. How dare they take advantage of a client in this way, and damage their brand? I don't care how badly you want to produce a truly "innovative and creative" ad campaign. I don't care how much you whine about how your clients are so boring and won't let you be really creative. If this is your idea of great creative - you are an idiot. Good creative should resonate with the consumer. The end. If it doesn't that you have NOT produce anything worth shit. Who cares if everyone is talking about it? Did it sell anything? No, well then YOU did not do your job.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Here are the ads that Toronto DDB thought were so brilliant:</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p>-------</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p>---------</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p>---------</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-39271339198872426152008-05-07T11:21:00.000-07:002008-05-07T11:51:42.522-07:00What Happens When A Professor Gives Out T-Shirts<p>This term I took a compulsory course called Strategy under Adel Dimian. At the end of the course he gave everyone a t-shirt with his trademark "There Is No Cannot" slogan and a week before exams encouraged us to wear it for the final paper.</p> <p>Guess what? We did.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">As Michael Netzley says "2.0 of us"</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Ams, myself and Jimmy</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">The Strategy group less Terence who went off to study</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Myself, Jaclyn, Kenny & Cornelius</p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">KC, Jac, Kenny and Cornelius</p> <p style="text-align:left;">I realise that afternoon is probably the last time in awhile I'll see more of them (in the pictures). Most of them are graduating this term, if not by the time I come back. Doesn't make coming back to SMU very attractive at all! But ok, I shant let that spoil anything and stick to the crazy memories with these folks:</p> <ul> <li>times in New York</li> <li>Advertising headaches</li> <li>Strategy headaches</li> <li>studying overnight in the library (once)</li> <li>using the SMUBE room when it's deserted on Sundays</li> <li>and many other shenanigans</li> </ul> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-50015313754551569712008-05-07T09:49:00.000-07:002008-05-07T10:19:47.835-07:00discovery channel: "i love the world".<p>If you're a Discovery Channel geek like I am you'll get a major kick out of this ad. And, if you're not a Discovery Channel geek like I am, you'll want to be after watching this. Which is what makes it such a kick ass ad.</p> <p></p> <p>(Agency: 72andSunny. Director: James Rouse. Production: Outside)</p> <p>Singing Egyptologists... what more do you need? There are little things that take a grade A spot and turn it into an A+. In this one, it's clearly Stephen freakin' Hawking singing "boom de yadda" at 0:53. That was pure win. Plus the tagline "The Earth is Just Awesome"... the casual use of one of my favourite words - "awesome" - that was, well... awesome.</p> <p>Thanks to The Denver Egotist</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-36388296263363132972008-05-07T09:47:00.001-07:002008-05-07T09:47:44.089-07:00Sweet Spots<p>One of my 'bosses' (he'll probably shudder when he reads that) is fond of referring to someone's particular interest zone-cum-skill set as "your sweet spot." Kinky, huh? Recently, he's been luring me ever deeper into a few projects at Idea Couture Inc. with the temptation, "Morgan, this is really your sweet spot." As someone who based his start-up partly on hiring an eclectic group of creatives, he definitely knows the value of drawing projects into our space (he'd definitely shudder if I called it an 'office'), giving them a custom makeover and then harnessing the right person to lead them into development with the Charles Darwin treatment.</p> <p>In the rapidly evolving and prototyping realm of Interaction, Innovation and Incubation (and the design, research, experience, interaction, strategy etc. etc. that bind its molecules), you might say that the sweet spot is akin to - if not the inspirational core of - the 'creative type' banter currently making the rounds in the current cultural cocktail party that bloggers in this sphere are attending to refashion the future of branding, advertising, stragegy, yadda yadda yadda.</p> <p>In fact, I'd say the sweet spot (and you've got to be able to conjure something from your interests and passions, not just ramble on about them after hitting the Volcano for the night) is so important it should be part of every job hiring. Imagine Sweet Spot being the first section on your CV - not your x-amount of years in Experience Design or your grad studies in anthropology or the million dollar start-up you just sold off or that collection of Boy Scout badges gathering dust in a garbage bag somewhere in your basement. Instead, what are the passions and interests that drive you? That you'll work double on?</p> <p>Funny how, in your typical HR interview, interests and 'hobbies' are almost an after thought. Before starting at the space with the 'boss', I'd gone through a brief tour of duty searching for and courting other job offers. I have to thank him (and the other two 'bosses') for letting me into the space because I can't imagine what a dark night of the soul it might have been had I been offered and/or taken those gigs where I would have been figuring out tribal cultures for the military (yes, a Canadian spin on Human Terrain was a possibility), spying (whoops, I mean 'researching') on corporate execs for investors (very Human Terrain-ish), fighting the qualitative fight on the quantitative battelfield and such. Imagine stealing fleeting moments in my cubicle penning odes to the sweet spot that might never have been.</p> <p>To that end, a tribute to the sweet spot, a Top 5 if you will.</p> <p>#1: TWEEN CULTURE</p> <p></p> <p>In my day I was into the Bay City Rollers, the Bee Gees, Earth Wind & Fire, Rush, Captain Stubing, Herve Villachez and Cher. I tell my daughter about the dark days of TV, when Sunday afternoons were limited to Davy & Goliath's barely concealed Christian propaganda.</p> <p>Today, Tween Culture is arguably so much more robust than it was in the 1970s that it has become the most powerful driving force in pop culture. Case in point: Miley above. Who's one of the biggest selling artists today, if not the most 'popular'? Her. Why? Lots of reasons.</p> <p>First, Disney had to get its shit together after all that Princess crap it was coasting on through the 90s. They stumbled on (or strategized or hired the right person) a formula that has served them well across their spectrum of Suite Life, Corey In The House, Raven and so on: Neil Simon goes kid. That's right - the recent Disney show formula isn't a sitcom, it's a Neil Simon play on TV for kids. Don't believe me? Drop by your local high school for the year-end drama presentation and you'll see.</p> <p>Second, music. For all the pain & suffering the industry has gone through over the past few years, music is alive, well and thriving as the pop culture engine it has been since the Fab Four invaded North America. Hannah/Miley taps into that tween pop pleasure in a way that Britney Spears only imagined. The lip synching and singing to back-tracks isn't my thing (us adults are too hooked on that authenticity thing), but given my own tween guilty pleasures of Donny & Marie I can let it slide.</p> <p>And third? The Christian thing. Yup, it's like Davy & Goliath are back to haunt me. It's not big on the show (and the Hannah show is where's it really at!), but every time Miley gets in front of a TV camera she never fails to thank the good Lord for all the shit he's done for her.</p> <p>Disclaimer: it's one of my sweet spots because of my daughter's age. Can't wait for the teen years. Until then, thanks to the 'boss' for the first tweeny project.</p> <p></p> <p>#2: SEPARATIST VIOLENCE & ISLAMIC MILITANCY</p> <p>Gotta love that segue, huh? Having written my MA thesis on the campaign against India waged by Kashmiri separatists and pre-Qaeda Islamic militants I'm still very much hooked on the theme. The photo above is, I believe, from a Hizbul Mujahideen web site. That's an interest-work conversion right there, because the first time I was in Kashmir there was one working phone accessible to foreigners to call out of the state. The second time I was there it had been bombed. And the third time I didn't even waste my time trying to call home. That HM has web sites calling for actions, posting photos of militants killed in battle etc. is a testament to the speed at which the technology I took for granted in the early 1990s has become accessible. That, and the fact that my friend can now call me from his cell phone up in the Himalayas from a village that had electricity 2 hours per day back then!</p> <p>Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your take on the client), this particular sweet spot likely won't get flushed out in the work space.</p> <p></p> <p>#3: WINE</p> <p>I still can't really afford the super-good stuff, but I'm always willing to make budgetary room for something I can't totally resist. I bought this Viognier in Vancouver while I was out doing a client ethnography. I walked into the shop, asked the clerk for something I couldn't buy in Ontario, and this was one of my scores. Still haven't had it yet, but it might make a great intro to the Oregon Pinot Gris my buddy Stanley brought me back from his third or fourth trip into Nike HQ.</p> <p>Wine is, as I'm finding out, such a rich terroir for Interaction, Innovation and Incubation. This sweet spot is getting sweeter.</p> <p></p> <p>#4: DANCEHALL</p> <p>I'm still waiting for the Miley Cyrus/Ninjaman combination on the "Cherry My Baby" riddim, but until then I'll tribute this sweet spot for: being a favourite musical genre (less of a 45 buyer now, but still a fan); being a favourite performative genre (rich anthropological territory for understanding culture, language, gesture, membership, conflict etc.); and being a hotly contested cultural domain. Recent controversy revisited has once again positioned dancehall as violently homophobic. No dispute there. In addition to rampant hyper-sexualization and a mythologizing of gun culture, Jamaican music of late (and much of past too, lest we forget) has been full of calls to bun down the batty man. Like much of the Rasta business, I don't cater to this. But I will say that this latest spin on the 'clash of civilizations' theme that the media tends to fall back on when it's too lazy to truly investigate a culture is, like Pad Anthony's "Conference Table," a great place to meet and discuss/debate ideas about cultural autonomy, expression, appropriateness etc. etc.</p> <p></p> <p>#5: ADVERTISING</p> <p>Yes, I've heard the bells tolling for this industry across the blogzone, but I still can't resist the call. I agree that so much is changing because of 2.0, TV's cancer, the death of print; advertising is not only transforming right now but will continue to do so in order to deliver whatever it does to its clients (and, by the way, to pop culture - because it will always be relevant in whatever shape or form). To that end - and in typical 2.0 fashion - I'd like to suggest that while the interactive renegades, boutiques and start-ups poach all sorts of business from the lethargic monster firms, why can't we do the same with the ad agencies? Creative is as creative does, right? Find somebody else to do your buying etc. But when brands with age-old presences are ready to have some real fun (and it can still be had on TV) at a slice of the usual agency cost and are ready to make themselves culturally relevant again, hit me up. I've got some sweet (spot) ideas</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-55118638616436669842008-05-07T07:12:00.000-07:002008-05-07T07:13:15.717-07:00¿Coches ecológicos?<p>Acabo de leer en un suplemento dominical un anuncio del SEAT León TDI 105 CV, que por problemas técnicos no he podido escanear. Se trata de una obra maestra de la simplicidad: impreso en blanco y negro, línea clara al estilo francés y texto minimalista que dice "Un anuncio con menos tinta es un poco menos estúpido con el medio ambiente". Al fondo vuelan ecológicamente unos pájaros. Más abajo, en tipos más pequeños, junto con algunos detalles técnicos, se insiste: "Porque ser un poco menos estúpido siempre tiene ventajas". Ya están otra vez los publicitarios llamando subliminalmente imbécil a quien no compre sus productos. No es una novedad. Sin embargo, mi reflexión va por otro lado...</p> <p>En el web de SEAT (no esperéis un enlace) la línea ecomotive se presenta con el eslogan flower power, aludiendo a la estética e ideología hippie de los años 60. Tienen un menú a la derecha donde, bajo el pomposo epígrafe "Nuestro compromiso", enumeran los psos que están tomando para asegurar la sostenibilidad del medio ambiente, el reciclado de componentes y la reducción del consumo. Cada ventana que se abre es de un color diferente, las letras de los títulos parecen sacadas de los primeros vídeos de los Jackson Five y las referencias son perceptiblemente psicodélicas.</p> <p>¿Qué harán los de SEAT cuando se termine esta campaña publicitaria? ¿Seguirán publicando maravillosos anuncios en línea clara impresa en blanco y negro? Lo dudo. En publicidad, la novedad se asocia a la originalidad, y lo nuevo asegura la retención del mensaje (este artículo es un claro ejemplo del éxito de su estrategia, supongo). El problema es que una vez que llamas estúpido a quien no sigue tu línea de pensamiento no puedes variarla sin convertirte en idiota -o ser un hipócrita sin escrúpulos. Utilizando los argumetos de SEAT, cualquier cambio en su estrategia publicitaria supondrá un mayor deterioro del medio ambiente, y estaremos en nuestro perfecto derecho de afearles la conducta. Genial ¿?</p> <p>Digo yo, ¿cómo se puede estar usando estética psicodélica en la web y minimalista en la prensa escrita? Me diréis que en la web el monitor consume lo mismo tanto si muestra una pantalla en color como en blanco y negro. Será verdad, pero que se preparen los de SEAT como encuentre un anuncio en plan Flower Power en el Dominical de la semana próxima :-)))</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-58788360114811782422008-05-07T05:51:00.000-07:002008-05-07T06:21:45.590-07:00David LaChapelle goes Passionata<p style="text-align:left;">Onlangs een tvspot gezien die iedereens fantasie prikkelt! Een mooie nimf in prachtige lingerie schommelt op een paard van ijs. Het ijs smelt en wat blijft er over: een plas water in de vorm van een hart. Dit is niet zo maar reclame. Dit is <em>pure sexiness for</em> Passionata lovers. En wat blijkt: David LaChapelle zit erachter. Daarbovenop wordt dit reclame-sprookje begeleid door een hemels muziekje (paratiparapom!!) en werkelijk, dat blijft hangen! Heb ondertussen de site bezocht: je vindt er alles wat je zoekt en wil zien (zelfs de 'making of' pics!).</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Ter info:</p> <ul> <li>David LaChapelle: bekende video/reclame director en superregisseur van Block Party.</li> <li>Passionata: heerlijk romantisch Frans lingeriemerk</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-2717752207671135232008-05-07T05:28:00.000-07:002008-05-07T06:03:58.180-07:00O2 Memory Project</p> <p><br /> _DSC0759</p> <p>Originally uploaded by distillerymedia</p> <p>I've been in London for the past few days and stumbled upon the O2 Memory Project in London's Southbank. A beautiful industrial cylinder greets passers by and snaps 360 panoramic of the scene every few minutes. On the inside you can see the images that have been captured and through hand gestures go back in time to see what has come before. A nice effort from O2 and Jason Bruges.</p> <p>Not entirely sure what it has to do with O2, which was probably a missed communication opportunity. The host who I spoke with only admitted sheepishly that it wasn't actually just a cool art project but there was a corporate father.</p> <p>More information can be found here: www.o2memoryproject.com</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-65344382716213287702008-05-07T05:03:00.000-07:002008-05-07T05:33:40.644-07:00Kicking Bad Habits: Financial Incentives, Behaviour Change and Using Information<p>Individual responsibility for health and self-care are key themes in recent health policy development in England. The King's Fund have addressed the issue with three papers:</p> <ul> <li>Paying the Patient: Improving health using financial incentives identifies programmes based on both positive and negative incentives, finds that financial incentives are effective in encouraging people to perform clearly defined, time-limited, simple behavioural tasks, and also in encouraging participation in lifestyle programmes.However, healthier behaviour is not maintained and financial incentives are not effective when the behaviour change required is complex, for example, giving up smoking.</li> <li>Low-income Groups and Behaviour Change Interventions: A review of intervention content and effectiveness considers interventions targeted specifically at low-income groups, this paper asks which interventions are effective in getting people to quit smoking, eat healthily and exercise. It reveals that the most frequently used techniques are providing information and encouraging people to set goals, which can be particularly effective at changing behaviour in disadvantaged groups.</li> <li>Using Information to Promote Healthy Behaviours looks at the theory and selected evidence of interventions in practice, and what this can tell us about the role of information in behaviour change programmes. Information-based health campaigns are a major part of the government's health promotion strategy. A £75 million marketing programme has recently been announced to encourage healthy behaviour in children. This paper looks at the theory and selected evidence of interventions in practice, and what this can tell us about the role of information in behaviour change programmes.</li> </ul> <p>Two more papers are due in the Kicking Bad Habits series before a final report is drafted.</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-1682299324817283812008-05-07T02:48:00.000-07:002008-05-07T02:49:06.438-07:00Flogos = Flying Logos<p>Flogos is a pretty cool new promotional device using soap bubbles and helium shaped into any logo (36" max, 48" and colors beyond white in development). Examples on youtube include a cross, peace sign, and mickey mouse mark (see below). They claim these things can last in the sky for up to an hour depending on the mixture and weather. Not completely sure that the realistic application of these things has a whole lot of value, maybe on a larger scale, but its still pretty cool.</p> <p></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-14280942103819882512008-05-06T23:56:00.001-07:002008-05-06T23:56:53.406-07:00Web Hosting Partner Program from R1Soft, Gains Future Hosting<br>Novi, Michigan - (The Hosting News) - April 15, 2008 - Web hosting and Internet solutions company, Future Hosting, LLC, serving small to medium sized businesses internationally, has joined disk-based backup solutions provider, R1Soft's Hosting Partner Program.<br /> <br /> Future Hosting, the company that developed Server Doctor, also released Future Protect in January, as a custom tailored data protection service. It allows users, even if their Web site is hosted with another provider, to tap into the company's geographically dispersed servers, so data can be backed up in multiple locations around the world. Data is backed up every six hours and stored encrypted at a Future Hosting backup location in North America or Europe.<br /> <br /> Vik Patel, CEO and President of Future Hosting noted, ''We have been working with R1Soft for a number of months, and we have been thrilled with the flexibility and reliability of their data protection software. Joining the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program is the next natural step as we continue to pursue more aggressive implementation of our award-winning Future Protect data protection service. We see R1Soft as a long term partner of our company, and we look forward to utilizing their innovative software to provide an added level of protection for our customers.''<br /> <br /> By joining the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, Future Hosting will be able to implement and promote its innovative backup service more quickly. It will also have access to volume licensing discounts on R1Soft software, savings it can pass on to customers.<br /> <br /> David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies remarked, ''Future Hosting has proven its dedication to customer service and innovation, and we are happy to welcome them into our Hosting Partner Program. Our Hosting Partner Program creates an avenue for successful providers like Future Hosting to leverage new technology to benefit existing customers and create an incentive for prospective customers.''<br /> <br /> Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc. <br /> <br /> Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is privately held Internet Solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has developed competitive pricing models, and offers a 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Livonia, Michigan. <br /> <br /> For more information about R1Soft, please visit: www.r1soft.com. <br /> <br /> To learn more about Future Hosting, please visit: www.futurehosting.biz.<br /> <br /> For more information about Future Protect, please visit http://futurehosting.biz/futureprotect.htm. <br /> <br /> To learn more about Future Hosting, please visit: www.futurehosting.biz.<br /> <br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455323160781338453.post-73931133977265060372008-05-06T23:05:00.001-07:002008-05-06T23:05:28.455-07:00Server Intellect Web Hosting Company, Premieres Affiliate Partner Program<br /> Orlando, Florida - (The Hosting News) - April 14, 2008 - A new custom developed Affiliate Partner Program, has premiered at advanced Windows-based, Microsoft Certified, shared, virtual private server (VPS) and dedicated web hosting solutions firm, Server Intellect.<br /> <br /> Designed to allow partners to earn commissions for referring purchasing customers, the Affiliate Program was designed by the company's in-house development team, and includes extensive features, such as drill down sales reporting to analyze details of each sale, Referring URL, IP Address and Browser UserAgent, complete sales and click statistics with historical reports, campaign management with page specific redirects, and extended length 365 day cookie tracking.<br /> <br /> Eric Pratt, President and CEO of Server Intellect noted, ''Server Intellect has spent years building our world recognized brand and we have a solid reputation for high quality web hosting services. By capitalizing on our strong reputation and competitive pricing, Affiliate Partners can now reap the rewards of our years of hard work. Whether you are an experienced webmaster with resource sites, a development firm with clients who are in need of web hosting services or someone who simply knows others that may be interested in our products; you can now earn a substantial income by partnering with Server Intellect.''<br /> <br /> The Server Intellect Affiliate Program also includes an extensive collection of hosted graphics to promote Server Intellect coupled with an HTML Link Generation system allowing for easy Copy and Paste code with link and campaign codes already imbedded.<br /> <br /> Mr. Pratt added, ''For years our customers and independent web promoters have been asking to partner with Server Intellect, and I am very proud to finally offer this opportunity to the world. This is an incredible development for our entire team and I am highly confident in the long-term success of this new program.''<br /> <br /> Affiliate Partners may earn up to $75.00 by simply referring purchasing customers to the Server Intellect website. Affiliates have the option of receiving a check payment each month or Server Intellect service credit.<br /> <br /> In March, Server Intellect debuted Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on its entire line of managed Windows dedicated servers. Windows Server 2008 was released by Microsoft just last week. Server Intellect has become one of the first Windows web hosts and Microsoft Gold Certified Partners to offer Windows Server 2008 (formerly codename Longhorn) on its dedicated servers. The updated operating system represents the most substantial upgrade of the Windows Server product line since Windows 2000 was released eight years ago.<br /> <br /> The new operating system includes many upgrades and additions to web, security and virtualization technologies, including the newly implemented Hyper-V. The operating system also includes major expansions to Active Directory, Terminal Services, and introduces the long-awaited Windows PowerShell.<br /> <br /> Windows Server 2008 is available in multiple editions to support the varying server needs of businesses of all sizes. Server Intellect will offer two main versions of Windows Server 2008, the Web Edition and Datacenter Edition. The web addition is offered on all dedicated servers at no additional charge, and the Datacenter Edition starts at $50/monthly. A full listing of differences between the two versions is available on Server Intellect's web site.<br /> <br /> A subsidiary of Client Intellect, Inc., Server Intellect is a provider of advanced Windows-based Shared, VPS, Application, and Dedicated Web hosting solutions. The company was founded in 2003 and is located in Orlando, Florida.<br /> <br /> To learn more about the Server Intellect affiliate program, please visit: www.serverintellect.com/affiliates.<br /> <br /> For more information about Server Intellect, please visit: www.serverintellect.com. <br /> <br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com