There’s a saying “Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the ark”; What they fail to mention is the titanic took three years to build, and the ark by some estimates up to a hundred years. I’ve got a similar story to tell you about: My thousand dollar oil change. Read More »

We’ve all been there. You run into some problem with some software, device or service and you require some help. You’re often left navigating some phone system or website that resembles a “choose your own adventure” book written by the devil himself. You rarely ever arrive at “Press one for somebody with a clue who… Read More »

The sky is falling! Fear someone or something, somewhere. Since I began getting involved in web hosting in ’01, initially as a consumer and shortly thereafter by launching an entity of my own: I’ve had something to fear. I often recall discussions on popular web hosting forums begin with ‘Google is launching $x, be very… Read More »

There’s only a single word that describes the billing policies of a lot of companies out there: Bullshit. I’ve personally dealt with it singlehandedly during the rare opportunity I get to play consumer — it isn’t often I stay in hotels, fly or purchase services from third parties — but when I do, more often… Read More »

Preface: I’d like to note that we’ve been posting this same cut-and-dry thread for the past few years, and since then have literally modified one string. Other than the ‘roughly $number of clients’ little has changed with our backend minus the addition of fifteen odd servers. We’d truly like to find an individual whom loves… Read More »