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Uptime is one of the most important considerations in deciding upon one of the many hosts hawking themselves out there. But what about downtime? No Uptime web hosting loves to brag about their consistent downtime performance. Among other notable features they provide are “deleting files since 1994″ as the tagline states. Don’t you wish all hosts were that honest

Ms. Dewey (MsDewey.com) is a new, interactive, Flash based search engine. To assist you in your search, the website is hosted by smoking hot model/actress/vocalist, Janina Gavankar, who is guest starring in upcoming new episodes of Showtime’s “The L Word”. See what she and the site are capable of by typing into the search field, or just leave it blank and watch. Kind of entertaining, but perhaps lacking as a practical search tool. Other than Ms Dewey, the site doesn’t identify the minds and bodies behind the search engine. The search results appear to come from Microsoft Live Search. The domain is registered to EVB of San Francisco. read more »

Combat Internet litter at the source: don’t blog. This story is a cynical look at the burgeoning blogging phenomenon and asks if you might just be happier doing something else. read more »

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I saw this on Digg.com and Earthling last week. In touch with your RSS feelings. We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and blog you enjoy. Would it not it be fabulous if you could just get all the headlines of the most current stories from all your favorite websites and blogs in one place? Well now you can, and it is called RSS feed. ” read more »

Although many of us don’t have to “fake” it, Penguin Pete’s Blog’s about How To Totally Fake Being A Geek: read more »

It is interesting to see design concepts in the East versus the West. It really does look like the Japanese are having more fun. Is that a leprechaun holding a pink ice cream? read more »

Josh Jones at the DreamHost Blog posted a comic pictorial musing of whey web hosting is here to stay. It starts like this: read more »

Recently we blogged about the Vincent Ferrari AOL video, a hilarious but true demonstration of the Vincent Ferrari attempt to cancel his AOL account that was met with a sadistic response by an AOL customer service rep. Since then, the story has received more publicity. Art and video parodies are springing up all over the Inernet. Why does a blog about web hosting care about this video, you might ask? We think there is room for improved customer service in the web hosting industry and love the don’t mess with the customer philosophy. read more »

Vincent Ferrari talks to Matt Lauer about Cancelling AOL Video. Mr. Ferrari appeared on NBC today to talk about his amazing experience with a rude and persistent AOL rep who tried to convince him not to cancel his account. The AOL customer service rep was reported fired and AOL apologized. read more »