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Gator Art and Song
We are fortunate enough to have some very loyal followers who like to show their appreciation in unusual and creative ways. This goes all the way back to the early days of HostGator, when none other than crunk rapper Lil Jon offered to introduce Brent to some ladies at his show in Florida, in appreciation for Brent having personally assisted him with some technical issues. Another random caller once offered to send Brent some weed, via the US Postal Service for the same reason. For the record, both of these offers were respectfully declined. These days, it’s not terribly unusual to receive the occasional gift basket at the office, but please no more offers of groupies or drugs. Here’s a couple examples of the art we’ve received: This Snappy was done by a child of one of our Customers. Continue reading
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CISPA Must Die!
We’ve been having a lot of fun with our blog lately, and we promise to continue to do so. However, we need to address some serious business once again. Back in December, we posted about SOPA . That beast has changed forms, returned and is now attacking more forcefully. CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, aka H.R. 3523) was passed by the United Stated House of Representatives on April 26th, by a vote of 248 to 168. Continue reading
An Intruder
Recently, HostGator began our transition into a new building in Houston. Presently, we occupy two floors while the remaining floors continue to be built out. Our Houston buildings are only a short distance apart, in fact you can see each from the other. The geography makes it convenient to dispatch teams from one building to the other, as needed. Though we’ve been executing practice drills of this nature for many years, some of us veterans had grown complacent, thinking there would never be any true need to exercise our finely-honed emergency-response skills. As explained in the recent Internet Speak post, one of the primary means of inter-office communication is via instant message and conference rooms. The story told here will be best conveyed via excerpts from these conference rooms, for historical accuracy. Continue reading
Earth, Trees and Toilet Paper
Toilet paper is serious business. It’s genuinely a severely overlooked and under-appreciated medium of information distribution; believe that! Fortunately, http://www.getshitter.com can assist in elevating toilet paper to a more appropriate level of respect, by taking your twitter feed and turning it into toilet paper. Continue reading
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April 2012 Newsletter
The lack of Newsletters for the past several months has been palpable; we do apologize. Ideally, this circumstance will not occur again. It is true that things have been very busy in the Gator’hood, but maintaining a proper level of direct contact with you fine folks is a priority to us and we genuinely care about presenting information directly to you and interacting with you via this medium. Continue reading