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Office Art, part V

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Hosting

Well, for better or worse, the fine art of modifying someone’s desk in their absence has escalated.  At this point, I’m not sure if this activity should be filed under our Office Shenanigans or if it’s become it’s own art form, therefore qualifying it as Office Art .  Let’s go ahead and call it art. Every picture from this post comes from our Houston offices.  Although Houston clearly lacks the Post-It note budget that Austin has, we do seem to have compensated for that fact by attaching random objects to computer screens, including snack food items.  Here we see a nice array of potato chips and crackers, also a granola bar.  Is that a high-heel shoe tape dispenser?  I’m not sure if that belongs to the owner of the desk or was also placed there as part of the joke:   Upon seeing this next picture, I was slightly confused. Continue reading →

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Office Art, part IV

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Hosting

First and foremost: Happy New Year to everyone.  Let’s make 2013 an amazing year!  Having said that, let’s start this year off with a continuation of our Office Art series .  This time we’re pretty much focusing on the various wildlife around the office. When you first enter the older of the two HostGator buildings in Houston, generally speaking your first stop will be the 4th floor reception area.  In order to get to the 4th floor, an elevator ride is necessitated… our infamous elevators are a story unto themselves.  In fact I wouldn’t rule out yet another blog post dedicated entirely to our elevators at some point, but I digress.  Once you exit the elevators into the lobby, just outside of the reception area you will be greeted by this full-sized alligator:   If you recall the HostGator Lego sign from our previous Office Art posts, this gator resides directly beneath that sign:   He seems to have been in a fight or two in his day, as he’s missing a couple of toes and a tooth or three, but this all just adds to his character.  It’s not unusual to find a myriad of objects in his mouth, spare change and such.  On the day this picture was taken, he seemed to be gnawing on a logo of the Florida Gators football team and a few stray kernels of popcorn:   Once you face this initial gator and brave your way through the glass doors, you enter our official reception area.  The particular Snappy shown here had it’s story told in this recent post , but more often than not this giant-sized fella will be there to greet you upon your entrance to our inner sanctum Continue reading →

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Office Art, part III

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Hosting

Sometimes, things around the office have a tendency to take on a life of their own.  Be it various decorations, or one particularly entertaining whiteboard that resides in the Migrations Department.  Not to let these artistic endeavors remain simply inside of the building, one of the cars in the parking lot recently got in on the action as well:   While we’re on the subject of pieces of glass that have become works of art, here is a rather nice etched glass Snappy that was created by a HostGator employee:   This next picture is of the stuffed lil guy who now makes a return appearance to our Office Art series.  Though it’s impossible to say whether or not the following is a direct result of him having appeared in the prior Office Art offering, his beanie has curiously been replaced by a Smurf and he seems to have earned a few more dollars as well.  I’m looking forward to his next evolution, but here is how he stands at this time:   No telling in what form or configuration that above fella may next manifest, but I wouldn’t rule out a three-peat appearance in this Office Art series.  When next we speak on this topic, I will introduce you to our beloved Lobby Gator. Continue reading →

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