Asymptomatic

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Hosting Test Suite
November 07, 2005

I have recently had some difficulty with a hosting service. I won’t get into too many details as yet because I am still giving them a chance to redeem themselves after the most poor service I’ve ever experienced, but basically here’s what happened - I signed up for VPS hosting, they charged me for the service but never sent login details, they never answered my support emails, and finally they refused to give me a refund after two months saying, “VPS is not managed service and client need to take care of the rest once it is ready. "

Yes, in spite of the poor English, this is a reasonably well-known company.

In any case, I’m pretty fed up with hosting. It you’re a web site owner and you’ve been looking for hosting, you know pretty well how difficult it is to find someone that has all the features you want and the reliability you except. So how do you find great hosting at a reasonable price?

Been Had
November 06, 2005

I am currently sitting in a Regal movie theater with Berta, getting ready to watch Wallace and Gromit, not that I don’t like Wallace and Gromit, but I’m not keen on spending $30 for a kid movie “matinee” and some soda and popcorn.

When did they change the matinee time cutoff to 3pm?

Blogging Laws
November 04, 2005

I did not receive an email like this today:

Greetings Mr. Winkler,

The Federal Election Commission would like to inform you of an observed non-compliance with FEC election laws concerning the publication of works regarding candidates for federal office.

Your weblog has been selected by an automated system to be evaluated by an agent selected for this purpose. A copy of selected portions of your site has been cached by the FEC system and will be presented to the court upon any findings of non-compliance by the FEC agent.

You will receive additional correspondence from the FEC regarding this matter via registered mail. Please provide any additional requested information about the content of your site, the location of your server, and the visitor logs to the FEC agent upon request.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Scary?