Archive for the ‘the internets’ tag
Site of the Day: Hot Chicks with Douchebags
Came across this awesome site today. The title says it all. Here are a few choice samples of the horror you will find on the site.
Nice eyebrows homo!
You gotta be a serious Lord of the Rings fan to tattoo middle earth on your chest.
Downsizing my Time Warner Bill - WTF?!
In my recent effort to reduce expenses at the Waldron compound, I took it upon myself to call Time Warner to see if it was worth downgrading my services. I was contemplating changing my Road Runner service from Standard to Basic (-$10) and removing a secondary cable box in my bedroom (-$10).
What I have with TW Cable:
- Living Room HD DVR box
- Bedroom HD Cable box
- HBO, Cinemax and HD NET
- Road Runner Standard
After talking to the customer service rep, he took about 5 minutes dissecting my bill to see if I could save money with my current subscriptions. Turns out he was able to bundle the services for a year with a savings of $25/month. On top of that they gave me a free HD DVR to replace my bedroom box. Not bad for a 20 minute phone call.
Moral of the story: Call Time Warner at least every 6-12 months to make sure you aren’t getting screwed.
GoDaddy vs. Network Solutions, Keeping it cheap
It came time to renew my Internet hosting services recently, and as my side-consulting-business is really dropping off, I wanted to keep hosting expenses as low as possible. Previously my domains and hosting services were provided by Network Solutions. I use DNAMail (DSL Extreme’s hosted Exchange service = CHEAP!) for my e-mail, so I really only needed web hosting and a place to park my domains.
I’ve been a loyal customer of NetSol for several years, but with some significant outages in both the hosting and DNS space and lackluster pricing, I figured now would be a good time to make a switch.
Hosting with Network Solutions was $119 annually (includes a free domain or renewal), which was more than I wanted to spend this year. I proceeded to head over to GoDaddy.com, transferring both domains and purchasing one year of hosting, all for the low price of $66!
I’m quite pleased with the services and support offered by GoDaddy. You can’t beat it for the price.
