˙uʍop ǝpısdn pɐǝɥ ɹnoʎ uɹnʇ oʇ pǝǝu ʎlqɐqoɹd ʇɥƃıɯ noʎ ‘ʇı pɐǝɹ oʇ ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ƃuıʇıɹʍ ɯ,ı ‘llɐ ıɥ

Hey Matt, What The Hell Is That? Are You Writing Russian?

OK, before you guys jump into that, let me say NO! Well actually I’m playing around with upside down text. Try to read the above text from an upside down position, then you should be able to read what I’m writing.

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Remember :-) and  :-( sideways smiley symbols? I bet you do!

The use of :-) and  :-( was first proposed by Scott Fahlman, a Research Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

This was back in 1982… and then online bulletin boards or “bboards” are widely used across the Computer Science community. It was like the phenomenon of blogs nowadays.

The Use of :-) and  :-( Proposed

Here is the original message posted by Scott Fahlman on 19 September, 1982:

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NETL: A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge.

Need some advertising? Facebook might be a good channel to explore!

In partnership with Visa, they are lashing out $100 for anyone interested. Well, most of us are, right? C’mon… freebie man!

Grab Yours Now!

OK, here is how… I’m going through the process briefly but I bet most of you with get it straight up.

First up follow this link:

http://apps.new.facebook.com/visabusiness/business

Add this app (The Visa Business Network) and join the network, you are almost there. Now fill up your particulars in the form provided and you are good to go!

Then very next thing is check your email. You should get an email that looks like…

Dear Matthew:

Thank you for joining the Visa Business Network! To help you grow your business, we’re giving you a $100 coupon good towards Facebook advertising credit. Your coupon must be redeemed and used by 12/8/2008.

Your coupon code is: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

There you go, $100 free ad credits! So, happy advertising and marketing!

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FBML Essentials: Facebook Markup Language Fundamentals

Some creative minds come out with these… bon appetit!

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Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables

It has been about a year plus now on Virtual Private Server. I start up BlogIsEverything.com with a local hosting, this was back in Dec, 2005. Then I spotted midPhase, I switch to them starting with basic shared hosting package, to VPS and now on the way to dedicated.

The people at midPhase has done incredible job to keep my satisfaction in place. Their support is awesome, they reply promptly usually no later than 15 mins. If you ask me, I’ll definitely stay with them for years to come.

2 Years Milestones.

OK, the chronology of BlogIsEverything.com hosting transformation:

1. Dec 2005: Hive Hosting (local) – Shared Hosting.
2. May 2006: AnHosting (midPhase) – Shared Hosting.
3. Nov 2006: midPhase – Silver VPS.
4. Jul 2007: midPhase – Gold VPS.
5. Sep 2007: Autica (midPhase) – Gold VPS Pro (up. RAM).
6. Sep 2008: 10tb (midPhase) – SimpleServer NS01 Dedicated.

Welcome Dedicated!

The current switch to 10tb dedicated server will definitely last for years, it is at least 10x more powerful than Autica Gold VPS Pro. I will have plenty of RAM, HD and bandwidth to spare.

The Specs…

Beast machine! My dedicated server is super powerful. Powered by Quad Core Xeon 3220 (2.4Ghz), 4GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 1,000GB bandwidth and 1,000Mbps GigE port transfer!

My dedicated server will be backed by SoftLayer as standard for dedicated hosting and hosted at SoftLayer Dallas data center.

More to Come…

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Copious Hosting

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Web Hosting and Web Site Development: A Guide to Opportunities (The Library of E-Commerce and Internet Careers)

What? FBI secret tools? Neh… nope!

Just some interesting download here to spice up you Windows XP login screen.

Replace your stock, vanilla plain login screen with this FBI Terminal login screen. You might give your father a shock!

Download: FBI Terminal Windows XP Login Screen

Enjoy!

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