1-800-HOSTING Blog » Jay Ellison http://blog.800hosting.com Inside 1-800-HOSTING Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 There simply must be an easier way… http://blog.800hosting.com/2011/07/there-simply-must-be-an-easier-way/ http://blog.800hosting.com/2011/07/there-simply-must-be-an-easier-way/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:33:00 +0000 Jay Ellison http://blog.800hosting.com/?p=2023 Used car shopping, that is.  With all the usual suspects including cars.com, eBay motors, autotrader and new come-along driversselect to name a few of the online options. out car shoppingThis isn’t easy.  And I’m really pretty open.  Many models will meet the requirements.  I just want to see the options available in the marketplace. Then dig through carmax, craigslist and the many local dealer websites for pre-owned inventory. It’s positively mind boggling.

Sure, it’s easier than driving all over town, but I don’t want to drive all over the Internet either.  In this day and age, there simply must be an easier way.

I’m sure many will tell me what it is.

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While in Johnson County (about 70 miles southwest of Dallas) this past Saturday afternoon, a wildfire erupted near the Brazos River and The Retreat Resort.  Whipped by 20 mile per hour winds, it quickly became out-of-control before rural (mostly volunteer) fire departments could respond.  One aerial water tanker was on the scene within a few minutes, but the flames were well beyond its capability to control, and a second aerial tanker joined the fight.  Initially, they were dowsing homes in the path of the flames, and then trying to control the flames as they spread across the countryside.

As it turns out, I had the ideal front row seat for this event – perched high atop a hill to view the wildfire, and only yards away from where the aerial tankers were drawing their water from the ponds around the golf course at The Retreat Resort.  Sirens screamed from many small firetrucks making their way to the front lines and to prevent loss to property in its path.

It took about an hour to get this wildfire under control, when another erupted about 10 miles away.  And while the aerial tankers immediately went to work on it, the original wildfire re-erupted and needed more attention.  Now the two aerial tankers were fighting both fires.

These fires were truly “wild” on this very hot, dry and windy Saturday afternoon in north-central Texas.   But thanks to the aerial tankers and probably scores of rural firemen and equipment, these we brought under control relatively quickly.

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Celebrating our freedoms, showing our pride for USA, soaking up a slice of Americana in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas at the KABOOM TOWN events – held annually on July 3rd.

It’s become an all American, all evening event.  Multiple live bands performing before and after the fireworks.  The Cavanaugh Flight Museum Warbird Flyover has several antique military planes in the air to entertain the crowds before the fireworks.  Dancers and entertainers performing to the delights of those who attend.  Even a movie afterwards on what seems like the worlds largest big-screen for thousands more to watch while traffic clears-out after the main event of this very popular pyrotechnic production.  So popular it is now ranked the #3 fireworks show in the US, and of course, the #1 fireworks show in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area.

Picnickers under any bit of shade on a very hot July day in north Texas await the main event while enjoying their buckets of fried chicken, barbeque, hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelons and lemonade with family and friends.

Ah, a great big slice of Americana celebrating it independence.  How wonderful it is.

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And while these are safe & secure, we’d also love to hear from you, so here are all our phone numbers to call.

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Jay – Sales

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By limiting the base hardware configuration to pre-installed RAM and hard drives, we can now offer clients a much faster time from order to deployment without having to allocate components, de-rack servers, modify the configuration, re-rack the server and test.  And with about 30 server configurations available, clients will likely find a plan to meet their needs when they need it fast.  For those clients requiring a very specific configuration not found in the Rapid Deployment plans, the option to custom-configure a plan to their specific needs is available with our Dedicated Server and Managed Server plans.

Additionally, Rapid Deployment Server plans, just like all of our Dedicated Servers and Managed Servers, can be upgraded in the future with additional RAM or larger hard drives, and all with minimal downtime during non-peak traffic times – even Sunday morning at 3:00 AM if that best meets client’s requirements.

Jay – Sales

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