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10 Reasons to Give (to Haiti)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by John Cunningham

HaitiConsidering the wake of destruction left behind by Mother Earth recently, now might be a good time to ask yourself, “Why not lend a helping hand?” I do admit it’s hard to do the right thing at times. It’s much easier to look the other way when we see tragedies in the media. It’s easier to drive past a stranded motorist in the rain than to stop and assist. I’m amazed at the ease with which we can pass up opportunities to help others because of the inconvenience. There are things one can do that require little time and effort which can greatly impact someone’s life. As the saying goes, the easy thing to do is not always the right thing to do. (more…)

 

Using Mac as a Work PC, the First 6 Months

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 by John Cunningham

MacBook ProAs the CEO of 1-800-HOSTING, I certainly have some say in the type of hardware that we use at both the server and workstation level. That said, I was more than content using a Windows-based workstation for most of our early years. (more…)

 

Discover America

Monday, May 25th, 2009 by John Cunningham

We recently helped launch the new web site www.discoveramerica.com which is the “official travel and tourism website of the United States”. The purpose of this post was to point out that it’s not only a really cool website but it’s also a site that I will actually use. (more…)

 

Track Day Update

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 by John Cunningham

Things went very smoothly, nobody got hurt and no cars were seriously damaged. Everyone was amazed at how lucky we got with the weather (see image below) and aside from a few cars sliding off the track, it was a great success. (more…)

 

Track Day!

Friday, May 1st, 2009 by John Cunningham

Some of us are heading out on Monday May 4th to attend the 2nd annual track day (actually we skipped last year but 2 out of 3 still works). The track is Eagle Canyon just north of Dallas, we rented the entire track for all day and we have confirmed almost 15 cars. Here are a few of the confirmed rides; Ferrari F360, BMW M5, BMW M3, Mitsubishi EVO, Subaru WRX, Porsche GT3, Porsche Turbo, Porsche 911S, Miata, Mustang Cobra, Corvette, Aston Martin BD9, 67 Mini Cooper, Mini Cooper S, Nissan GTR and several more. (more…)