If you are on internet searching for a hosting provider you have probably come across a provider offering  free web hosting.  These providers offering free web hosting, place their emphasis on price not features.

Almost all the free hosting providers will offer you limited amount of storage room and bandwidth.  In fact, most of these companies will not even allow you to upload videos or music  - or even pictures.  There is also no guarantee of uptime on your site.  Meaning your site can be down for extended periods of time.

If free web hosting companies don’t charge any money, how do they stay in business?  Simple - Advertisements.

Agreeing to their terms you give them the right to place advertisements on your site.  These advertisements are usually not related to the topic of your site, more importantly though, you have no control of who can advertise on your site.

While free hosting sounds like a good deal it has many annoying drawbacks.  If you you are interested in blogging why not check out free blogging providers such as wordpress.org and blogger.com where you can control your advertisements and you also get a free domain name (at their domain).  However, if you are interested in starting your own website there are many hosting providers for plans starting around $5/month that provide adequate space, bandwidth and features.

Remember, nothing is free in this world.

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Charcoal vs. Briquettes vs. Gas Grill

According to the Virtual Weber Bullet: The general consensus is that lump tends to burn hotter than briquettes, but not as long or as consistently. Some lack of consistency is to be expected, given that the content and piece size varies within an individual bag and between bags.

Personally, I’m a briquettes kind of guy. The time waiting for the grill to heat up can be spent socializing, drinking your cold beverage, and munching on snacks. For the after-work grilled dinner, a quick and easy propane blast can save a couple hours for crucial rest time before tackling the next work day.

The Tools
Grilling tool set. Get one.

Food Preparation
Clean your grill. A metal brush does wonders to clean that extra “flavor” left over from your last session. In a pinch, wad up some aluminum foil and scrub away. When all else fails, send the grill into the oven and bake that stubborn stickiness off.

Timing is Everything
BBQ Chicken – oil the grill, cook the chicken off direct heat and don’t add sauce til the end!

Burgerlicious – Let meat come to room temperature. Don’t press on the grill and a little seasoning never hurt.

Steaks and Mistakes -  Salting your steak an hour before cooking will break down many of the tough proteins and hold flavor much better.

Sit back and relax – the food will need to sit for a few to soak up all those juices. Don’t cut it open immediately!

Cooking Temperatures and Time
Kalamazoo put together a little food temperature chart for your different cuts and preferences.

The Secret Ingredient
Have fun! Food disasters and missing condiments are nothing compared to good quality time with fun and friends. Get out there and fire up those grills.

Have a great Memorial Day!

1-800-HOSTING

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Their idea, which has been a dream of mine for quite some time, is to merge the web with traditional television.  With services like Hulu and Netflix gaining undeniable traction, it’s hard to foresee standard cable making the cut when budgets are tightened in households across America. Google TV, aims to streamline your interactive experience with open source development, mobile control support, and their highly reputable partners, Sony & Intel.

Those of you who have been xbox hacking or dual monitoring your setup at home are already on the right track. Google TV essentially makes it easy for the masses to grab what they want, versus surfing the tube for hours on end for potential interests.

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Are you a fan of 1-800-Hosting Inc. on Facebook yet? If not, you’re missing out! We just launched a photo contest! Here’s the deal: Submit a photo depicting ‘Dedicated’. It’s simple: Become a fan of 1-800-Hosting Inc., post to our fan photo album, we’ll pick a winner and mail the winner an Avatar – 2 Disc (Blu-ray & DVD) set.

How to Submit Photos:
• Login into your Facebook account
• Search for 1-800-HOSTING Inc.,
• Become a fan
• Click on ‘Photo’ tab

• Click on ‘Fan Photos’


• Click ‘See All Photos’


• Click ‘Add Photos’


• Upload your photo

Done!

The Rules
1. Submissions need to be your own.
2. Photos need to be created within the giveaway period.
3. Each contestant cannot submit more than 2 photos.
4. Cannot violate the terms and conditions of Facebook.
5. Contestants must be legal resident of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) and are 18 years of age or older. Employees of 1-800-HOSTING Inc. are not eligible.
6. Submissions must be posted to our fan photo album by Monday, May 31st, 2010 at 11PM Eastern.
8. The winner will be announced via Facebook and the 1-800-HOSTING blog on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. The winner will be contacted via Facebook messaging and wall posting.
9. The winner has 30 days to respond with their mailing address to claim the prize. If the winner does not claim the prize within the time frame, the runner-up will be awarded.
10. After acceptance, we will ship the item using UPS standard shipping. Please allow ten (10) business days for shipment.
11. By submitting photos, you allow 1-8000-HOSTING full use your facebook name and photo for advertising or similar promotions regarding this giveaway. 1-800-HOSTING will also post the name/photo on our site as the winner of our giveaway without further compensation.
12. Winner agrees to release 1-800-HOSTING Inc. of any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, use, misuse, possession, or loss of the prize.

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“Ideal for personal homepages, lifestreaming, splash and microsites, celebrity fan pages, commercial promotion, brand marketing – and everything in between.” Flavors.me, a brainchild of parent company, HiiDef Inc., offers more customization while still maintaining wicked style. Their three minute intro video below shows just how many custom flavors you can use to add spice to your mini site.

Flavors.me offers easy-to-configure connections with the most popular social networks out there, making it easy for visitors to find your online presence tastefully.

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Hip Hop artists rejoice, Benjamin will still be the face of the new 100 dollar bill. The new design features some important advanced technology used to prevent counterfeiting called 3-D Security. Though I don’t suspect you’ll need 3-D glasses, the images on the new 100 dollar bill will move and shift as you tilt the bill itself.

Additional security features include: color changing images, inclusion of phrases from the Declaration of Independence, a vignette showing of Independence Hall, font size changes, and some image replacements.

Keep an eye out for the changes. Set to be issued in February 10, 2011, I probably won’t see any new 100 dollar bills in my possession for quite a while.

via World Correspondents

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Gizmodo.com, a CNN for geeks, enthralled the Apple fanboy nation with the latest edition of the highly coveted iPhone series yesterday. Reportedly lost at a bar in Redwood City, Gizmodo broke coverage doing what they do best, a gadget review.

Though it may resemble the original iPhone at first glance, it looks as though Apple may have answered many recurring gripes from the growing number of users.

Along with a front facing camera (Chatroulette, here I come), the new iPhone seems to be sporting a higher resolution display and a larger camera lens.

The redesign itself has yet to be tested in the field; I will be curious to see how it survives the rounds users will put it through. I’ve seen instances of running, clubbing, toddler tantrums, and bathroom readings with these mini iPads. Hopefully, the new casing will endure the elements my original first gen iPhone could not.

So how did Gizmodo get their hands on this newest piece of tech porn?

Much like any American worker after a hard day’s grind, Gary Powell, an Apple software engineer,  left his cellular device at the bar after a few beers.

With the nation still feeling the wake of iPad madness, this new development out of Cupertino has certainly kept Apple in the headlines. I hope Steve Jobs is kind to Gary and his momentary lapse of contractual agreements. And on that note, I’m off to the local watering hole to research ‘upcoming emerging technology.’

Cheers!

More iPhone pictures and videos at Gizmodo.com

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