Archive for May, 2010
How Good or Bad is 1&1 Hosting?
May 26th
This isn’t a review as most of you would think. I know that I haven’t posted in a long time here on Enkay Blog but I think the time has come that I do start posting on here. I’ve missed the blog a lot and school has now come to a close and that means, more time for my blog. Interestingly enough, this comeback post is somewhat weird for me. I have been with 1&1 Hosting for about 4 years now and have never had any problems but I started to get concerned after I received this email from a reader who is also a member on a very popular hand-held PC forum. A forum where I have been a member for about 5 years.
The email is as follows – ” Figured I’d share my experiences with 1&1. I am glad you are having good luck with them, but honestly, I have no good words for them. The domain was stolen a few days before the last PocketPC Magazine hit the stands, in which my software won a major award, and I was receiving a lot of exposure with DVD Catalyst Free due to a LifeHacker article. They took over the domain at the time the domain was the most popular, and nearly killed my whole business in the process. Because of their thievery, I’ve been struggling ever since. Finally last November I got a lucky break, but take it from me, change your registrar company before you end up like me.”
The thing is that I have heard of PocketDVD and I think that this story does have a lot of truth to it and I strongly feel for this individual. I also understand what is going on. I even looked up what this person was talking about and its very true – this has happened to a lot of people. Now, I figured that I am a loyal customer so why shouldn’t my hosting company be loyal to me? right? well, I want to ask these questions directly to 1and1 so I hope that someone is willing to answer these questions for me.
So, if anyone 1and1.com representative comes across this or anyone has had experience with this issue or has heard others that have had this issue please write in the comment box below as I would love to hear from you. So lets see the comments! Also, do let me know if you’ve experienced such problems or even similar problems with other hosting companies.
Launching WhatISeenToday.com
May 26th
Hey guys, I need some major support because I have just launched a new website called WhatISeenToday.com. As the name implies, its a collection of pictures that users and I submit of things that they come across in their daily lives that just brings a smile to their faces or even makes you question something. I have a Twitter Page set up as well as a Facebook page. All the links are below! Check out the website by going here or clicking the picture above! Thanks for your support and let me know your thoughts! If you have pictures that you’d like to submit, use the form on the website or send them to submit@whatiseentoday.com
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I Have a Bone to Pick
May 26th
As you all know, I am a big car guy and I have test driven a wide variety of cars and I generally critique cars – whether I like them or dislike them – even if I own them.
Now before I start talking about the image above, I just want to clarify that I own a Toyota and I actually like the Scion lineup. The problem that I have is I wonder, I really really wonder why Toyota — or better said, the designers of the xB decided that it might be better to design the car with only one reverse light as you can see from the image above.
As you probably know, most cars have two lights that turn on when you switch to reverse. Well, in the Scion xB you’d think something was wrong when only one light would turn on – which is on the lowest left hand corner. I just think its a really weird set up and its sort of a design flaw in my opinion.
Honestly, I don’t even own an xB and as a consumer I feel that I’m getting jipped off! I just thought it would be interesting today to talk about some things that interest me personally – it might not be a big deal but I still think its something I should get off my chest!
I hope you liked this short post and I just wanted to see what your opinions would be about this – do you think there is a specific reason why there is only one reverse light? or is that just something that needs to be fixed? I just want to see if anyone else thinks this is as weird as I do. Have a good weekend!
HB Markets – Have You Heard About It?
May 26th
Like many of you, the sinking stock market kind of has me bummed and although I, unlike most others, don’t have much to lose, I still want to make sure that my trades are being processed at the best prices.
I use AmeriTrade and they can be somewhat expensive when it comes down to certain things but apparently a company by the name of HB markets is willing to make a difference.
They consider themselves the stockbrokers that are different from everyone else. They suggest that stockbroking is not just about the stock market breaking news, share dealing, penny shares and share tips and that it extends beyond that. They say that it should not revolve just around researching the market, analyzing the share news, share prices or studying the AIM and Plus markets.
They offer a variety of different services including advisory broking, small company shares, online trading, advisoring and execution-only CFD’s, spread betting, ISA’s and SIPP’s. Although I’m not an expert in all of this and nor is the blog really about the financial markets, I thought it would be interesting to see a brokerage firm on here.
Oddly enough, the website seems pretty well laid out and I have seen some websites that claim to have low trade prices and such but HB Markets doesn’t focus on that. I think their overall approach is their depth of services.
Either way, How good they are, I don’t know but it seems like they know what they’re talking about. I guess it all boils down to real user reviews. To be honest, I had never heard of them, have you?
