If you have a website or want to create a website, either for a personal blog or presence for your company; you need a hosting company to host your site.  I have used a number of hosting companies over the years, and the one I’ve found to be the best as far as service, up time and most importantly is price.  Lunar Pages offers a vast amount of features, full cPanel integration, unlimited email addresses and unlimited databases – all for $4.95 a month.

They also offer a free domain name for the life of the site, so you don’t have to pay a yearly domain name registration fee to GoDaddy or whoever you might normally use to register a domain name.

If you want to add a blog or shopping cart to your site, they have scripts that allow you to install the software, configure the database, etc., all with a few clicks.  This is great for the non-techies among us, as you don’t have to know how to configure anything on the back end.

Check them out and see if they fit your website hosting needs.  Vist them at www.lunarpages.com

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win-an-ipod-nano_11Palaestra Training, who creates Computer Training Videos for the IT Certification and Training (Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA certifications, etc) is holding a contest for the month of November and giving away an 8GB iPod Nano to a lucky follower on Twitter.  To enter all you need to do is:

  • Follow them (http://www.twitter.com/cdrees)
  • Retweet the following – “Just entered to win an 8GB iPod Nano.  Just follow @cdrees and retweet http://bit.ly/win-nano”

They’ll pick a winner the first week in December.

Ridiculously easy to enter, go over and check it out on their blog!

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Windows Server 2008 Training for 70-642

August 27, 2009

Palaestra Training just released a new training series for the Windows Server 2008 70-642 (Network Infrastructure Configuration) exam.  This MCTS exam counts as credit toward the MCITP: Server Administrator and MCITP: Enterprise Administrator certifications. This in-depth training covers everything you’ll need to know to become proficient configuring your Windows 2008 network, as well the information [...]

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Amazing Look at the Universe – Through the Eye of the Hubble Telescope

August 17, 2009

A really amazing view of the universe, revealing tens of thousands of galaxies that can’t even be seen with the naked eye. What an amazing view of the absolute vastness of space!

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Computer Training videos now with MeasureUp Exam Prep Software

April 27, 2009

Looking for an awesome combination when it comes to IT Certification Computer Training Videos?  Palaestra Training recently announced they’ve partnered with MeasureUp, one of the best exam prep companies in the world. Palaestra Training now includes a full copy of MeasureUp’s award-winning exam prep software with most of their training titles.  This is great news [...]

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25 Reasons it’s Good to be an IT Guy

September 21, 2008

Great post over at Palaestra Training on 25 Reasons it’s Good to be an IT Guy (or girl for that matter). There aren’t too many women in IT (relatively speaking) but that’s slowly changing. Salaries, environment and technology in general is making the IT industry more appealing to women. Check out Palaestra’s post and see [...]

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Daughtry covers U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday

September 19, 2008

Daughtry, one of my recent favorites (watching him come up through American Idol) and turn into a smash hit, recently covered another one of my older favorite bands, U2. Daughtry’s cover of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is excellent, and worth a watch. Check it out here.

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Top 10 Highest Paying Senior-Level IT Jobs

June 12, 2008

If you are a senior-level person in the IT industry and not making 6 figures (and who doesn’t want to do that), you need to re-evaluate your strategy.  If you’re brand new, then of course you have to put in the time, make the right moves and position yourself in the right sector. However, if [...]

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Billy Joel Fan? Check these Guys Out!

May 7, 2008

Billy Joel tribute band “Big Shot” hails from Long Island New York and plays a lot of local venues throughout the Long Island, NYC and PA areas. I happened to come across their website a few months ago, and I was really impressed by the quality of their music.  Exceptionally tight, and they sound just [...]

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Windows XP SP3 RC1 RDP Client Time-Bombed!

April 12, 2008

If you installed Windows XP SP3, thinking you’ll be ahead of the curve and check out the new features, enhanced security, etc., I’m right there with you.  I like to be up on things as much as possible, and Release Candidates certainly don’t scare me away.  I routinely run them on production boxes, and have [...]

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