Archive for July, 2010

We Are Not a Web Host

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Many people ask us whether or not we can host their website for them, and to this, we have to give an emphatic NO.

We decided long ago that there are many other suitable hosts already in existence, and that it is not our intention to compete with those fine folk. We simply don’t have the sheer volume of clients it would take to offer anything similar to the excellent deals currently being offered by Pair.com, rackspace, or nameyourfavoritehost.here.

Dragonfly Networks will help you *find* the right place for your website to be hosted. We will help you develop your web presence until it is polished and snazzy and attention-grabbing. We will work with you and your host to make sure it is secure, accessible, and easy to administer.

But we will *not* host your site. It is not what we do.

Thanks,

- Mark

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Web Server Upgrade

Friday, July 16th, 2010

I’ve upgraded our web server to OpenBSD 4.7. It’s running well now that I got some of the major cruft out of the way.

I was also able to tune the Apache web server a bit and fix some ongoing problems in that arena, such as some segmentation faults that turned out to be related to having PHP PDO extensions installed for Habari, which I was using on another site hosted on our same server.

Since we are no longer using Habari, I was able to uninstall the PDO modules and thankfully the segmentation faults went away.

Special thanks to Nick Christensen this week for being a major team player despite the fact that he’s moving and I didn’t do anything to deserve special treatment.

Also, has anyone else been to the University of Reddit?

Looks pretty cool, hope it survives long enough to attract some attention.

Myself, I’d just like a class in “What to do with your new Bench Power Supply 101″, or maybe even “Stop Procrastinating & Teach Yourself Java in 24 Coffee-Soaked Hours”.

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Busy as a Bee

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

We’ve been really busy around the studio lately, working on our servers and getting some other website projects rolling, so updates have been a little slow perhaps.

But don’t think we’ve forgotten about you all. We’ve got plenty of exciting new articles about design, WordPress, OpenBSD, and virtual economies in the works, and it won’t be long before Nick and I start posting a little more regularly.

I’d like to thank our loyal customers for helping us stay afloat through these turbulent economic times. The most rewarding aspect of our work is knowing that we’re building strong relationships with our clients and helping their own businesses grow and succeed, even when times are tough.

- Mark Beihoffer

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