Sep 05 2007

Web Hosting

Published by ryan

Host Your Website Here for $1

Flopkins.com is up and running… on our very own server. I have forsaken hours of perfectly good Civilization IV, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and NCAA Football 2008 video game playing time. Yes, empires remain unconquered; Oblivion gates stay open; and end zones are left empty — all for the sake of this server.

Now you, our friends and family, can take advantage of my sacrifice. For just $1 a month, I will host your website here too. This way I list myself as the CEO of a revenue-generating venture on LinkedIn.

I’m willing to barter. I’ll take food, preferably large chunks of meat. Beer or alcohol works too… just not the cheap junk that I used to drink in college. I like massages, video games, and live music. Heck, I’ll even host your website in exchange for free laundry.

Service Level Guarantee

I want to make sure that you get your $1 worth. My server stays up 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I don’t. If the server crashes during a Cal football game, I’ll fix it… after the game’s over.

I can guarantee that your domain will be up the vast majority of the time. If it’s down for more than one day in a calendar month, I’ll give you your $1 back. But that’s all. I’m not made of money.

If you bartered something else, tough. I’m keeping my clean laundry and the beer.

Oh yeah. I also reserve the right to kick anyone off my server, for any reason whatsoever. For example, if you root for Stanfurd over Cal during the big game, I can (and probably will) kick you off my server.

For the Geeks

I currently have (or plan to have) the following installed on my server:

  • DNS Server (I can serve up your registered domain name)
  • Web Server
  • WordPress for blogs
  • PHPNuke for website content management
  • Gallery for digital photographs (planning to install)
  • Let me know if you want something else added

My Server:

  • Dell Server
  • Dual-core CPU
  • Mirrored disk drives
  • Running 64-bit Linux

Let me know if you want me to host your website.

Ryan

2 Responses to “Web Hosting”

  1. # Sarahon 19 Oct 2007 at 2:36 pm

    Okay, Ryan, you’ve got a customer — I don’t know what I need yet, but I do know that I’m willing to pay you in a) wine or b) baked goods. Since Hayley’s such a great chef already, I’m assuming you’ll choose the wine…perhaps I can get the equivalent of one or two years ahead of time.

    What’s next?

    Sarah

  2. # Adrianon 01 Jan 2008 at 11:38 am

    I see how it works… You get the $1 from your customers to pay to your homeless needy people. CHEAPSKATE! TIGHTWAD!

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