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Lunarpages Sucks

Amy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:24:08 +0000

Dear Citizens of Lunarville,

Yeah, I said it – Lunarpages sucks when it comes to meeting my expectations. How dare they go above and beyond the call of duty time and time again when I expect far less from them. Oh, you want an example?

What about the time they offered to renew my account, saving me $50 in the process, and making me keep more of my own money in my wallet. My wallet is very small, and is not used to having that much extra cash.

You know what else they did to me? They told me I could give them two e-mail addresses to contact me at if anything ever happened to my web site. Oh, so I guess now they really want to make sure if something bad happens they want to be able to reach me? The jokes on them, my web site hasn’t even been down once since I signed up.

The one that puts the proverbial cherry on top of that darn web hosting ice cream sundae is the fact that they keep giving me web hosting tutorials to learn from. Week after week I keep finding things on their web hosting wiki to learn from. What do they think, I don’t enjoy spending hours trying to figure out my problems? Not only are they stuffing my pockets with more money, they are saving me more time in my day. I guess now I have plenty of time to figure out how to get that extra money into my wallet.

This isn’t the last you have heard from me either – I will be back with even more ridiculous ways Lunarpages keeps sticking it to me with their “friendly” and “quality” service.

Yours Truly,

The Perplexed Patron

PS: Now, would you please visit muwhahaha.com and click that play button. :-(

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Swiss Spaghetti Tree?

Mitch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:07:23 +0000

Hope you have all had a happy April Fools’ Day thus far. Keeping with the theme of the day, I bring to you the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest of 1957.

According to the Museum of Hoaxes, “The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax generated an enormous response. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this query the BBC diplomatically replied, ‘Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.’”

For more April Fools’ Day fun, be sure to check out our April Fools’ Day thread over on the Lunarforums.

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Happy New Year!

Mitch — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:40:19 +0000

By Mitch “New Year, Baby!” Keeler

Happy New Year! What, what do you mean I am a day early? Ah well, hope you all have a safe yet enjoyable night tonight, and your 2009 is ten times more Lunarful than 2008 was. To help you count down the clock, here are some of the most popular posts from the past month.

Have a safe and happy new year, everybody!

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Come Join Lunarpages on Facebook!

Mitch — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:02:48 +0000

By Mitch “The Facebooker?” Keeler

Just noticed the other day that the Lunarpages Facebook group has over 100 members! Come join the rest of us – and have a little fun along the way…

+ Check out the Lunarpages Facebook Group!

I heard people who belonged to the group have had some of these side effects:

You might become more awesome
You might socialize with the greatest people from around the world
You might even have a little fun!

Come join the rest of us! I double-dog dare you! There is plenty of fun to spread around, for sure.

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Add Some Lunartastic Content to Netvibes

Mitch — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:49:26 +0000

By Mitch “Netviber” Keeler

Want to add Lunartics, the Lunarpages Newsletter and the recent posts from Lunarforums all onto your own Lunarpages tab inside of Netvibes? Of course you do, silly. You can never have enough Lunartastic tips, tricks, articles and more. Thanks to the ease of creating a custom page via Netvibes I have this all ready and packaged together just for you.

All you need to do is click on the button bellow to add it to your own Netvibes setup.

I can promise you there is no better way to start your day!

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Best of April Fools Day (thus far)

Mitch — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:09:11 +0000

By Mitch “THE April Fool” Keeler

I have to say there have been a lot of “creative” stories Online today. Here are some of the best (or maybe the worst depending on how many you have seen) April Fools 2008 stories so far.

I love April Fools Day! Seen any other good ones?

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Lunarpages <3

Tiara — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:15:07 +0000

by Tiara Rea

If you’re like me, you love Valentine’s Day for all its mushy-wushy lovey-dovey kissy-kissy affection…. Okay, honestly I’m an anti-romantic, but I still love the idea of sending flowers on a special day to those you love. And this time of year, flowers can get expensive. Around Christmas, I was searching for a very simple bouquet of red roses and white calla lilies (not too hard, right?) and after about three weeks of searching, I almost gave up. Price-wise, it’s always a struggle to get something amazing for a decent price.

Lunarpages to the rescue!!

If you’re looking for flowers AND you need a hosting plan, take advantage of this amazing free offer – just click on the image below and purchase flowers or gifts through FTD.com. Once you complete your purchase, you’ll get a code that you can type into a special order page to get a Free Basic Hosting Account from Lunarpages Web Hosting!

Isn’t it purdy? <3 <3 <3

So if you need hosting and/or flowers, this is a really great deal. Okay, it’s a great deal either way – and if you’re stuck on who to buy flowers for, our Affiliate Department is sorely lacking. ;)

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Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Amy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:42:57 +0000

By Amy Armitage

So I got this email late yesterday and I really had trouble working out the answer. A few of us in the office are going back and forth yelling out random answers.

Here it is…

There are 7 girls in a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats
For every big cat there are 7 little cats

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

Does the answer come to you quickly or are you still trying to figure it out?

Hint: I was being all clever and stuff and I counted the bus driver’s legs too. Apparently there isn’t a bus driver, just a bunch of school girls sitting on a bus that’s not moving with too many backpacks and a cat collecting hobby .. lol

Who stuffs that many cats into a backpack anyway? I think I should call the animal protection society ;)

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Lunarpages Christmas Party Pics!

Amy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:30 +0000

By Amy Armitage

It’s Christmas time (yay) and on the weekend we celebrated with about 90 people from our 3 Californian offices. Below are some happy snaps taken by Jeff Hensley (thank you Jeff!)

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Make That Logo Larger than Life

Mitch — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:05:16 +0000

Author: Mitch Keeler

Is your logo getting enough attention? You know that little one over there in the corner of the web page you have or the ad you just put out…

Afraid your small logo just is not getting the attention it deserves? Make My Logo Bigger might just be the solution you are looking for! I can speak from experience – having a small logo can lead to confidence problems, awkward social situations and most of all stress. If you find yourselves in these shoes, pick up some of this cream and I can promise it’ll work wonders for you.

Is your logo big enough?

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The Halloween Roundup

Tiara — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:48:35 +0000

by Tiara Rea

So October is possibly the coolest month ever created, not simply because it was my birthday month but because of Halloween-time! For us Southern Californians, that meant Disneyland was decked out for the celebration, Knott’s Berry Farm had a terrifying addition, and our Lunarpages office looks like a cemetery. Seriously, there are rats and skulls and snakes and graves everywhere. And I couldn’t be happier! Halloween is such a fun time, mostly because grown-ups get to play dress up. I love dressing in costumes and no, I’m not one of those girls who wears the low-cut, short-skirtted version of innocent fairy tale girls. I will be, of course, going as Severus Snape from Harry Potter.

That’s right, I went there.

Okay, I’m honestly no expert on Halloween stuff, considering I could get scared if you came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder at work (our HR Manager does it aaaall the time), but still, I thought it would be nice to share the 5 best parts of Halloween for me!

#5 – Hitchcock movies

I’m a huge fan of Alfred’s work (I call him Alfred, because obviously we were so close), and AMC and TMC tend to have marathons on around this time of year. In fact, I think I watched one a couple weekends ago. It was nice to get to see Rear Window again and I’m always a fan of Vertigo, The Birds, and even Psycho. Can’t get better than curling up on the couch and watching something that’s psychologically thrilling.

#4 – Ghost Hunters: Live!

Oh yes, I’m one of those fans who spends the night in front of the TV if I’m not going out, glued to Ghost Hunters marathons on Sci-Fi. One of the cool new traditions I’ve come to enjoy is the live Ghost Hunters episode, in which you get to attend a full investigation with Grant and Jason.

It’s fun because it’s a long process but that leaves plenty of time to grab popcorn and candy and chill with friends.

#3 – Candy!!!!!!!!!

Bad news – I’m on a diet this Halloween. Okay, that’s honestly good news, except that I will definitely miss shoving so much chocolate in my face that I get a sugar rush and crawl the walls with adrenaline. But candy has always been a great part of the holiday for me. Especially candy corn. Ugh, that stuff always looks so good but tastes so bad…

#2 – Disneyland’s Halloween Time

As I mentioned, Disneyland kind of goes all out for the holiday, and as my first Disneyland experience was spent seeing Halloween Time several years ago, I appreciate it more than some. My special favorite activity at Disneyland is getting to ride the Haunted Mansion, which is decked out as The Nightmare Before Christmas – it’s worth seeing! Then again, I have an Annual Pass, so I can go whenever I want. ;)

#1 – Dressing Up!!!!!

Any excuse to wear my Hogwarts School Robe and dye my hair black and wave around my wand (haha, yes I do own a wand), honestly.

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MindSmack.com wins the 1st annual DesignFirms.org web site design award.

Amy Armitage — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:17:33 +0000

Doritos Party Featuring Black Eyed Peas!

Where’s the party at? http://www.MindSmack.com was contracted to design and develop this high-impact flash website complete with After Effects video animation and a media player that showcases the awesome FLAVOR TRIP video. MindSmack.com President & CEO, Samuel Feuer, Chief Creative Officer, Marcelo Moyano and senior animator, Mike Feuer handcrafted all of the animation and effects. We have edited and animated all of the video for Fergie, Will i am, Taboo and Apl.de.Ap so they have a cool flow of animation and effects for each and are consistent with the site feel. The Doritos product is the coolest and tastiest imaginable. You have to experience it to believe how awesome this flavor trip chip actually is! This was a truly exciting project since there was so much room to explore ideas and demonstrate creativity. The team we put together for this project has won countless major awards including FWA awards and Macromedia (now Adobe) Site of the Day awards.

For more information regarding this award, please visit www.doritosparty.com or www.MindSmack.com

Also check out http://designfirms.org/awards/competition/2007/ for full coverage on the award.

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Having fun with the Bestuff.com

Mitch — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:50:48 +0000

Author: Mitch Keeler

So it is raining outside, you have no important work to do and you don’t particularly find lolcats all that funny. What is a person to do? Well you could sit there like a bump on a log – or you could fire up your browser and check out some of the best “stuff” out there in the world today.

Could one place actually have all the best stuff out there that has ever existed under any category of my wild and wacky imagination? Sure! Bestuff.com is the solution you have been looking for.

Like many of the new social tools out there you would never have imagined this web site would be as addicting as it is. Since checking it out – I just feel the urge to search for awesome things and to find others who might enjoy them.

They also have a set of user forums too so if you have any feedback or issues, you can report and discuss them right there. This web site is definitely one to keep bookmarked in any browser.

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Domain Propigation Time Killers

Mitch — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:53:00 +0000

Author: Mitch Keeler

One problem you have to deal with at every web host out there is the whole issue of domain name propagation. While you wait for your domain to start working for everybody around the globe – here are a few suggestions for things to do to pass the time.

Write your favorite member of the Lunarpages support team a fan letter. Can never love your web host too much – right?

You could always go introduce yourself to your fellow clients and Lunar-peeps over at the Lunarforums! There are many helpful (and mighty friendly) people there that have made those forums their home. Of course we might have a few odd cousins in there too – but what family doesn’t have its black sheep?

Go let your old web host know where you made your new home at. Just make sure you don’t need your old hosting account there anymore. Then again, there was a reason why you left – and chances are they will not get back to you before you get yourself nice and cozy here at Lunarpages.

Learn a little more about your web hosting account. That plan page you went through has lots of information on the new hosting plan you call home. Go review it and the knowledge base to make sure you will be ready and set when you are able to go.

Have any other suggestions?

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7 Ways to Use Your Free For Life Domain

Mitch — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:12:13 +0000

Author: Mitch Keeler

Lunarpages provides their Basic hosting plan customers with one free domain name for life. All annual plans include a domain name for FREE! It will be free for as long as you host with Lunarpages. The domain is registered in your name, you own it and have complete control over it.

1. You could register your primary domain name in another domain name extension. Lunarpages can register .com, .org, .name, .us, .biz, .info, .net, .ca and .co.uk domain names.

2. Have a child? It is never too early to register their name as a domain name. It might be taken up soon and if they want it later on in life – they will thank you for registering it early.

3. You could use the extra free domain name registration to start up your Golden Girls fan site. Ok, this might not be a dream that everybody has had – but that Betty White is just so darn adorable for a senior citizen, don’t you agree?

4. You need a blog. Everybody else has one – and did I mention that Lunarpages makes a fine home for WordPress installs? That could be yet another good project to use your free domain for life on.

5. Well we talked about childrens’ names, but what about yours? Is it registered already? If not – this would be a good reason and chance to pick it up for nothing.

6. You can transfer a domain name over from another domain name register as well. If you have your favorite domain somewhere else, just pay $9.95 to move it over and we can set it up as your free domain name for life.

7. Register a domain name for your Lunarpages fan site. With all the goodies you get with Lunarpages its hard not to love us. Just make sure you don’t make it a Golden Girls and Lunarpages fan site – that would just be a little on the creepy side.

So there you have a few ideas to get you started. Now I have one more helpful tip to pass along your way about Lunarpages and the free domains for life. Did you know that Business hosting plan customers get four of them?

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Get Pownce’d

ReTodd — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:20:05 +0000

Author: Todd Austin
originally posted on designreverb.com

I have a few Pownce invites to give away. If you want one let me know in the comments. Are you on Pownce already? If so what do you like/dislike about it?

I thought Pownce would take the place of Twitter. I use Twitter for those quick status updates. Sometimes I just want to post a quick blurb on whats going on, and Pownce just doesn’t seem the place. I’ll use Pownce for anything that requires a bit more thought or if I’m looking for conversation and replies. I have both Pownce and Twitter updates on my new blog now. :)

What is it?
Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.

Here’s a screen of the desktop client. I think its pretty slick, especially since you can do everything from here that you can on the site. The main bonus I see for Pownce is that you can send files.

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Get Patriotic – Free flag header

ReTodd — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:12:10 +0000

I’ve had some great feedback on the flag header on DesignReverb. So I have decided to release it to you, the public, for your consumption.

For Kubrick fans:

Enjoy!

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affiliates love fairies!!

Tiara — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:20:56 +0000

by Tiara Rea
When I was a kid, Lisa Frank stickers were like, totally all the rage dude. Even though I was a pretty little girl with pink bows in my hair and little frilly white socks, I’d have punched any other kid’s face off if they tried to come after my adorable, big-eyed animal stickers! They are about as much a part of my childhood as pop rocks and bad Chuck E Cheese pizza, and those stickers were as valuable as my Wii is today. I hoarded mine in a clear jar I got from our basement and I think, funny enough, they’re still there. If I’d have wanted to give them out, I think my friends would have done anything I told them to.

Which brings me to the point of this blog – stickers are invaluable. This is what the following dream proves, which my friend and the newest sales rep at Lunarpages Web Hosting, Adriann, just told Amy and I this morning.

The dream involved Amy taking Adriann to some huge affiliate event, where she attempted to convince customers to become affiliates by offering them pretty, sparkly, fairy stickers!! When the affiliates stopped responding to these stickers, dream!Amy demanded that Adriann draw her own fairy stickers so they’d be edgier for our affiliates’ enjoyment.

Amy and I are currently re-thinking our Business Development model to include fairy stickers, as Adriann convinced us they worked out well in the dream.

Adriann is clearly now part of the Lunartic group, I think. ;)

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Best Host on the Web

Amy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:13:05 +0000

Author: Amy Armitage

I got an email from the President yesterday.. no.. not Mister Bush, the PreZ of BOTW Greg Hartnett, and he hooked me up with a cool photo:

We sent them a LOVE package of LP shirts and they sent us these awesome hoodies and tees.

Today it was so funny when I turned up at the office because 6 of us were wearing our BOTW shirts, so we decided to try and take some photos (on my phone camera which is really crappy quality).

Check em out:

Clay our Customer Service Manager

Jay (my hubby)

Me and Elainna

Chad

Jay and Clay

Thanks Greg and Brian!

Don’t forget to get 40% off BOTW listings (only for Lunarpages Webmasters) use the Promo Code = LPROCKS here

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Lunar Social Fluff & Stuff

Amy — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:19:54 +0000

Author: Amy Armitage

So three MAJOR things happened in the last few days:

1. Adam had his last day and left us and we ate toooo much at his goodbye lunch!

We will miss you Adam! Sucked in that you have to wear a tie at your new job ;)

2. Kaanon got MARRIED!

Awwwww… it was so beautiful. Yes.. I cried.

3. I wore a dress and heels (I almost looked like a GIRL!)

Here are some more photos:

Aaron & Eve

Chad & Sulem

Clay

Amy & Jay

Kaanon and Dorothy

Our children broke Tawni.. lol

Congratulations Kaanon and Dorothy!!!!