But now the important part, Service. It only takes one bonehead techie answer from support to turn me away. Hostway claimed there was something wrong in my SQL syntax when I was performing a simple search thru phpMyAdmin. Startlogic, is just flat out slow and limited, not to mention I think their servers are based in Canada. And GoDaddy, lets just say its every techie’s and web developer’s worst nightmare, the bulk of their money seems to be spent on mass marketing. Danica won’t cut it for us and she probably has no clue what she’s marketing.

Now to the good stuff. Here’s a breakdown of what I’ve valued most with Hostmonster:
* Fairly affordable in price.
* SSH is an upfront $2
* Standard (user friendly) control panel known as CPanel
* Unlimited – Space / Bandwidth / Email Accounts
* Unlimited – Sub-Domains with dedicated URLS <-- My deal-breaker.
* Above average customer support - they've helped me troubleshoot internal files, permissions, and seamlessly processed a rename of my primary domain. A bit automated because they're pretty big and that can't always be a good thing. But because they provide the essentials in value hosting, some of the automated responses I've received via chat support were tolerable. I would not be an affiliate of Hostmonster if I did not believe in their product.

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@ sitesthatsoar.com, was happy to help someone with an issue I was experiencing myself on this Branford Theme. According to the kind author, apparently thousands of people using Branford had been searching for a resolution. Something as simple as having the category title appear correctly on the home page, and was happy that some experimenting and poking around brought us some fortune. So happened, the troops here moved me away from the Branford Theme onto something else with that would make a “splash” instead (Boldy Theme developed by Site5.)

For you developers and freelancers, here’s the step-by-step quick fix posted through sitesthatsoar.com.

g$: dude… Me vs. Interviews: 0-3!
jaz: damn, Me vs. Interviews after 1 year: 0-1
g$: lol
jaz: lol
g$: for some reason i’d rather be 0-1 than 0-3
jaz: dude, this market 0-1000000000000
g$: that makes “Us vs. Landing an Interview”: 4-90000000000000000000000000
jaz: hahahhaha. yah, well looks like we have a chance
g$: a 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance… sheesh
jaz: haha, sucks butt man

Several of you may relate to this, and are probably trying to figure out how to stay productive for the remainder of the day. I’m now feeling inspired to mix up recession-related music for podcast Episode #4… would that be considered productive? Wait… is there such thing?

Daily Check-up: From Froogle.com – Refurbished @ Overstock.com $90.94 shipped, NewEgg.com around $114.14 shipped.

Update as of 10PM 9/27/2009: This deal is now *EXPIRED.”

Out favorite from the woot-off, Family Guy Talking Pals

Philips DVD Player with 1080p Upconvert, HDMI & DIVX
Rubber Band Sharp Shooter
Bluetooth USB 2.0 Mini Adapter
Scarface Wall Clock
Jackpot Pocker
Pro-Form Precision Trainer XT Heart Rate Monitor with Chest Strap
Radio Controlled Snack Float
RC Action X Reactor
Casio Label Printer
Genie 1/2 HP Belt Drive Garage Door Opener
Victory Wax Formula Auto Care Kit
Asus 8.9″ Intel Atom 1.6Ghz Netbook
Pure Digital Flip Classic 60 Minute Camcorder
Ogio Straight Jacket Golf Travel Bag
Sabrent USB 2.0 HDTV Tuner
Crash Air Hockey Game
Home & Car Rapid Battery Charger w/ AA & AAA Rechargeable Batteries
Family Guy Talking TV Pals (These usually sell out)
WalletPix 1.5” Digital Photo Viewer – 2 Pack
BlackJack Electronic Handheld Game
Cafe Valencia 2-Cup Coffee Maker
Random Forever Flashlight
Acer Aspire One 10.1″ LCD 1.6GHz Netbook
Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack
Butterfly 8 Bottle Wine Rack
Acer Space-Saving Multimedia Desktop with Intel Dual Core Processor
Cuisinart 4 Piece Grill Set with $20 Omaha Steaks Gift Certificate
Kai Shun Mandolin Professional Slicer..
As of 8AM PST, the woot-off still continues…

Wish we could’ve retrieved the offered prices throughout the night, I’m guessing they were pretty good considering the overnight timing of this woot-off.

Here’s the story on Roc. Also, was Sinista’s death ever confirmed? Is it true? There’s not one legit story on this, , however for some reason we can’t find a source to confirm his death, is it OD related from what I hear? Won’t jump to any conclusions, but the following clip from 1996 featured both of these DJs (with Rob Swift) vs. the Invisible Skratch Piklz, a clip that had a huge impact in my once-called DJ life, the best DJ Battle ever, hands down.

Featured song in today’s cast: X-Ecutioners – The Turntablist Anthem

Daily Check-up: Next best is $22.49 shipped from RitzCamera.com.

Update as of 1:05PM PST: They sold out!