Introduction

[Sara]

Hi,

Just wanted to pop on here and introduce myself.
I'm Sara, wife to a military man and mom to 2 teen girls. We live in the great Navy town of Norfolk Virginia.

Great board Steven! :)

Sara

[Charles O'Brien]

Hey,

I guess I will introduce myself too...

I enjoy working with computers, more so the programming end, I like to go golfing, and most definetly enjoy a good sail here and there.

I am from Southern Maryland (Yeeeehawwww), St. Mary's County... Sara if your big in the navy, Pax River might ring a bell.

I can't think of really anything else to say right now, if I do I shall edit. :)

Highest Regards,

Charles J. O'Brien

[Steven]

My name is Steven, and I am from California. My interests include a variety of things ranging from sports related and computer related to family related. I enjoy many things, mostly I get the most satisfaction of our happy clients :)

-Steven

[prim]

I am Prolet and I am an artist/programer and all that in between stuff. Check my site at www.profatus.com (http://www.profatus.com).

I guess as an artist I enjoy drawing when I have time for it.

Uggg thats it for now...

[Brady]

(ten characters)

[Endora]

Hi!
I am Endora and would like to also introduce myself.

Although I am admittedly not the most proficient webmistress- I have other strengths to make up for it.... (smile!)

I am really happy with Insiderhosting BTW..... and I would also like to mention that.....

Profatus.com (above) ...very interesting site. I do like it very much!

Love and flight! Endora




;)

[Eric]

HI Folks,

I'm Eric and I'm living in a suburb of Albany, NY. I am a grad student working on my PhD in counseling psychology and I also teach undergraduate psych classes on the side.

I have a bunch of interests/hobbies from cooking to biking to web design.

My compliments to Steven on the great board :D

Eric

[bluecalx]

Since everyone else is introducing themselves, I'll go ahead and do the same.

I'm Danny and I live in Richmond, VA.. for now. Once August 22nd rolls around, I'm moving to London for grad school. Goodbye hot, humid weather and pickup trucks plastered with NASCAR stickers!

Most of my hobbies and interests seem to involve computers in one way or another. Oh, and I'm the biggest Chris Elliott fan on earth. Probably off of earth as well.

And I've been extremely happy with InsiderHosting so far. Steven really goes out of his way to help on those rare occasions when something goes wrong. InsiderHosting is run so so so much better than any hosting company I've dealt with before.

-danny

[Mental Stamina]

i'm Tyrone
born 10-4-82
in Washington, DC

i'm into underground hiphop, spoken word poetry, Sade, M.C. Escher, and of course Nietzsche

i play chess, love PHP programming, and love tyrants

basically your average geek

here's a high school pic for no reason
http://www.lyricolympics.com/images/ty/1BlackClose.jpg

[michael]

Hey there
I am Michael you may recongnize me from some of my technical support . I hail from up North from Canada in the Toronto Area. My interests include playing the Stock Market and messing around with computers. Along with other misc. hobbies that I dabble in when I have the time.:cool:

[CrimsonScythe]

Howdy y'all!

I'm Thomas, a Norwegian student living in Minneapolis :D
I guess I'm the newest member here now; just got my account set up 4AM this morning!

I study electrical engineering at the Uinversity of Minnesota, and on the side, I work with programming. (Perl, Flash, Java/JSP) I enjoy art, design, good food, coffee shops, and all kinds of music, except for very experimental jazz and swedish dance band music ;)

Well, I look forward to my stay here at Insider Hosting and getting to know you guys!

"Ha en fin dag!" :D

-Thomas

[gegeor]

Greetings to all:)

I am George from Athens - Greece and a very lucky person
i have found Insiderhosting .:)))

Keep up the good work guys !!


GeGeOr (o)|(o)

http://gegeor.net


:D

[SmackDaddy]

I must have entirely missed this thread.....

Well, I am Jason, from Dayton, Ohio. Former military (Security Forces) and left to be a computer geek in the civilian sector. :D

I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have three lovely girls.

I spend a lot of time on the PC (which the wife calls "The Mistress") doing things like dabbling in web work, trying to start up a hosting business, as well as playing online first person games. I recently started up a PC Tech/Geek online community called "The PC Tool Bin" (http://www.pctoolbin.com).

And I have been very satisfied with switching to insiderhosting.....thanks Steve and staff!

[harmonic]

I'm Dan... I'm 14...

Live in VA.

Just finished writing my backend for www.vexdev.com :D (and if you go there, you might as well check out the
forums (http://www.vexdev.com/forums/) )

And if you want to know more about me, just ask, I suppose.

[Sara]

Wow, there are a ton of us in the DC/VA area, nice to know :)

Nice to meet everyone~

Sara

[bgwen]

Everyone seems so friendly here. I suppose I should introduce myself. :)

So, hello! My name is Brooke. Currently I reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In about a year, however, I'll be getting married and moving to warm and sunny Austin, Texas. I'm twenty-two years old, and I have plans to pursue a career in graphic/web design.

[Ailish]

Oh, what to say about me...

I've been with IH for all of three days now, they being my second hosting provider. I'm still very new to domain hosting management. I got into this because my long time email address was going away, and I wanted to be sure I could keep the replacement address forever, and figured owning the domain was the only way to do that. Since it's included, I'm trying to figure out what to do with the whole web side of the coin.

My preferred outdoor activities are hiking, photography and sailing. Indoors, I mostly cook, bake, read or play on the computer (coding, photo and graphics editing).

I'm a former software engineer, now a grad student, in Boston.

Ailish

[ed_lynn]

hola!

were are all the people from the southwest? well my name is Ed and I live in Albuquerque, NM. Most states on the east coast dont realize that we are apart of the US. yes people there have asked me if i have a green card. (i am a 6 ft white guy mind you). at any rate i dabble in a little bit of everything .I.T. related trying to find my niche. i spend most of my time trying to get back into shape so that i may one day be competitive in the worlds greatest sport, cycling (read lance armstrong). beyond that i maintain a couple of low profile sites, attend college at UNM and enjoy harassing steven via AIM. IH is by far the greatest hosting company on the planet!! thanks for everything.

ed

[g808]

Hi, my name is...Grant.

I've been with IH for a couple weeks now and this seems to be a really great small community of people. The support and performance has been simply outstanding. I hope that this will continue as IH grows.

Anyway, I'm currently residing in Northern California. I'm a computer geek at heart, and love to play around with new technologies. I love to play and watch sports, especially baseball. I try to get out to the golf course to improve my hacking talents when I can. I would like to become a better web designer/developer. I can pick-up on the technical side of things, but my creative side is well....far from creative.

I must say IH is far better than my last hosting company. Keep up the great work! :)

[Stacey]

I guess I completely overlooked this thread!

Let's see...I've been with IH for about 2 weeks now, and already I'm so much happier than with my last two hosts!

As you can see, I'm Stacey; I'm 25 years old, married to my high school sweetie 3 years this month. We have a 20 month old little boy, two cats and a dog! :D We live in very hot south Georgia! I currently work part time as a nurse, and soon to be childbirth educator.

That's about the gist of my blah life :rolleyes:

[Sara]

Welcome, welcome! YAY, new people!!

Stacey, hubby and I lived in St. Marys/Kingsland area for 3 wonderful years. Are you near there? :)

[Stacey]

Sara,

I've been in that area many times, but its a good 3+ hour drive from us! We are more southwest in Georgia.

[Sara]

Okay Stacey! :) I have been to TN a few times through the great state of Hotlanta. Man, that's a trip to cross the state from Savannah!!

I love that part of the country though. I was raised in Florida and I will always live below the line. Although I couldn't get pregnant with either of the girls until we moved to NY. But that's another story.

:D

[Aaron]

Hi.

I'm Aaron, my wife Jennifer and I live in Northern California with our newborn, Liam, and our two dogs. I work for the State of California (as a secretary for the time being) and Jen is a full-time mom. My education/experience is pretty wide ranging. I've had probably a couple of dozen jobs including telemarketing, bookstore clerk, package handler for FedEx, and engineering technician at Intel. I was in the US Navy for three years. I graduated from Heald Technical college in 1999. I am just now trying to learn web design. I am also an aspiring writer. I'm 33 years old and my birthday is in November.

How's that for a rambling all-over-the-map introduction. It's very nice to meet you all.

[TheComputerGuy]

Hi my name is Chris!

I am from Raleigh North Carolina! I am into design and reliable hosting, one reason I am here!

I am into computer modding, working with vBulletin and modding it....pretty much if it isnt broke, I want to do something with it.

Anyways, great to be here!

[Eric]

Welcome Chris! :D

Are you digging out from all the snow, or didn't the storm hit Raleigh?

-Eric

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally posted by Eric
Welcome Chris! :D

Are you digging out from all the snow, or didn't the storm hit Raleigh?

-Eric

No snow here...just ice sleet and frozen rain!

no worries I can sleep in late tomorrow!

[Questy]

Wow, I'm impressed with all the East Coasters here. I myself living here in "Slower Lower" Delaware am not all that far from many of you.

For those of you not familar with the neighborhood, northern Delaware is the home of many large corporations like DuPont, banks like First USA, and MBNA, and now the drug company AstroZeneca has a large regional HQ in the Wilmington, DE area. Southern Delaware is pretty much agricultural (chicken farms) and tourism (the beaches), hence "Slower Lower" Delaware.

I have been involved in technology for many years, and at times it can be more than just a profession, it can be an obsession. Glad to have this opportunity to chat with you all.

Tom P. aka "Questy"

[Aaron]

Welcome to the family Questy. It's nice to have you here. Just be careful of flying fish sticks!

:banana

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
Welcome to the family Questy. It's nice to have you here. Just be careful of flying fish sticks!

:banana

Let the record show that Aaron brainwashed my Party Banana after the last party and now Party Banana is dancing for him.......hence the fish stick tossing.....

**shakes fist at Aaron**

[Sara]

Welcome Chris, welcome Questy! :) Wow we have the East Coast tied up eh?

:guess

[fhaman]

Hey all,
My name is Fred
I am from Michigan USA
I just came to play with u all here at IH.com
I must say so far I am extremely happy
I have never seen this level of reliability and support KUDOS


keep up the good work and hope to be in business with ya for a long time to come:)

[Aaron]

Originally posted by SmackDaddy
Let the record show that Aaron brainwashed my Party Banana after the last party and now Party Banana is dancing for him.......hence the fish stick tossing.....

**shakes fist at Aaron**

I've got your record showing right here, pal. :smooth

We need a shaking fist smiley and a flying fishstick smiley.

[SmackDaddy]

I have a few smileys that I might send to Steven to add.... *grin*

[Aaron]

Originally posted by SmackDaddy
I have a few smileys that I might send to Steven to add.... *grin*

Yeah, the protruding gut smiley. :belly
Or the smelly smiley. :stink

[SmackDaddy]

Well Aaron, check out my smiley page for some new smilies that Steven might want to use..... *grin*

[Palmer]

Hi all, guess it's my turn :wave

Just got signed up today with Steven's help. My name is Palmer, yes that's my first name. I'm from Ohio, the N.E. area south of Cleveland. I'm a Work-at-home dad doing web design in between taking care of my almost 5 year old Noah and 1 and 1/2 year old Evan. My wife Sherri is expecting our third child in August. Just got the ultrasound today, looks like a healthy blob.

On the weekends during the warmer months I'm a part-time golf pro. I am a full time Mentor at www.SitePoint.com , that's where I found out about InsiderHosting.

I enjoy spending time with my family and golfing when I get a chance. I'm active with my church and run our golf league. I just started a new site about a month ago which is doing very well so far. Design Outpost (http://www.designoutpost.com) has a unique way to get yourself a logo or template for your site, check it out to see what I mean. :)

So I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you. It seems like a neat group you have here.

Palmer

[dnxnet]

welcome to the flock. I'm fairly new here too, about a two days or so.

As like the majority of people here i am too a webdesigner, but my real forte lies in PHP, also i had quite a major ideological change and my want for capitalist gain has dropped to almost nothing. Subsistance is the key to a happy life. That's why i do alot of design for charities for nothing, and help people with whatever i can.

Always, most know about me here, so welcome and enjoy!

[Markone]

Hi all

I’m Mark from the wonderful country of New Zealand. I am a part time web designer and a full time instructor of CIW for New Horizons Computer Learning Centre.

I have hosted with a few companies in NZ and the States but this by far is the best value for money I have come across. I must say the support is outstanding. And I am on the other side of the world to where that support comes from – way to go Steven!

Sweet to see that there is a thriving fun community here…

Sara is that avatar a photo of you? Cause if it is you look like one sweet chick.

[Aaron]

Welcome to IH Mark. Nice to have you. So you're from Middle Earth, eh. Cool.

Sara's avatar is not Sara. For a couple of days there, her avatar was a picture of herself, but she had to change it 'cause all the guys here were hitting on her. :guess

SmackDaddy's avatar is his real life belly. Frightening, isn't it.

[Markone]

:wow Classic, hehe

I will have to watch myself; setting in front of the computer can obviously lead to some out sizing results.

[Aaron]

I really like your avatar, Markone. Very professional and classy, well done. I meant to say that in my previous post but hit the submit button before I remembered.

[Sara]

Thanks for that Aaron, *LOL* was that why I changed it? You can see a picture of me here: www.simplysara.com/blog/ on the sidebar. :D

Welcome to IH Palmer, dnxnet and Mark. :D Glad you are here! Isn't IH the best?

[dnxnet]

Your daughters a knockout sara :)

* With all due respect *

[Sara]

My daughter? Hm. Where did you see a picture of my daughter? There is none of her online.

[Palmer]

I thought that was your daughter too. I'm guessing now that that's just a model with the dress your daughter wore. The picture below this entry...

We found it!
Well, we went to the Karen Eagle store here in VA Beach and found the dress! She tried on about 7 or 8 before this one. It was a size 6, she wears a 2, so she had it for the last one to try on. I saw her in it and just got all teary. She looked so beautiful in it! Now, we have it on order, then, they have to take it in as they only have a size 4, no 2's. They have an alteration shop there. Once it's in the store, she goes in and brings her shoes. They take it in and then we go back down to make sure it's right. Her prom is in May, the dress should be done the first week in April.

Isn't it gorgeous?

[Sara]

Yup, just a model from the Karen Eagle catalog. :) She hasn't worn it yet, it's being ordered.

[frangrit]

I'm going through blog withdrawal since my site (http://www.gritmedia.net) is down because of this terrible worm, so here I am introducing myself. I've been with IH since September, but somehow never came around here. I've been missing out!

Hi, I'm Frances.

I just turned 25, and I'm battling off quarter-century angst.
I run a self-indulgent little weblog of writing and design work.
I used to work full-time as a designer, but now I'm about to go back to school to get an MFA in writing.
To combat boredom, I redesign things on the web and rearrange my tiny apartment in New York.

Nice to meet you all.

[SmackDaddy]

Nice to meet you frangrit!!! Welcome!

**psssst, but watch out for Aaron tho.......I can't say any more due to a restraining order I have against him and a pending court case for defamation of my belly!**

[frangrit]

Thanks, SD...I'll be on the lookout.

;)

[Sara]

Hi Frances! :)

[dnxnet]

heehe that person in the dress isnt your daughter? hmmnnn..... nevermind.. :)

[Aaron]

Originally posted by dnxnet
heehe that person in the dress isnt your daughter? hmmnnn..... nevermind.. :)
No. That was SmackDaddy and his clone, Minismack. I think he swallowed Minismack and that's why his belly is so huge. I also think it gets bigger every time he talks smack. Talkin'SmackDaddy.

Welcome to the forums, Fances. I'm pretty much harmless. Unless you raise my ire by throwing fishsticks at me for no good reason.

[frangrit]

Thanks Aaron. I figured as much, seeing as you have a cutie li'l baby as your avatar.

Oh, and hi Sara!

[dnxnet]

*Throws a fish stick @ Aaron*

How you like them apples?,....... well fish sticks anyways?!

[Aaron]

Originally posted by dnxnet
*Throws a fish stick @ Aaron*

How you like them apples?,....... well fish sticks anyways?!
I don't like apples and I'm allergic to fish. So thanks for the poison. I can't believe you show up here on the forums, out of nowhere, post like wh*re, and then have the audacity to throw fishsticks at me?! I think you'd better reconsider your target. You don't want to make me angry; you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
I don't like apples and I'm allergic to fish. So thanks for the poison. I can't believe you show up here on the forums, out of nowhere, post like wh*re, and then have the audacity to throw fishsticks at me?! I think you'd better reconsider your target. You don't want to make me angry; you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

I honestly do NOT know where he got those fish sticks Aaron. According to the treaty we drafted, I am still abiding by paragraph 17, sub-paragraph b, sub-note 4, which states

"....SmackDaddy shall not provide fishsticks to any forum whore..."

In fact, I am not currently in possession of ANY seafood product! So dnxnet's hostility is not in any way shape or form, a collaboration of any kind with any other forum whore. Honest.

[Aaron]

So help me, SlapLaddy, if I discover you were behind this unprovoked attack. I'll... I'll... why, I'll give you the most painful pink belly that was ever given - as per paragraph 17, sub-paragraph c, which lists possible punishments for "... unprovoked attacks using projectile seafood, and/or collaboration with any known publicly-posting forum wh*re," Said punishments include, but are not limited to, "pink bellies, dum-dums, swirlys, indian burns, pile drivers and wedgies." :wow

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
So help me, SlapLaddy, if I discover you were behind this unprovoked attack. I'll... I'll... why, I'll give you the most painful pink belly that was ever given - as per paragraph 17, sub-paragraph c, which lists possible punishments for "... unprovoked attacks using projectile seafood, and/or collaboration with any known publicly-posting forum wh*re," Said punishments include, but are not limited to, "pink bellies, dum-dums, swirlys, indian burns, pile drivers and wedgies." :wow

Oh, I am fully aware of the penalties of said collaboration.....but one issue that was never ironed out in the Seafood Summit of SpongeBob Squarepants, was the exact definition of "unprovoked" attacks. So I suggest you keep the belly jokes to a minimum since my belly is super senstive during the winter months. :D

[Aaron]

Originally posted by SmackDaddy
Oh, I am fully aware of the penalties of said collaboration.....but one issue that was never ironed out in the Seafood Summit of SpongeBob Squarepants...
Is that the guy you ate?

You can take your sensitive belly, rub honey all over it, and cover it with red fire ants for all I care. How's that for provocation, beeyatch? (excuse my profanity, ladies.)

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
Is that the guy you ate?

You can take your sensitive belly, rub honey all over it, and cover it with red fire ants for all I care. How's that for provocation, beeyatch? (excuse my profanity, ladies.)

**flings Crabcakes at Aaron with sniper-like precision and ninja-like stealth** FWAP FWAP FWAP!!!!

Oh yeah baby, oh yeah! :guess
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And now we return you to your regularly scheduled "Welcome" thread!

Hi everybody!

[dnxnet]

SmackDaddy provided me with them fishsticks. He also had some crabcakes is his jacket but he wanted to much for them, so i just took the fishsticks.......

[Aaron]

Hey Smackers, it ocurrs to me that dnxnet is the one causing all the trouble. Maybe you and I should join forces and blow him outa the water, send him to visit the fishes and crabs he loves so much.

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
Hey Smackers, it ocurrs to me that dnxnet is the one causing all the trouble. Maybe you and I should join forces and blow him outa the water, send him to visit the fishes and crabs he loves so much.

I agree.....I have already devised a sabotage scheme that should keep his forces at bay.....

[Aaron]

Ahhh, I was just going to call and tell his mom.

[SmackDaddy]

Originally posted by Aaron
Ahhh, I was just going to call and tell his mom.

THAT was my scheme! And I already did. She said he has pulled stunts like this before and told me he would be grounded for at least a month. Unfortunately, she said he was still allowed to access the internet, so at least he won't be able to play "Fish Stick War" with the local neighborhood kids......well, actually, she said they live out in the bush.....and the nearest neighborhood kid is 17.3 miles away. But she assured me that his make-believe friend "Sammy" was not allowed to come over during his grounding.

dnxnet, I hope this teaches you a lesson young man! :angel

[Aaron]

Oh! I was calling his mom for other reasons. :guess

badabing!

[dnxnet]

You Won This Round Gadget! But the War Is Not Over...... :mad:

[Black-Artist]

Hi people,

I'll introduce myself aswell then.

Currently living in Chester (UK, down the road from Liverpool)

Always enjoyed playing around with computers, waste good hours of my life playing Counterstrike, while I'm waiting for Star Wars Galaxies to arrive on the scene.

I'll also have unusual and pointless hyperlinks for you all to visit over the coming weeks.

Cheers

BA/Jon

[dnxnet]

Now i'm all jealous! I want Spamming Idiot! !!

!!! !! ! !!!!!!!! !!!

*grumbles and walks to the corner*

[Black-Artist]

lol, go change it dnx

[Aaron]

Welcome, BA. Looking forward to following your pointless hyperlinks. Not only that, but anyone who makes dnxnet cry like a 10 year old girl is OK in my book.

Originally posted by dnxnet
[B]Now i'm all jealous! I want Spamming Idiot! !!

He may have the title, but we all know you deserve it.

*wonders what dnxnet is doing in the corner all the time*

[dnxnet]

Yeh, damn straight!

[Black-Artist]

lol

[Sara]

Y'all are insane! :)

[Aaron]

:eek:

[dnxnet]

Thats spam Aaron. :)

[Aaron]

Originally posted by dnxnet
Thats spam Aaron. :)
So now you're not just a spam wh*re, you're also the spam police?
*looks around for the "finger" smiley*

actually I was just showing my wife how much our son looks like that smiley.

[dnxnet]

Your just jealous of my 6 posts a day! And think about this: I was away for a whole weekend! hehehe

* <--- points at membership title! and works to the corner slowly*