I received an email a while back about updating information in my affiliate account so that I could receive payment and put it on the todo list for another time. On August 30th I decided to browse the site to see if I could enter the information online, and just as I was about to enter my Tax ID/SSN I noticed it was on an insecure connection. I asked for a fax number and mentioned that they were not forcing SSL on that page. On September 3rd I emailed them again after reading their privacy policy, where I read the following:
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Last week I received my patch panel and got an amazing deal on a 1U UPS off eBay. The UPS is a Tripp Lite HTR07-1U, which has an MSRP of $599 and listed on Google for around $350. I was able to get it for $25 shipped, and according to the seller it is still in its original box, so thats about a 93% savings off the Google price. When that arrives I will be taking some more pictures, but I needed to get everything prepped so that I don’t have to keep reorganizing my cabinet. I did a layout in excel of the 45Us (btw, I thought it was 42U so I am happy to know I have 3 more U available) and made some decisions about what else I am putting in and where it will go. I can’t wait to buy my Cisco switch so the 1ft cables will be cleaner. As you can see I still havn’t found a case I want to put that old beige Dell in, which is currently my router/firewall.

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Hello again everything.

Sorry for the downtime, I signed up for a Dreamhost account to take care of static content and downloads since the connection is fast and the accounts are cheap. After signing up for it I wanted to wait a month or two before colocating that server again. I would like to get it down to a 1U and do a few upgrades to it. I also have some new projects to get integrated so I need some time to do all this. I just got around to putting everything on Dreamhost this evening so that is why everything was down for so long.

I should have a few new posts coming up in the next few hours or days, but not a whole lot has been going on for the past week.