My website is still down. Since it's 2:42 on Thursday morning, it's now been down for 3 days. I've received 2 emails from the host; one asking me if I had typed in the correct URL, and one saying they were not able to re-create my problem. What is so hard to understand? The site isn't there! Every error message tells me it is the host's problem.
Since they have no telephone customer support, and return emails seem to take at least a day, I've given them until noon June 30 to fix the problem or I'm going to another host--one that has phone support.
I've been very careful to not give the name of my host, but if I do have to go to all the trouble of transfering my domain name and site, I will tell everyone I know just how bad the service is. And I WILL name names. My writing business is dependent on having a website up and running.
Other news: I plan to be the first customer at the new Walgreen's store in Lancaster, OH, opening Thursday, June 30. I'll need to be there by 7--I can get in early only because my husband built it. Since I must be politically correct in shopping at the stores he builds, it's only fair that I get to be the first!
June 30, 2005
June 29, 2005
My website is still down
This is day 3 of my wait for customer support from my web host. I'll readily admit the problem is most likely "operator error", but I fail to understand why my host (who accepts my money every month) has not contacted me to help fix the problem.
I've attempted to upload the site again, to no avail. I've attempted to locate my site, to no avail. It is as if it just vaporized.
Is there a host out there in cyberspace that knows what good customer service/customer support is? I'm ready to take my small business down the road IF such an animal exists.
I've attempted to upload the site again, to no avail. I've attempted to locate my site, to no avail. It is as if it just vaporized.
Is there a host out there in cyberspace that knows what good customer service/customer support is? I'm ready to take my small business down the road IF such an animal exists.
June 28, 2005
Website is down again
My website is down once again. I'll have it back up and running as soon as I can FINALLY get some customer support--or go to another host. Please bear with me.
June 23, 2005
Globalization
I've spent considerable time attempting to understand "globalization" and the trickle down effects it has on local communities. I'm dating myself, because "trickle down" is a Reagan-era term. Just about the time I think I understand "outsourcing" and "offshoring", I find another article that adds a new wrinkle to my understanding.
I don't often post the work of others. And I never intentionally plagerize. However (the proverbial "but"), when my brother-in-law sent the following to me yesterday it made globalization so easy to understand I wanted to pass it along.
There was no signature line and I have no idea who the author is. If you know who wrote it, please fill me in and full credit will be given.
INTERNATIONAL THINKING AT ITS BEST!
Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?
Answer: Princess Diana's death.
Question: How come?
Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, (check the bottle before you change the spelling) followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines.
This is sent to you by an American, using Bill Gates's technology, and you're probably reading this on your computer, that uses Taiwanese chips, and a Korean monitor, is assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexicans.
That, my friends, is Globalization.
Anonymous Author
I would love to give credit where credit is due. Since the above was inbedded in an email, I have no idea who the author is or how to trace it back. Hope you enjoyed it just the same.
I don't often post the work of others. And I never intentionally plagerize. However (the proverbial "but"), when my brother-in-law sent the following to me yesterday it made globalization so easy to understand I wanted to pass it along.
There was no signature line and I have no idea who the author is. If you know who wrote it, please fill me in and full credit will be given.
INTERNATIONAL THINKING AT ITS BEST!
Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?
Answer: Princess Diana's death.
Question: How come?
Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, (check the bottle before you change the spelling) followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines.
This is sent to you by an American, using Bill Gates's technology, and you're probably reading this on your computer, that uses Taiwanese chips, and a Korean monitor, is assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexicans.
That, my friends, is Globalization.
Anonymous Author
I would love to give credit where credit is due. Since the above was inbedded in an email, I have no idea who the author is or how to trace it back. Hope you enjoyed it just the same.
June 21, 2005
The Hooker
I'm always on the lookout for new and different ways to market my freelance writing and copywriting business. I scour the online job boards regularly, and respond to many of the listings.
A couple of weeks ago I responded to a generic advertisement for copywriters who could write short articles for newsletters, which were to be sent to the advertiser's clients.
I responded to this ad and several others with my standard inquiry, included the addresses for my website and blogs and a couple of samples of my work. I expected their response to say they were looking for someone to write articles on a regular basis. These assignments generally don't pay much, but if there isn't a lot of research to be done for the articles, the volume makes up for it. This often turns into a steady income stream and another client to list on my website.
The first response I got was a very long (cut and pasted) email explaining that she was looking for freelance writers who didn't have huge egos and expect to be paid the "ridiculous" fee of $85 an hour, to write short articles to include in her newsletters. As I continued reading the first page, about three-quarters of the way down, she mentioned that she didn't use the term "prostitute" very often, but it was "sometimes necessary". She went on to explain that whoever she hired must be open-minded.
My interest piqued, I read on. She made it clear her business wasn't "prostitution per se" (her words), but to sell books on how to open and operate an escort service. The information she would sell included: how to open a legitimate merchant bank account, how to apply for and be granted the ability to take credit cards, how to legally advertise in phone books and newspapers, and how to avoid arrests.
She must have known what she was talking about because her books were selling for $70 each, or one could purchase the whole "system" for a mere $380. A link directed me to her website where she had no less than a dozen "testimonials" from satisfied customers.
While the possible ramifications of aiding and abetting a crime ran through my head, and without any intention of actually writing for her, I responded.
It seemed very important to her that whoever she hired owned adequate equipment in the way of computer system, phone lines, printers/scanners, and a litany of other demands. I assured her that I owned all the necessary equipment, and to prove I "wasn't afraid to" give her my phone number--as stipulated in her email--I gave her my cell number.
Her response to this email was so defensive, I couldn't help myself. I shot her another email, again stating my qualifications to write for her, even though I "had no interest what-so-ever in opening or operating an escort service". She shot back telling me that she was not only NOT going to hire me, but I had been blocked from ever emailing her again.
You just can't please all the people all the time. I wonder how much she charges per hour for her "work".
A couple of weeks ago I responded to a generic advertisement for copywriters who could write short articles for newsletters, which were to be sent to the advertiser's clients.
I responded to this ad and several others with my standard inquiry, included the addresses for my website and blogs and a couple of samples of my work. I expected their response to say they were looking for someone to write articles on a regular basis. These assignments generally don't pay much, but if there isn't a lot of research to be done for the articles, the volume makes up for it. This often turns into a steady income stream and another client to list on my website.
The first response I got was a very long (cut and pasted) email explaining that she was looking for freelance writers who didn't have huge egos and expect to be paid the "ridiculous" fee of $85 an hour, to write short articles to include in her newsletters. As I continued reading the first page, about three-quarters of the way down, she mentioned that she didn't use the term "prostitute" very often, but it was "sometimes necessary". She went on to explain that whoever she hired must be open-minded.
My interest piqued, I read on. She made it clear her business wasn't "prostitution per se" (her words), but to sell books on how to open and operate an escort service. The information she would sell included: how to open a legitimate merchant bank account, how to apply for and be granted the ability to take credit cards, how to legally advertise in phone books and newspapers, and how to avoid arrests.
She must have known what she was talking about because her books were selling for $70 each, or one could purchase the whole "system" for a mere $380. A link directed me to her website where she had no less than a dozen "testimonials" from satisfied customers.
While the possible ramifications of aiding and abetting a crime ran through my head, and without any intention of actually writing for her, I responded.
It seemed very important to her that whoever she hired owned adequate equipment in the way of computer system, phone lines, printers/scanners, and a litany of other demands. I assured her that I owned all the necessary equipment, and to prove I "wasn't afraid to" give her my phone number--as stipulated in her email--I gave her my cell number.
Her response to this email was so defensive, I couldn't help myself. I shot her another email, again stating my qualifications to write for her, even though I "had no interest what-so-ever in opening or operating an escort service". She shot back telling me that she was not only NOT going to hire me, but I had been blocked from ever emailing her again.
You just can't please all the people all the time. I wonder how much she charges per hour for her "work".
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