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Pine Pro
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1,000 MB disk space
30,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
80 e-mail accounts
8 MySQL databases
25 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
10 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $10/month paid annually ($120/year)
Sale Price: $8.33/month paid annually ($100/year) — $20 off regular price
Birch Pro
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1.600 MB disk space
40,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
120 e-mail accounts
9 MySQL databases
40 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
15 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $15/month paid annually ($180/year)
Sale Price: $12.50/month paid annually ($150/year) — $30 off regular price
Maple Pro
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2,300 MB disk space
50,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
200 e-mail accounts
10 MySQL databases
55 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
20 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $20/month paid annually ($240/year)
Sale Price: $16.67/month paid annually ($200/year) — $40 off regular price
Walnut Pro
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3,000 MB disk space
70,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
400 e-mail accounts
12 MySQL databases
70 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
25 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $25/month paid annually ($300/year)
Sale Price: $20.83/month paid annually ($250/year) — $50 off regular price
Oak Pro
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4,600 MB disk space
90,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
1,000 e-mail accounts
14 MySQL databases
100 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
30 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $35/month paid annually ($420/year)
Sale Price: $29.17/month paid annually ($350/year) — $70 off regular price
Redwood Pro
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6,000 MB disk space
120,000 MB transfers/bandwidth
2,000 e-mail accounts
20 MySQL databases
200 additional parked/pointed domains or subdomains
50 FTP accounts
Regular Price: $50/month paid annually ($600/year)
Sale Price: $41.67/month paid annually ($500/year) — $100 off regular price
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Day. Feel free to post a favorite tradition of the day in the comments…
Last Minute Shopping?
Check out OFB's gift buying guide for last minute gift ideas. While you are over there, here are some other Christmasy things you may want to read:
- Mystical Advent-ure by Ed Hurst
- Nothing So Sweetens Christmas Memories as the Passage of Time by Dennis E. Powell
Gifts of Christmas
- Fujifilm F70EXR by Dennis E. Powell
- 3G Netbooks by Timothy R. Butler
- Macs and Accessories to Go With by Timothy R. Butler
- HTC Pure on AT&T by Timothy R. Butler
- Eris is Not Just Droid “Lite” by Timothy R. Butler
First Snow
The first real snow of the season is now occurring. It's beautiful.
Another Semester Gone
It is amazing to me that I have completed another semester of seminary. Semester six of eight. There is something profound to me about that particular number. I think it was the same way in college. Hitting the three quarters mark symbolizes having made it through not just a simple majority, but really the bulk of things.
It is not that suddenly I am getting a false sense of security about seminary. And, as much as it feels good to accomplish things, I find myself of mixed feelings that I am this close to being done. But, in any case, in another year, I will be done with that “project.” It feels like I just started.
Actually, thinking back, maybe that's not odd — some conversations around Christmas finals times in college seem like they were just yesterday (Jason Kettinger can read into this if he wishes). I looked up an e-mail conversation I had with a professor in December 2005 tonight and found myself amazed it was that long ago.
But, here we are about to enter the second decade of the new millennia. And therein lies another interesting observation. The '10's will be the fourth decade in which I have been present for at least a portion.
Time's winged chariot flaps rapidly forward.
Happy Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had an especially good Thanksgiving. It has been a roller coaster ride of a year… and while quite a bit of it has been rough, I am really thankful for where things are now. The last few weeks have been a much needed time of healing and refreshment; I am thankful for that.
I am thankful God has taken that roller coaster to get me closer to where I believe he wants me to be. I am also thankful that I have been blessed with such a great family and circle of friends. In so many ways, my cup runneth over.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Late Night Haiku XXXI
LXXXVII. Time is dripping slow,
Stalactite of memory,
Not there, but past then.
LXXXVIII. Memories of joy
Build upon the memories
Of sorrows now past.
LXXXIX. The past is the block,
Which with desire mortared,
Builds story and song.
A Joyous Occasion
I'll go into the details sometime soon, but I just had to post a post noting that a joyous milestone has been passed today that I really think is related to where God has been leading me.
Tonight, I am thankful.
SpiderOak vs. Dropbox
I'm testing SpiderOak and Dropbox as possible ways to keep my documents in sync between home and when away with my laptop. Anyone have any thoughts on which might be the better choice? Right now, I'm leaning towards SpiderOak, since it includes a built in utility for choosing which folders are synchronized with different computers and twice as much space as its similarly priced competitor. On the other hand, actually using the service is more helpful than comparing the basic gist.
Incidentally, if anyone wants to join either service, below are links to get a referral. The referral links with give you additional space in your account (and, as a bonus, in mine, too!).
Beneath the Stars
One of the most beautiful works ever written is Dante Alighieri's la Divina Commedia. As I was plundering bits of the Inferno for a sermon illustration, I soaked up the end of that cantica for the first time in too long. It finds Dante and his poet-guide, Virgil, in the very pit of hell. There, Virgil points Dante to a dark space where there is a hole carved by a little river (the Lethe, which is busy sweeping away all memory of the sins of those in Purgatorio down into the Inferno) and they climb through that hole to again come to the surface.
Dante observes,
He first, I second, without thought of rest
we climbed the dark until we reached the point
where a round opening brought in sight the blest
and beauteous shining of the Heavenly cars.
And we walked out once more beneath the Stars (trans. John Ciardi).
Dante ends each of the canticas with reference to the stars, which remind us of God's glory and hope.
The Comedy is so beautiful that I have for years pondered learning Italian so that I could read the work in Dante's own tongue. One of these day, I just might.
