Archive for March, 2009

Goodbye Vizaweb

Posted by Matt Fowler in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009

Well, I finally made the switch. After hosting with Vizaweb for a good solid 5 years, as of March 23rd, 2009 — Matt Fowler dot Business was successfully hosted and ran successfully under Site5.com hosting. I’ve already noticed some very significant differences after I did this. My page, at least to me for sure, loads a lot faster. Probably because I’m sure Site5 actually pays attention to their servers.

To Rick Mueller, CEO of Vizaweb:
No offense to you, or your company, but there were certain things that kept happening that sparked a scare in losing everything I got. Not to mention, the up time  decreased rapidly over the years, and plus even the support forum went to the spammers. Also, what happened to the phone support? It went from getting an answer, getting an occasional answer, to getting no answer at all. I’m sorry, but there are certain problems that need to be assessed immediately — and having phone support helps. Then came live chat, well that lasted a good 3-4 months, and then it went permanently offline. Then, the downtime went from bad to catastrophic. My site was down for a solid week a couple of times with no explanation. I just can’t handle that from my host.  Though I’ll probably never know what happened to the company I once trusted and sent many people too, I hope that it is only temporary and that the company comes back full force and back to the way they were.

The move over had a little struggle, due to DNS IP problems, but all was fixed within 24 hours, and I will commend the Site5 support team for sticking with me and helping me out with every little issue that was beyond my command. I also have a Dynamic IP now, which, though is common for most people — is something new for me!

Yes, Brick Hill Publishing (my Grandma’s book website) was also moved to Site5. Not sure if anybody even wanted to know about that, but you know now.

I also thank a co-Moderator in the Vizaweb Support forum, yardbird, for turning me onto Site5. I’ve been  pleased so far, and it’s only the beginning of the road. I signed up for a 3-year host, so we’ll see how it goes.

Until next time

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Kid’s Show – Episode 2 – “Bubbles Likes to Dance”

Posted by Matt Fowler in Uncategorized on March 12, 2009

Freshly uploaded, for your viewing pleasure, “Kid’s Show – Episode 2 – Bubbles Likes to Dance“.

Watch it now on YouTube:   (Available in HD)

Episode 2:  Bubbles Likes to Dance

And if you are completely confused, it’s probably because you never watched the first episode.  Making a little bit more sense now?

Well, then let me try and explain (for those of you either curious or still not getting what all this madness is):
Basically, Kid’s Show, [which started out "A Kid's Show" but then the A was dropped after the release of the second episode] was an attempt to defeat & mutilate boredom. In other words, I sat down one day with a webcam on (with some effects on to make everything distorted) and starting improvising if I was hosting a slightly strange children’s show.  The first episode talked very little about history — that Benjamin Franklin was overweight — and that Children should never attempt to eat a pair of keys, and should only be performed by “trained professionals”.

Bubbles himself is a strange character, played by me (obviously), he’s very easily amused, and is definitely most known for his odd looks at the camera, along with Grunts of Pure Happiness. (see Episode 2 to see why that is in bold) Whether or not he’ll help “the children” become better adults, we’ll never know, but for now he definitely is keeping them (and everybody else) amused.

Whether or not the show is actually kid friendly is your own judgment, as of episodes 1 & 2, there have been no cursing or sexual references, — with that being said; so far the show is clean. But that does not mean anything. The actual directed audience for this little thing I’ve started is unknown, I guess you could say I just feel whoever wants to watch it — should watch it.

The second episode ran off from the very very slightly educational part of the show and introduced a new idea to “Kid’s Show” — Music.  Bubbles now has his own interactive music set up that has millions of different sounds and loops to add to the show. (cough Garageband cough)

The greatest thing about this show so far is that both episodes have been totally made up on the spot. The light to signal recording went on, and the crazy happened. None of it was rehearsed, or anything , just total improv. I love it!

Sound like something you’d like? Or at least want to see why I’ve put this much efffort writing about it? Then what are you waiting for!!

Kid’s Show

Episode 1 Episode 2 (Available in HD)

PS- be looking for the official Bubbles Likes to Dance Music Video –coming soon!

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