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Friday, 30 December 2011
Featured Friday: Mymsin Japanese Shiba Inu
Topic: Featured Friday

I love Shiba Inus but I have heard that they can be hard to raise or live with. Shiba Inus are beautiful dogs which originate from Japan that have strong personalities. On http://www.mymsinshibas.co.uk you can read all about the webmaster's history with Shibas as well as great tips for living with and caring for Shibas.

 


 

You can also find out some interesting facts about Shibas in the "What If?" section. For example, did you know that Shibas are highly in tune with you when you're pregnant and may even know before you do!? Weird! And then of course, the best part of the website, looking at the many, many pictures of the Shibas! Have fun!

 

If you want your site featured here next Friday, submit your site at featuredsite.angelfire.com!


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Friday, 23 December 2011
Featured Friday: Birchwoods Boer Goats
Topic: Featured Friday

Today’s Featured Friday Site is Birchwoods Boer Goats.  This small farm located in Wisconsin features Ottis and Rudy, who are full blood bucklings that are for sale and looking at these photos how could you resist!  If you ever thought of owning a goat or love those little eating machines check out this site today!


 

 


Posted by team-blog at 11:29 AM EST
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Thursday, 22 December 2011
Angelfire Customer Service Holiday Hours
Topic: Angelfire News

Season Greetings Everyone!

In order for our Customer Service team to spend time with their family and friends this holiday season, we have amended the hours of our reps.  Please note the Holiday Hours (times are EST):

 

Saturday, Decemeber 24th – 10am-3pm
Sunday, December 25th – Closed
Saturday, December 31st – 10am-3pm
Sunday, January 1st – Closed

 


Posted by team-blog at 5:15 PM EST
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Monday, 19 December 2011
Update: FTP Outage and Denial of Service Attack
Topic: Angelfire News
My name is Chris, and I'm the general manager for Angelfire and Tripod. As some of you are aware, FTP is currently unavailable. I wanted to explain what's happened, why, and what we're doing next.
 
Angelfire was hit by denial of service attack early yesterday morning. Thanks to security measures we have in place, no member accounts were violated, and no Angelfire sites were harmed. However, the force of the attack did cause us to take certain parts of Angelfire offline, including FTP, which was the main focus of the attack.
 
We've been working through the night, and will continue working today, to restore full service to everyone. Thank you for your patience as we restore service, and for your patronage. 
 
As soon as we have an ETA on restoring full service, we will let you know.
 
Sincerely,
Chris Cummings
General Manager

Posted by team-blog at 10:08 AM EST
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Friday, 16 December 2011
Featured Friday: SouthSide Boxers
Topic: Featured Friday

What's a better holiday treat than puppies? This week's featured site is a small kennel out of Mystic, Iowa and they have boxer puppies galore. You can tell from how the owners of SouthSide Boxers speak about caring for their Boxers and the puppies that they care deeply about the health and well-being of the dogs - the puppies are even raised right in their own living room so that they have an easy transition into a new home.

 


Possibly the best part of the website? The album full of puppies of course! You can flip through pictures of the two female boxers (Regina & Gracie), the male boxer (Cholo), and the many, many puppies. In the holiday spirit? Some of the pups had a holiday photo shoot which is a must-see.

 

 

 

 

To see all of the puppies and possibly get an adoption of your own underway, visit southsideboxers.org!

 

If you want to see your website featured here next week, submit your site at featured-site.angelfire.com


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Monday, 12 December 2011
Featured Site: Karissa Harvey
Topic: Featured Friday

This week's featured site (although a little late!) is a stunning website - both design-wise and due to the beautiful artwork that artist and webmaster Karissa Harvey has created.

 


Karissa Harvey presents her solo artwork as well as her CV and a way to contact her right on her site. Her collection of work, "Sunbathers," is not only well crafted but has an interesting backstory about how she reimagined photographs that her grandfather took of sunbathers into large-scale full-color portraits. 

 

Take a look at Karissa's site and flip through the paintings and read the whole story about the sunbathers. Also, keep checking in because if we're lucky, maybe she'll add more artwork soon! 

 

Check it out at karissaharvey.com!


Posted by team-blog at 9:58 AM EST
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Friday, 2 December 2011
Featured Friday: Dance or Die
Topic: Featured Friday

Dance or Die is a band that started jamming in a basement in 1990 and has been playing together ever since! They are pros at playing the classic oldies that we all know and love and have played many a bat mitzvahs, parties, weddings, and events. You can check their site for upcoming events soon!

 


Aren't yet convinced that this band will actually make you feel like you must Dance or Die? Check out what their fans have to say straight from their site: "[Dance or Die is] an intrepid group that some might call Freudian in their uncommon ability to subconsciously connect to their audience, these three psychologists don't just make you want to dance... they force you to!" -- "Make sure seeing Dance or Die is on your bucket list - they put the Rock in Rochester!"

 

You can also check out photos and band member bios on the site as well as contact them to "book the band or just say hi." 

 

You can check out Dance or Die for yourself at danceordietheband.angelfire.com

 


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Friday, 25 November 2011
Featured Friday: Locksmiths in West Midlands
Topic: Featured Friday

"If you are trying to find a locksmith in the West Midlands, you have reached the right place" reads the first line of midlandlocks.angelfire.com. If you are looking for a nicely designed business website, you have also come to the right place.

 


If you aren't in the area and can't benefit from Wolverhampton Locksmiths' services, you can still admire and take a few tips from their website. The site has an easy to follow flow of information with the most useful information right on the front page (services and pricing). You will also notice their excellent use of keywords so that they are sure to boost their website's SEO.

 

The website is clean and simple, emphasizing what needs to be known and showcases the great work that the locksmiths do. The uniform size of the images makes them helpful to the overall design of the website and doesn't distract the visitor. 

 

All in all, midlandlocks.angelfire.com is a great website whether you want to visit it to find a locksmith or to copy their design techniques!

 

 


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Friday, 18 November 2011
Featured Friday: Southern Backpacking
Topic: Featured Friday

Today's Featured Website, Southern Backpacking, is a great site covering the many cool trails found within the South.  The variety of picturesque spots really make the South a beautiful and interesting location for reconnecting with the outdoors.

 

 

The site covers Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee and the numerous trails and National Forests that you can explore.  They encourage you to submit pictures and GPS coordinates from the trail so hit the trail and enjoy the beautiful outdoors with Southern Backpacking as your guide.

Check out Southern Backpacking today!


Posted by team-blog at 5:32 PM EST
Updated: Friday, 18 November 2011 5:38 PM EST
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Friday, 11 November 2011
Featured Friday: Mark Twain Entertainment
Topic: Featured Friday

Love anything Mark Twain? Have him at your next event or school assembly! How do this, you ask? Take a journey back in time with his spitting image to perform for you: Tom Gilding. Tom Gilding is a teacher, author, and riverboat pilot who has performed as Mark Twain since 1984.

 

 

Check out Tom's site at hgilding.angelfire.com to see photos of Tom as Twain, purchae books of Mark Twain tales, or contact Mark Twain Entertainment to do a performance for you! 

 

If you want to see your site featured here next Friday, submit your site at featuredsite.angelfire.com!


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