{"id":166,"date":"2004-09-11T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-11T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=166"},"modified":"2004-09-11T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-11T14:37:00","slug":"newsflash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/newsflash\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWSFLASH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, September 11, 2004<\/h2>\n

https:\/\/royblumenthal.com<\/a> and roy@royblumenthal.com<\/a> are now alive and kicking again. Thanks hugely to Steve Peters and Jean-Marie in Australia for jumping through hoops to get my French service provider to get me back online. <\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n

It was a nasty Catch-22 — they stopped accepting foreign card payments, but locked my domain name. This prevented me from transferring the domain to a US-based server. Eventually, Steve asked Jean-Marie to make the payment using his French account. So now I’m in the process of working out how best to repay Jean-Marie. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Complicated, huh? <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

But here’s a hint… host your domain name in a country that speaks your language. Most of this hassle comes from the fact that the OVH dudes speak no English. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Another hint… shop around. My South African service provider wanted to charge me R800 (around US$80) for transferring and holding the name for one year. GKG.com in the States was asking US$7.50 for the same service. OVH.net in France is asking 8 euros. Makes no sense.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday, September 11, 2004 https:\/\/royblumenthal.com and roy@royblumenthal.com are now alive and kicking again. Thanks hugely to Steve Peters and Jean-Marie in Australia for jumping through hoops to get my French service provider to get me back online. It was a …<\/p>\n

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