raymondpoort.com

Kristin Hunter: “First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.”

Kahlil Gibran: “I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.”

Benjamin Disraeli: “Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.”

No, no, there is no mistake in the dates, though June 28 was indeed yesterday. 🙂

This quote is actually quite relevant for the services from GoDaddy, my hosting provider. This blog (actually the whole raymondpoort.com domain, AND the other domains I have with them, AND all related hosting services!!) only just came back online after being down since yesterday late afternoon! It took GoDaddy a good 24 hours to get services restored, and still I see ping timeouts.

Being in the services industry myself, I know things can (and often will) go wrong, and one can standout by the way issues are dealt with. Well, GoDaddy did bad, very bad in that respect. I called them today as their status page showed all services up and it took the guy on the phone quite some time (and persistence from my end) to realise and confirm that indeed some of their servers experienced problems……sorry GoDaddy, not good enough, I will be looking for another hosting provider. The sole reason I ended up here was because Adam Curry provided interesting promo codes in his Daily Source Code (that was back in the PodShow days, aaaaages ago!)…time to move on! 🙂

Seneca: “We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?”

Lord Macaulay: “The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.”

Jeph Jacques: “Your whole life people tell you to do what you love. But if you gotta do something else to pay the bills, you don’t automatically have to be miserable.”

Margaret Fuller: “Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.”

George S. Patton: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

Allan Heinberg: “I admit it’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, or the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit, but maybe the best any of us can do is not quit. Play the hand we’ve been given and accessorize the outfit we’ve got.”

Henry Ford: “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”

Frank Lloyd Wright: “The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.”

Georg Wilhelm: “Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”

Denis Diderot: “Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”

Steven Wright: “If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happen if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?”

Anthony Trollope: “Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.”

Joan Lunden: “Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”

Sir William Osler: “Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.”

Unknown: “If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.”

Edith Wharton: “True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”

Brian Adams: “Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.”