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Be Good to Your Mother
May 9 is Mother's Day. Don't forget to get something special
for your Mom on this Sunday.
Armed Forces Day
May 15 is Armed Forces day. Please remember to keep our
troops in mind for both their safety and their quick return.
Memorial Day
The Call Center will be CLOSED on Monday
May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. The Call center will reopen
on Tuesday June 1 at 12 a.m.
Employee Profile
Born in Bacolod City in the Philippines,
Geraldine Golbeque Kuzyk, a.k.a. Gerri, has been
working for Atlantic.Net for more than three years.
Gerri, who moved to the United States after marrying
her husband, Buddy, lived in Lake City until moving to Gainesville
to work for Atlantic.Net. She works in the Product Development department
and is in charge of existing shared web hosting accounts.
Gerri and her husband own a dog, Bubba, who’s
a mixed hound dog and basset. Bubba weighs 118 lbs and is, "Huge
like a pig!" she said.
When not at work, Gerri enjoys fishing, bike and motorcycle
riding, watching "American Idol," traveling to the Philippines,
and sewing. At one point, Gerri was on the Atlantic.Net softball
team. "You never saw such small legs run," said Alan Koski,
Atlantic.Net softball coach. "But I always hit the ball,"
Gerri said.
Gerri’s anniversary with the company is January
16.
When asked what she would do if
given $1,000, Gerri said she would take a trip to the Philippines
to visit her family.
Written by Ross Schmadebeck
Photography provided by Gerri Kuzyk and is of her and Buddy.
Surfin' Safari:
Mommy Dearest
• Check out Amazon.com's
Mother's Day Specials.
• You can't go wrong with flowers. Buy 1 dozen Mother's Day Roses, Get 1 dozen free!
• There's no better way to show Mom how much you love her
than a trinket with a special message on it. Things
Remembered has a wide variety of gifts for mom.
• What's as sweet as Mom? A cookie bouquet! Cookies
by Design has several arrangements just for Mother's Day.
• Take Oprah's
Quiz to find the perfect gift for Mom.
• Surprise Mom with a free e-card
from Hallmark.com!
• Land's
End.com has gifts for Mom arranged by prices.
• Give Mom a personalized
notepad with her initials so she can keep up with all of her
tasks!
• Surprise Mom with a subscription to her favorite
magazine!
• If your Mom has a sweet tooth, check out Russell
Stover's candy assortments or Mother's Day gift baskets.
Written by Lindsey Thomas
Surfer Dude Answers
Your Questions
He's the PC professor, the gigabyte guru, the ruler of ROM. He's
Surfer Dude!
Q: As I'm trying to get rid of SPAM (isn't everybody?),
I first installed IHateSpam software; spent a year "teaching"
it to recognize spam; found that I still get lots of it. Then my
trusty ISP comes to the fore with SpamScope! TaDa! I thought: Here
we go, finally Atlantic.Net has seen the light and will help its
customers out. Alas! Your SpamScope does not work either. So now
what does a poor dial-up customer do? — Daniel Hillen,
Homosassa
A: Dudette, Spam is the bane of the internet! There
is nothing out today that can totally block all the tricky ways
a spammer knows to get his e-mail to you, but there are ways to
slow them down.
An effective way is to set your e-mail client to search
for certain words or phrases in your incoming e-mail. You can then
set a "message rule" to delete this e-mail, or create a
spam folder and relocate the e-mail there. This is possible on many
e-mail programs including Outlook Express and our own Atlantic.Net
web mail. Don't lose hope, however, as our Spamscope is being continually
upgraded in order to compete with the next sinister spammer that
comes along. Should you require any help in creating Message Rules,
our representatives would be happy to assist you at 1-800-921-9328!
Q: I'm scrolling around the web finding all sorts
of good info — and someone phones me. My phone rings, my internet
connection is broken, and my dial-up tries to redial. How can I
get the phone to ring 'busy' while I'm on the net and just leave
me alone? — MA
A: Call Waiting is great, except when you're on
the internet. The good news is that this is an easy fix! All you
need to do is add *70 and a comma to the beginning of the phone
number your computer dials to get you online.
If you use Win 95/98/ME, you can edit this by opening the Control
Panel, and then opening Dial-Up Networking. Right click on the Atlantic.Net
icon and choose "Properties." You can now add *70, to
the beginning of the phone number. It should look something like
this: *70,1234567.
If you use Win2000, this option is in Control Panel, and then Network
and Dial-Up Connections. In WinXP, it's in Control Panel, and then
Network Connections. In all cases, just right click the Atlantic.Net
icon and choose "Properties" to edit your phone number.
Our representatives would be happy to help you with this at 1-800-921-9328!
Gotta go now. Surf's Up!
Got a Question?
If you're stumped by a technical conundrum,
just Ask
the Surfer Dude, and we'll share the answers in future issues.
 File Storage and Transfer
With Your Keys
The SanDisk Cruzer Mini is the fastest and easiest way to move your data. Cruzer Mini is Hi-speed USB 2.0 certified for fast data transfer (also compatible with USB 1.1). Store all your data, pictures, music and more on this pocket-sized device and then easily transfer files between your laptop and desktop. Great gift idea for graduates.
Tech Tip: How to Make a Web site
It seems like everyone today has a Web site. Children even have
their own Internet pages with pictures and links. But do you have
a Web site? If not, here are some simple suggestions to create your
own pages and imprint your identity in the digital world.
State Your Cause To start your very own Web site,
you should have some idea what you want to put onto it. For example,
do you want pages that contain photos of you and your family, or
do you want a site that features your resume and personal background?
These are just a few suggestions. Perhaps you have the largest collection
of sticky-notes and you want to create a site dedicated to the collection
of little yellow pieces of paper. You can do that too.
Plan It Out Remember when you made outlines for
your five-paragraph essay assignments in high school? Well, here's
your chance to use those skills. A simple flow chart of what pages
you want and how they are going to link to one another is very important.
You want your future users to be able to navigate your site with
ease. This step can help you later on down the road when creating
links.
You Need Space Every Web site requires some sort
of storage space, usually on a computer server in some server farm.
Atlantic.Net offers each account 15Mb of storage for whatever you
want. To access your storage space, enter into your browser <<<<<<>>>>>>.
I'll explain later how to get your files onto the server. If 15Mb
isn't enough space, Atlantic.Net can offer additional space for
a small fee.
Design It There are many different types of web
page design programs available on the Internet*. Software can be
purchased which will do the same thing. Microsoft has Front page;
Macromedia has Dreamweaver MX. However, whichever program you choose,
a basic understanding of HTML is a must. Books and other online
material is available to understand the basics.
Post It Once you've created your Web site, now
you need to post it to the Internet. Several FTP, or File Transfer
Protocol, programs are available to transfer files from your computer
to your Internet space. WS _FTP can be downloaded* from CNET at
no cost. All you need is your username and password for Atlantic.Net,
and you are set to upload your files and post your site. Once they
are uploaded, your site is done. Congratulations.
*Note: Be careful where you download programs from. Computer viruses
and worms have become increasingly prevalent on the Internet. Make
sure you know the source you are downloading from and scan all files
with a anti-virus program.
Written by Ross Schmadebeck
StorHost, Inc.
@ Work with Atlantic.Net
A server is a server is a server, right? Then
what is it that sets managed solutions providers apart? Customer
service, says Tony Moura, co-owner of StorHost, Inc., a managed
solutions provider.
StorHost, Inc., has been with Atlantic.Net for a year, being founded
only half a year before that, and has grown by more than 400 percent.
Since its inception, StorHost Inc. has bought two other companies:
Renax Solutions (a software developer) and Typical Geek (developer
of an invoice and billing solutions software). The companies currently
boast about 3,000 clients yet only employees five people.
StorHost, Inc., builds custom made servers to meet clients needs
using only Atlantic.Net's multi homed premium bandwidth. There are
no packaged deals, Moura said, which keeps operation costs low.
The length of a managed server's contract is no less than one year,
and some are as long as four years.
"Clients wouldn't sign those contracts if they didn't believe
in us as a business," Moura said.
StorHost, Inc., also prides itself in its fast reaction time and
24/7/365 customer support. If there is a problem it goes directly
to Moura and ultimately something gets done right away, he said.
Moura and his partners each have more than 12 years experience in
the technology industry and are able to provide custom solutions
that others in the industry cannot. The company can do a complete
server crash repair and recover all of the client's data in less
than 20 minutes. As a small niche, StorHost, Inc., has the ability
to react faster whereas bigger companies are too busy dealing with
10,000 servers at a time, Moura said.
"In a saturated market, what sets you apart is customer service
and the quality of the products you provide," Moura said. "Otherwise
you're just a part of the crowd."
StorHost, Inc., occupies a full cabinet at Atlantic.Net's Data Center,
meaning the company has the capability to host up to 42 one unit
servers with Atlantic.Net.
For more information, check out Atlantic.Net
online, e-mail sales@atlantic.net,
or call (877) GO-ATLANTIC
(that's 1-877-462-8526).
Written by Lindsey Thomas
Mail
Atlantic.Net
2815 NW 13th Street, Suite 201
Gainesville, FL 32609
Phone
For sales, service, or support, please call:
• Toll-Free: (877) GO-ATLANTIC
(That's 1-877-462-8526)
• In Gainesville, FL: (352) 375-2912
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