Archive for June, 2007


Beware of Cheap Hosting

BY peter June 6th, 2007

We’ve encountered a few headaches in the past few days. Mher, a web hosting company, sent us a notice that they were canceling their services. Unfortunately, we have over half a dozen sites, some ours and some belonging to clients, that are hosted with them. The lure of using Mher when we first began using it two years ago was that for only $10 to $20 a year, you could get fast and usually reliable service with decent amount of webspace. We were pleased with the value after a year and recommended it to some of our clients who didn’t want to spend much on web hosting. Continue reading…

Happy Birthday… to Barrel!

BY peter June 1st, 2007

barrelcake1.jpgCan you believe it’s already been a year since Barrel was incorporated? It’s crazy to think we’ve actually managed to exist for a year! It’s been an eventful ride running our own gig, meeting all kinds of interesting characters, visiting new places, and doing some very interesting and not-so-interesting work. The company is still a baby, and we have a long way to go, but I think we’ll grab a few drinks and maybe get buy fancy cupcakes to celebrate the occasion.

(Pic: alright, so it’s a wedding cake by April Reed, but it had a “B” and looked kinda nice)