Vote for my big goofy dog Oberon in Bissell’s MVP contest!

Vote for my big goofy, slobbery dog Oberon in Bissell’s MVP contest! His sad slobbery face says ‘Vote for me so my owners can possibly win a fancy vacuum cleaner that might be able to keep up with the ridiculous amount of fur I generate. Shedding season is coming (not that I don’t shed all the time). Help!’.

Plus he’s wicked cute.. well in an extra large (175 lbs) and slobbery kind of way.

If you feel so moved as to share this link on your facebook or blog, Oberon needs all the campaign help he can get. There are lots of prissy conservatie poodles out there with more campaign funds and insider influence, so Obie needs a grassroots uprising to help him along.

What happened to Downeast.net (and Jordan Networks) ?

Several friends up here in Maine have been left without an ISP when downeast.net apparently shut down a few days ago. They disconnected their servers and phones and disappeared. Years ago they were run by 2 local very cool people ‘Merlin’ (Don) and ‘Morgana’ (Jean) but I heard they sold the ISP part of things and were just doing web hosting now (http://downeasthost.com/ and a great local host for non-profits, ellsworthme.org). These sites are still running and I’d highly recommend them.

The dialup service… even if it comes back, seems to be a mess now.

After hearing the ISP was down I suggested one person call to see what they knew but they were apparently in the dark too.

I’ve spent a while tonight practicing my google fu and here’s what I’ve found. Warning, this is long and boring and I really only did for downeast.net customers who might want someone to call to find out what they hell is going on (and when they are getting their money back)

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