Google grants for non-profits
When I’m not working in XMission Research and Development, I run a non-profit web radio station. There are a lot of interesting opportunities for non-profits on the web, (such as XMission’s policy of donating services to non-profits) but one of the most helpful is the Google Grants program. With Google Grants, registered non-profits can receive […]
Free XMission Zimbra Training Seminar
Everyone likes a freebie! I’m sure you have been hearing about this Zimbra email product that XMission includes with our web hosting suite and how great it is for business use. Now what do you do if your business needs to share calendars, documents, address books, tasks, email, and more? What if you have a […]
Utah Film Festivals – Now Showing
This is a great time to be in Utah. Not only do we have The Greatest Snow On Earth but we host several of the most popular film festivals in the world! With screens and party locations for all festivals in Park City and downtown Salt Lake City, you are sure to find something to […]
Local Social Media Club Launches Tonight
Thought I’d take a moment to tell you about a new group in Salt Lake City. It is the Salt Lake Valley chapter of the worldwide Social Media Club organization based in San Francisco, Calif. Their mission is to become the voice of social media technology — whether it be for business or personal use […]
SQLite Firefox plugin
Over in XMission Research and Development we’ve been finding ouselves having a lot of conversations about overengineered databases. Sure, it’s nice to have fully relational databases and be able to store procedures and do subselects, but how often do developers really need these sorts of features? Enter lightweight databases like SQLite. As the home page […]
The most wonderful time revisited
Had a request to do a follow up on my earlier post about all the great games coming out this season so here it is. I’ve played quite a few of the games I listed in the earlier post, but a few have been taking up more time than others while a single title really […]
Ignite SLC
Looking for something to do after a stressful 48 hours? (I know I am.) Tonight is the first-ever Ignite SLC event at the Leonardo. There will be some great talks, a paper airplane Olympics and a whole lot of fun. I hope you’ll join us.
XMission Outage 11/11/08 – Updates and Moving Ahead
Please note: As of January 1, 2017, XMission no longer sells DSL services. We at XMission wanted to update our customers with more details and offer a proper apology now that the dust is clearing after yesterday’s outage, on Tuesday, November 11th. This was a big one and all customers experienced problems to one degree […]
XMission Outage 11/11
Hello Everyone, XMission extends a heartfelt apology to our customers for any inconvenience caused by yesterday’s outage. We are truly sorry, and appreciate your patience. This is a courtesy post for anyone that is not already on the XMission Announcement email list. XMission Outage XMission experienced a serious outage while we were performing some standard […]
Bonded DSL Pilot
Please note: As of January 1, 2017, XMission no longer sells DSL services. Small and growing businesses have a new connectivity option available only from XMission: Bonded DSL. We will accept up to twenty customers for a new pilot program to test this affordable, flexible service. Bonded DSL works best for businesses that don’t want […]