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Dreamhost has a new promotion going where they give some of their customers special invitation codes that save you much more money than the normal promo codes.

The catch is that there are only 5 of them and each can only be used once, so if you try one that doesn’t work, just try another.  They’re supposed to expire in 2 weeks, so I guess it’s a limited time offer.

Each code will save you either $150 on the 5-year plan or $200 on the 10-year plan. This means that that the 5-year plan works out to be $4.45/month and the 10-year plan is only $4.28/month.

There’s also a few other added benefits when you use an invitation code. Both the disk space and bandwidth are doubled.

Here are the codes - enjoy!

032707601460
176334010804
390687504305
647447898860
726985372953

If you prefer to just sign up with a standard promo code instead of going for one of the longterm plans, using MIKESEILER will save you $50 on any plan, even if you just pay monthly.

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Is it just me, or is the flood of joke (misleading) videos on Youtube, as well as irrelevant tagging, starting to make it useless when you’re searching for something specific?

First, here’s my problem with adding tags that really have nothing to do with the video. I’m not just talking about your normal spam, but inaccuracy that might be unintentional. For example, if I search for something like “Paul Gilbert guitar solo,” I don’t want to see a video of what you can do after 1 guitar lesson on an out of tune guitar with rusty strings, just because you listen to Paul Gilbert as well. Don’t put Paul Gilbert as a tag.

And don’t put Picasso or Michelangelo in with your tags if you’re posting a video of your kid going way outside the lines in his coloring book.

Next, we have the joke videos. Let’s use the guitar example again…

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Best of the Web (BOTW) is having a 15% sale on directory submissions, plus each submission enters you in a chance to win $10,000. I’d say they’re one of the few directories that are actually worth paying to be in.

Just head over to BOTW and enter WIN10K as the promo code when you submit your site to their directory.

Remember: Each site you submit increases your chance of winning the $10,000 and the 15% discount is applied to all of the submissions. This offer is only good for a limited time.

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I’m not sure how long this will last, but: $1.99 Yahoo domain registrations. They used to just offer that price up front for the first year, but now I think you have to go through an affiliate link to get it… so, enjoy.
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At the end of January, I traded in a 2003 BMW 325i…

…for an ‘07 BMW 525i. It appears that I’m a fan of Titanium Silver.

What a difference! The 3-series was a great car, but the step up in size & luxury is nice.

If you’re in the Fort Walton area and get the urge to buy a BMW… dealing with Quality Imports is always a pleasure.

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Does your brand new car have a crappy factory paint job with a ton of orange peel?  Well, just sand it down and grab a few rollers…  The $50 Paint Job.

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I’ve been using Bellsouth FastAccess DSL for years.  I finally upgraded to their fastest service, DSL Extreme 6.0.

It doesn’t work miracles for bloated sites with slow backends, but it’s definitely nicer for big downloads and pages with a lot of images, Flash, etc…

Download speed test results:

Click the image to run your own download speed test @ Broadband Reports. Be sure to pick the location nearest you.

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Everyone should read Red Meat. Here’s one of my favorites:

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