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2009 Thanksgiving Food Drive - Nov 18th, 2009
Thanksgiving is next Thursday the 26th, and the Modwest Team will be taking the day off to spend with families and friends. Last year, we ran a week-long food drive, and collected over 100 lbs of food for the Missoula...(continued)

Migrate to a Faster Database Server in Minutes - Nov 10th, 2009
Earlier this year, we deployed another MySQL database server (db2.modwest.com) for our shared hosting customers. It's a beast of a machine, and still has lots of horsepower to spare. In fact, compared to db.modwest.com, it's roughly 4x more powerful and...(continued)

A Hint of Things to Come - Oct 28th, 2009
Over the years we've been asked from time to time why we don't offer long-term discounts like other hosts. The answer is we do, but it's not automated and not publicly advertised. Recently, feedback in the Community (like this and...(continued)

September Downtime Explained - Oct 2nd, 2009
Last month, we had a couple glitches with the storage system of our shared hosting environment. A number of you asked what we were doing to prevent it from happening again, so here's an overview of what happened and what's...(continued)

Minor OnSite Upgrade: Printable Invoices - Sep 17th, 2009
We've just pushed live a small update to Modwest OnSite, our hosting control panel. This update includes two features requested in the Modwest Community, specifically: "What features do you want added to OnSite?" Printable Invoices: Previously, OnSite presented an aggregated...(continued)

A Day in the Modwest Life: Janiel - Aug 24th, 2009
We had numerous requests earlier this summer for additions to our "Day in the Modwest Life" series, so here's one more. This a day in mid-July lived by Janiel, Modwest's Business Manager. 7:00 AM Visiting father in-law up and moving...(continued)

Let There Be Wifi - Aug 6th, 2009
Our office is located right on Caras Park, arguably the focal point of the Missoula community. There are community events there most days in the spring, summer, and fall, ranging from Out to Lunch and Downtown Tonight to Hempfest, Kidsfest,...(continued)

Escalating War on Spam - Jul 31st, 2009
Herbal Vi@gra, no-prescription pills, bodily-enhancement miracles, mortgage scams, cable descramblers, non-existent lonely women fishing for a date with absolutely anyone, fake bank login reminders, designer watches and handbags and various junk you don't want. Sound familiar? These past few weeks,...(continued)

A Day in the Modwest Life: Tom - Jul 16th, 2009
"A Day in the Life" is our most requested blog topic currently, so here's another installment. Featured today is Systems Engineer Tom. Here's the play-by-play: Uptime: 16:33, Calories burned: ~4500, Calories consumed: Not enough, Emergencies: 0, Commuting close calls: 3...(continued)

Alternatives to FTP - Jul 13th, 2009
We're not quite ready to say "R.I.P. FTP", but it's true that FTP has an inherent security flaw: your username and password are passed in clear text from your computer to the server. This means that malicious software on your...(continued)

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