So, to compliment the release of ShadowPost (my social network software) in March, I had an idea (soon to be project if funding is secured) to start up a small cloud host with affordable prices. It will mainly host ShadowPost communities but can aim at sponsoring established open source projects.

The three locations I had in mind for servers were:

Chicago Area (Continuum DC in Lombard, IL)
Dallas (CoreXchange in Dallas, TX)
Denver (Handy Networks in Denver, CO - COMING SOON)

Here is a map of the locations also:
http://nshadowcode.net/serverloc.png

It will be a KVM/CloudStack powered cloud with a custom panel (though with Solus at the start possibly?), and price at a flat rate instead of per hour, and have fair overages if needed, such as $2.50 monthly for 10GB of space, etc.

All bandwidth would be unlimited on a shared 100Mbps line, in which the user can upgrade to 1Gbps for $25/mo. Hard drive space is RAID 5 protected with SSD caching coming soon.

Open source project sponsoring would equal free or low-price hosting for mid-to-large sized open source projects, that may have outgrown SourceForge or GitHub for example. It would all depend on what the project managers need, for example, we could offer a site for free, and a mirror for software downloads possibly for $5-20/mo.

What do you think?

Here are the most recent stuff i did :q been quite lazy lately and havent completed...a bunch of... stuff

Art:
Knight:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/b...cabfb7.jpg
Robot:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/b...52c4a7.jpg

Designs:
5-Page, Fictional Company Webpage Mock Up i had to do for class (illustrator sorta derped but actual webpage will be fully developed in the coming weeks)
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/b...4f3799.png
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/b...0466b9.png

3D:
Just started learning 3DS Max at school and made a playground as an assignment
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/b...a54ee1.jpg

It'd be cool to have a live chat window somewhere on here (if possible)

Hello,

My name is Stephanie and im from Canada.
Im currently just a 2nd year student at SAIT Polytechnic studying new media production and design. I can be quite shy at times, but i tend to be quite talkative if we have something in common.

Im mainly a traditional/digital artist but i've taken quite an interest in graphic design and web development.
Besides that i like to play video games, read and of course; doodle. My interests are fantasy, sci-fic (robots specifically), and crafts.

Thats it i guess, cya around :]

If you had to decide which three rock bands were the greatest of all time, which bands would they be? (Deep question, I know. )

Personally, I would have to say Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Queen. I feel like all three had enough of an influence in music to really inspire a lot of other bands, and they also had great music, making them great contenders.

What would your lineup look like?

Fonts can make a surprisingly big difference on the overall appearance and feel of any logo, signature, ad, or anything else of that nature. I personally will easily spend a lot of time trying out different fonts and looking with different contexts to see which ones I prefer to use in my designs.

Right now, Verdana and Lucida Handwriting are my favorites. As for the others that are available, I usually just "feel them out" and try whatever looks nice.

What are the fonts that you find yourself using frequently in graphics design?

Hey guys, my name is Phillip and I am 24 years old.

Currently, I'm active on around five or six forums. I've seen some who have been able to actively participate on 20+ forums, and I just don't have the time to be quite that dedicated these days.

How many forums are you active on?

Personally, I've had some mixed feelings about it. I like sidebars when they are done right, but I'm not quite sure it really "fits" here quite yet. It also looks terrible on smaller monitors, so there is that to consider as well.

Anyway, I've decided to put it to a vote. What is your opinion on it? Be sure to vote in the poll!

I stumbled across this on the internet recently. There are quite a few funny lawsuits in there. One of them even is a lawsuit against google maps for incorrect directions.

http://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-dumbes...mtx?page=1