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Bingo Bank Holidays

Mon Macutay — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:22:58 +0000

Online bingo players know that every holiday on the calendar brings special games and promotions at online bingo sites. During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, bingo sites roll out their best promotions and bonuses.

Generally, holiday jackpots are larger than usual. Many bingo sites add holiday themed slots to their collection of side games. Valentine’s Day is also a big holiday for online bingo players. Since a majority of bingo players are women Valentine’s Day promotions feature romantic themes such as Love, Flowers, Romance, Chocolates, jewelry and special gifts.

In the UK there are several holidays unique to the British Isles. Among these are Easter Monday and Tuesdays, Victoria Day, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Boxing Day. Online bingo sites targeting the UK generally run special promotions for these UK public holidays. Bank holidays are unique to the UK and most bingo sites take advantage of these holidays to offer players special games, deposit specials and bank holiday promotions.

What are bank holidays? Bank holidays are observed in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Most of the population gets a day off but those employed by essential services must work. Many UK residents employed by the tourist and retail industry must work but this depends on the employer and the nature of the business. Bank holidays are days when the banks are shut and no other business can be transacted. Coincidentally most bank holidays are on Monday’s giving workers a three day weekend. There are usually 8 bank holidays per year.

Online bingo sites take advantage of these three day weekends by offering games with extremely attractive jackpots and prizes. If the weather is bad bingo sites earn even more money as players stay indoors. The weather can have a great effect on the online bingo sector. During the severe storms during the winter of 2010 some online bingo operators reported a 60% increase in revenues. Land based bingo clubs traditionally offer players bank holiday specials.

For the latest bank holiday which was on Monday, May 7^th just about every UK bingo site had special games and promotions. Some bingo operators were advertising jackpots of as much as £100,000! ($160,685.63 USD) Industry competition has made holidays even more profitable for players. To survive bingo sites must find ways to stand out from the crowd and holidays provide the perfect opportunity.

Web Hosting Choices Simplified

Mon Macutay — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:32 +0000

As a geek, we’re bound to have a lot of websites or blogs, blogs or sites for our hobbies, for our professional work, and maybe even a site for a startup where we dream of earning millions someday. Finding a reliable AND affordable Website Hosting provider is key.

As a site owner, it’s crucial to have a reliable host so that your site stays online 24/7. Downtime equates to money (and opportunity) lost. We don’t want that, do we? Now, for starters, what should we look for in finding the best web hosting service?

Here are a few tips:

Reliability: Be sure to check out if your host is near to most of your target audience. This means that if you’re in the US, the best (and fastest) node, would be (of course) a host with physical servers located in the same country (or continent).
Technology: Your host should have the latest software and hardware that should meet your requirements. Most are either Windows or Linux based. As a geek, you should already be leaning towards one, yes?
Speed: There are fast hosts and then there are the slow ones. One of geekzkrieg’s favorite is InMotion Hosting due to its 99.9% reliable uptime. And yep, they are FAST!!! They also have a friendly team of tech support dudes so you can always count on help anytime. (Yep, the help’s fast too. And that’s a good thing!)
Help: Which brings us to the next topic: finding help. When your site goes down, has a glitch or has the hiccups, it’s important that tech support is within your fingertips. Find a host that offers great 24/7 support and also has toll-free numbers where you can call and get help as soon as possible. Customer service in the hosting industry is always a great measure of success and is one of the criteria which gets them more customers and a free “word-of-mouth” referral.
Affordability: If you’re not a geek billionaire (yet), you have to watch the cash flow. Finding reasonable rates isn’t a problem. Just check out the many options through Web Hosting Reviews

I guess that’s it for now.

I hope these tips help. We wish you the best and we hope that you find the best Website Hosting service that’s right for your needs and your budget.

Peace!

Like a Baws – iPad Survives 100,000 Feet Drop

Mon Macutay — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:27:32 +0000

Do you have anxiety just thinking about dropping your precious iPad or iOS device? Worry no more! Here’s the ultimate test – drop an iPad encased in the G-Form case from the fringes of space… and survive! Video after the break

iPad Survives 1,300 Feet Drop

Don’t forget to share!

via TechCrunch

Bounty Hunters 2: Pit of Carkoon

Mon Macutay — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:29:42 +0000

This short film won the Best Animated Feature category of the recent Star Wars Fan Movie Awards.

Star Wars Channel
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via Official Star Wars Blog

Best Vacation Email Autoresponse

Mon Macutay — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:37:04 +0000

On vacation? Bored with the usual “I’m on vacation” responder? Try this

Here’s something that’s new but has sense hahaha:

I am currently out of the office on vacation.

I know I’m supposed to say that I’ll have limited access to email and won’t be able to respond until I return — but that’s not true. My blackberry will be with me and I can respond if I need to. And I recognize that I’ll probably need to interrupt my vacation from time to time to deal with something urgent.

That said, I promised my wife that I am going to try to disconnect, get away and enjoy our vacation as much as possible. So, I’m going to experiment with something new. I’m going to leave the decision in your hands:

If your email truly is urgent and you need a response while I’m on vacation, please resend it to interruptyourvacation@firstround.com and I’ll try to respond to it promptly.

If you think someone else at First Round Capital might be able to help you, feel free to email my assistant, Fiona (fiona@firstround.com) and she’ll try to point you in the right direction.

· Otherwise, I’ll respond when I return…

Warm regards,
Josh

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The Chinese Police Are Ready For The Zombie Apocalypse

Mon Macutay — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:41:40 +0000

Yessir!!! Cops in China are issued crossbows! Zombies, look out.

More photos…

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Browser Toolbar Fail

Mon Macutay — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:59:55 +0000

If you’re a lazy ass and you just let your apps auto-install the toolbars for you, chances are, you’ll end up with less screen-space like the loser who has the browser above. Sigh.

Via HowToGeek

Nice Flatscreen

Mon Macutay — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:52:53 +0000

Whoa! Some people will do the unthinkable to get a Flatscreen TV on the living room or bedroom. Check it out.

Flatscreen Fail

Via 9Gag

Don’t Be Racist

Mon Macutay — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:33:44 +0000

Morale lesson of the day… Facebook is a great source for laughs.

Don’t forget to share! Thanks!

Odin Has A Point

Mon Macutay — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:39:46 +0000

Who can argue with logic like that?