You may or may not have noticed that yesterday, www.dreamhost.com was offline and unreachable for the better part of 6 hours. We can’t let something like that go without an explanation. I should note that during this time no customer sites were affected (other than one – which I’ll get to) and the main “www.dreamhost.com” [...]

Well, our contest should be up. I mean, the iPad came out a week ago. And the contest said it’d end when we got 20 (16GB wifi models). So, we must have them by now. You’d think. Well, I’m not sure what the hold up is. I mean, *I* got one no problem on launch [...]

February through April we solicited donations from our customers for a worthy organization: Home for Women and Children of Shiprock, New Mexico. Home for Women and Children is a domestic violence and sexual assault shelter located on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. They have served the entire Navajo reservation – which covers approximately [...]

Do you live near Los Angeles and enjoy pooping fire? You’re in luck. Next week a small contingent of DreamHost employees will be at Orochon Ramen to test your mettle! Orochon is known for serving up big bowls of ramen that come in seven levels of spicy. In addition to those seven, there are two [...]

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