Archive for September, 2011

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Don’t Lose Your Domain Name

Do you own domain names?

If so, can you answer below questions?

  • Who is your domain registrar?
  • What is your username and password for your domain registrar?
  • Do you know how to log in to your own domain account?
  • Do you know when your domain name expires?
  • Do you know if your contact information is correct on your domain name? (Registrant, Admin, Billing, & Tech Support).

If you said “no” to any of questions above, you should seriously consider paying somebody to take care of your domain names.

You must remember:
Your domain name has expiration date.  A domain name must be renewed or it will expire.  If your domain name expires, somebody else will register it and try to sell it back to you for thousands of Dollars.  I promise, this will happen to you if you forget to renew your domain.

Domain name management services:
We manage domain names for our clients, cheap.  Most of our customers leave their domain names to us.  If you have a business to run, it makes sense to pay a small fee and let somebody manage domain names for you.  I am the one who manages domain names for our clients.  I log in to the master domain account every 2 weeks.  I make sure none of the domain names are expiring.  I check expiration dates with accounting department (for billing).  We inform clients when it’s time to renew.

Some customers choose to manage domain names on their own, which is perfectly fine as long as they don’t forget to renew their domain names on time.

If you are going to pay somebody to manage your domain name, get somebody you can trust.   You don’t want to hand in your domain name to a freelancer or a high school kid.  We are a 9 years old professional web design & Internet marketing company here in Ventura County.  I personally look at your domain name every 2 weeks.  And there are other people in my company checking up on my job performance.

Whatever you do, don’t let your domains expire.  If you think you no longer need your domain name?  just renew it for a few years anyway.  May be you will go back to your old business idea and re-start your project.   Domain names are cheap.  Buying back your lost domain names is painful, sometimes impossible.

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Camarillo Smart & Final – New Business Hours

Smart & Final at Camarillo is now Smart & Final extra!  They have a new sign up.

The interior looks better and employees are still nice.  The main difference is their business hours.  Camarillo Smart & Final (extra) now opens till 10pm (9pm on Sundays).

Smart & Final at Camarillo used to close at 7pm (6pm on Sunday).  Their old business hours was ridiculous.   I think most people with normal jobs never had a chance to shop there, because they closed so early.   Last year, I visited their website and complained about their early hours.  They replied and basically said “I’m sorry, but we close early.”   I was impressed that a live person actually wrote me back.  A lot of businesses create their websites but they ignore emails from the visitors.  Smart and final actually emailed me back.

Anyway, they finally got smart and extended business hours.

10pm still seems early, but it’s not bad for Camarillo.  People don’t come out that late in Camarillo.

Camarillo Smart & Final – Old Sign, before “extra”

Before Smart & Final, there was Tresierras.
Before Tresierras there was El Brillante.
Before El Brillante, there was Apple Market
I don’t know what they had before

Below image of Tresierras was taken in 2006

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Tony’s New York Pizza, Camarillo – Best in Ventura County

I am not a food critique. I’m just a web designer who appreciate good pizza (cheap). This blog is just my personal opinion.

I think Tony’s New York Pizza has the best pizza in Ventura County. My coworkers also say Tony’s is the best in Ventura County. I often visit Tony’s New York Pizza in Old Town Camarillo for lunch and dinner. They are located on Lewis Road at Ventura Boulevard, right across Camarillo railroad station. Their great food, cheap menu, and free WiFi make this one of my favorite restaurants in Ventura County.

Tony’s New York Pizza is not a fancy place. You should make sure to dress down to eat here. I don’t think it’s a good place to bring kids. It doesn’t have a romantic setup. The dinning room only has several tables. It may hold about 30-40 people max.

But, if you and your family want to sit down and have a good meal? Tony’s New York Pizza is the place for you. This is where you come to enjoy good meal and chat with your friends and family. And top off your drink before you leave.

Tony's New York Pizza (Camarillo) Anti-salad

Today I visited Tony’s New York Pizza with my friend, and ordered;

  • Small anti-salad with blue cheese (picture above)
    • This is the salad with ham and salami.
  • 1 slice of pizza topped with sausage, pepperoni, and fresh basil. (picture below)
    • Their 1 slice is actually 2 big slices.
  • baked rigatoni with cheese, meatball, & sausage.
    • It comes with 2 big garlic breads.
  • 2 small drinks

Total for entire meal was little less than $20.00. I say their price is comparable to fast food places. But, here, you get real food prepared by real cook. Quality of food is excellent. Two of us ate until we couldn’t eat any more. I used their free WiFi to check up on my web design projects and my clients websites.

I took a few quick pictures with my pocket camera. I hope these pictures will get your juice flowing.

Best Pizza in Ventura County

There is a main cook who always works there in the kitchen. He looks like Fonzie from Happy Days (cool dude). I saw him today also, working hard as always. He occasionally came out to ask how everyone was doing, if we were enjoying the meal. I asked him “Excuse me, are you Tony?” “Yes” he replied with smile.

To me, Tony’s New York Pizza is guaranteed good meal, and good time.

Tony’s New York Pizza doesn’t really have a website. But their official menu is located here
www.onebigslice.com

Tony’s New York Pizza / Take out & Delivery
CAMARILLO
31 N. LEWIS ROAD
805 – 445 – 4400
Mo. – Th 11 to 9 Fr. – Sa. 11 to 10 Su. 12 to 9