Friday, May 9, 2008: DAY 1951
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ! There are some exciting changes coming to JSF in the near future. Please take a few minutes to read this thread (at least the first couple of posts). Feel free to jump in and post any questions, suggestions or comments you might have! |
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Today's News
I'm very excited this morning because the two new JSF servers are on the FedEx truck and out for delivery! I got up extra early to get a jump on my regular workload, so hopefully I'll be able to knock off from work by mid-afternoon and get started working on the big project. I'm redoing everything from the O/S up, so I've got a tremendous amount of software to install, configure and test before I can deploy. I know you all are as excited as I am about the new hardware and forum software, and I promise that I'll do my best to get the work done as quickly as possible.
I've decided to put the JSF Amazon Mall on its own separate server (I'll be using one of the existing JSF servers), so JSF will actually soon be running on a total of three servers. The JSF Mall tends to use a fair amount of server resources, so dedicating one of the old servers to power just the JSF Mall just makes good sense. Doing so will make the Mall much faster than it is now, and will allow the two new servers to dedicate 100% of their power towards the most critical sections of JSF. My number one goal is to make JSF and the JSF Forum as fast and responsive as possible, even at peak traffic times and during periods of extraordinarily high amounts of traffic.
I want to talk about JSF's oldest sponsor for a few minutes. AtLarge kicks butt, and they deserve a pat on the back...
I recently received yet another big order from AtLarge Nutrition. I placed my order on a Monday morning, the order shipped in less than an hour, and everything was sitting on my doorstep by Wednesday afternoon. It's not like I'm getting any special treatment here, either: in all the years that AtLarge has been a JSF sponsor, they have been 100% consistent with their customer service and incredibly fast shipping times for all of their customers. I continue to be proud to have my name associated with such a fine company.
I remember when AtLarge first became a sponsor here at JSF all the way back in January 2005 (I can't believe it's already been over 3 years!) During our initial talks, I was very impressed with AtLarge's philosophy towards supplements and customer service. They seemed different from most of the other supplement companies out there, and I really liked that. They offered unique supplements like ETS, which was the very first AtLarge product I tried, and the one that really sold me on their company. Also, AtLarge was creating great tasting, high quality protein blends like Nitrean while most other supplement companies were only offering inferior whey-only products. These days just about every supplement company has jumped on the protein blend bandwagon (with good reason), but Nitrean was one of the first and is still the best. It's the only protein powder I use.
These days AtLarge still has a pretty tight offering of products, but they've continued to expand their line with some really unique, well thought out supplements like Results and Maximus.
So, I'd like to extend my personal thanks to the entire AtLarge team. I, and the rest of the JSF community, appreciate all your hard work. You guys make me proud.
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Dear JSF Members and Guests, When shopping online, please consider using the JSF Amazon Mall. The JSF Amazon Mall is a storefront for Amazon.com, but final checkout is still done directly with Amazon. You'll enjoy the exact same low prices, selection, security and benefits just as if you were shopping on their regular site. In fact, the JSF storefront software will automatically find the lowest priced item and show that item first when the same items are found with different prices. When you shop Amazon.com through the JSF Amazon Mall you are helping to support this site and the forums and it costs absolutely nothing! Making your Amazon purchases through the JSF Mall is an excellent, no-cost way to show your support for JSF! If you prefer to shop directly on Amazon's site, you can still help JSF by using the Amazon Affiliate link before you start shopping on Amazon. It's that easy!
Thanks, P.S. Have a look at my "Favorite Things" thread if you want to check out some of the products I love and use every day! |
Before, During & Current Pictures
These two pictures were taken on the very first day of my transformation--January 6, 2003.
These two pictures were taken just a few short months later. I'd lost over 50 pounds of fat, and added muscle. Amazing changes are possible in a relatively short period of time if you are willing to work hard and dedicate yourself.
These pictures are all recent, and show how I look after over four years dedicated to a healthy lifestyle.
Skeptical? Please read this.
For more progress pictures and many other photos, including my daily, weekly and monthly archives, check out the pictures archives. For even more pictures and videos, check out my Picture Gallery and Video Archive thread on the forum.
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