BACK 40 NEWS
Matt Ledford and Chris Logan successfully added another web server to the Back40 hosting cluster. The two programmers arrived under cover of darkness, switched, propagated and consumed a 12-pack of Dr Pepper during the all-night upgrade. Neill Harmer, web project manager, was asked to speak at the June meeting of OKC Refresh group. Refresh is…
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Teddy Burch, managing editor, is working from home this week. Teddy is recovering from a "slip and slide" accident. Teddy was simply following directions… remove product from packaging, roll out across lawn, hook up to garden hose, let the fun begin – for kids. But Teddy admits disregarding the weight and size limit for intended…
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The benefit garage sale was a huge success! We collected over $5,900 for our editor, Teddy Burch’s chemo treatments. Friends, family and complete strangers delivered truckloads of items for the sale. News crews from channel 4, 9 and 25 did on location reports. It was truly an event. Thank you to everyone who worked, donated…
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An old adage says, "If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door." In today's computer age, Back40 Design suggests that a surer way to success may be to "build a better website. "That is exactly what they did for Advance Brands, one of the county's largest suppliers of…
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Donna Walker, the Sale-inator, has vowed to only use her super powers for good. She’s able to overcome advertiser objections and has the unique ability to turn “maybes” into “yeses.” Her super powers focus on our publication’s ability to place area businesses or services into the minds and mailboxes of 50,000 Edmond area residents. Other…
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From Doodles to the World Wide WebWhat happens when a syndicated cartoonist outgrows the character in his popular comic strip? He could give it up and design toys instead. He might also design web sites and print work. He could even start a direct-mail magazine. Or, if you are Dave Miller, president of Back40 Design,…
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“I started watching Grey’s Anatomy, I was more in touch with my feelings, I began to crave flavored coffees –and I bought a lot of cute stuff Isabella’s. I had no idea what was happening to me,” explains Dave Miller, CEO. “Then Sandy told me I had been taking her vitamin packets which are very…
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Publishing an interview with a toll booth worker involves a fair amount of red tape. After making numerous trips to the Turnpike Authority to arrange the interview, coordinate schedules and conduct the interview, Teddy Burch, managing editor,racked up quite a few toll charges. The final straw was showing up at the westbound booth to take…
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Neill Harmer, web designer, celebrated a birthday November 29th. Back40 Design acknowledges this milestone by immortalizing him in a cartoon portrait and turning on the heat in his office for 30 minutes. Dave Miller, CEO, is slowly but surely learning to enter addresses into his Blackberry telephone “thing.” Progress has been slowed by his reluctance…
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LOCAL RESIDENTS OPEN“THE GREAT FRAME UP” FRANCHISE Dwight and Linda Bays recently opened The Great Frame Up custom picture framing shop in Quail Springs Village Shopping Center. The shop offers custom picture framing and wall décor and most services are completed on-site and are guaranteed. Visit the store at 13801 N. Penn or call 748-5855…
Read More >Spring Break Adventures
Sarah Bailey, graphic designer and crocodile hunter, spent one spring break trekking through the backwoods of southern Louisiana with a few college friends. “We feasted on boudin and cracklings (scary sausage and fried pig fat), and took a high speed fan boat ride through the bayou.” Sarah recalls the highlight of the trip as her…
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