http://www.sampowers.net/ The sometimes interesting life of Sam Powers. en-us Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:38:24 -0500 Copyright: (C) 2002-2010 Sam Powers I've owned SamPowers.NET for quite some time... about 8 years now. And for that 8 years it's been rocking on a beast server - a Dell Poweredge 1550. This thing is a beast not because it's got the latest hardware or has a powerhouse CPU, no. It's a beast because back in 2001 when I purchased it, I took it downtown to the co-loc room at QX.net and turned it on. That was almost ten years ago and it's still running. I don't care who you are, any computer that's been running for almost ten y... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:38:24 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/newstuff/nowrockingonthenewmtserver.html My travel website Two Guys Around The World was just nominated into the top five video blogs of the Lonely Planet 2009 Travel Blogger Awards. Lonely Planet is is one of the largest travel guidebook publishers in the world so this is a pretty big deal. Help me out by giving me a vote (with two clicks of your mouse). Just go to the Lonely Planet 2009 Travel Blogger Awards site and scroll down until you see "Best Video Blog". You'll see twoguysaroundtheworld.com listed there. Just click on the... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:19:51 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/travel/ivebeennominatedbylonelyplanet.html The teaser to our upcoming video podcast: Episode 13 - Torres del Paine. It comes out on November 24th at our travel website. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:41:29 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/adventures/torresdelpaineteaser.html Our plans to travel all around the world under $10,000 made it to the local news. Check this out: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:14:38 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/travel/ourtravelstorymadethelocalnews.html