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Hi all,

So we had a fun few days offline. Turns out we are too big and are putting too much of a strain on the host. So this means two things: one, I am going to do a code audit of the site and make it far more efficient. The good news for the host is that it should be much better for the strain on the server. The good news for you is that the site should load and respond faster once I’m done.

In addition, we are going to move to a more dedicated hosting enviornment, meaning we’re not going to share space with quite so many other sites. This should also alleviate some issues. It’s going to take me a few weeks to get the site over there and I’m taking the opportunity to update the look while I update the code.

Thanks so much for your patience this week. We’ll come back better than ever!

Kate

Another new Flash e-card is available - this one with balloons aplenty to celebrate your special occasions!

More on sending e-cards here.

Also, special thanks to members who have been contributing quotations - particularly Lex, Audrie and OCHS Film!

There’s a new Flash e-card for birthdays! Check it out here.

I don’t know where you live, but I’m in Denver and looking at snow falling outside my window. In honor of the winter months, there’s a new Flash e-card available here at QuoteGeek:

You can send an e-card from any quotation on QuoteGeek. Find out more here.

We are well into November now, which happens to be National Novel Writing Month (see: nanowrimo.org). In honor of that, I thought you might enjoy some quotations about writing.

I recently watched North By Northwest thanks to TCM, and it has some great lines, particularly when delivered by the likes of Cary Grant. I strongly suggest you put it on the Netflix list if you haven’t seen it. I must say the scene for which it is famous, with Cary Grant dodging a crop duster, has been parodied so much by other films and TV shows that I thought I knew what there was to know about the scene. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there’s a reason it’s so famous - it’s breathtaking in its weird, quiet suspense.

In honor of the film, I’ll be working on expanding the Hitchcock section this week, so be sure to check back in.

- Kate