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Any of the linode/heroku/aws services that would be hosted in Canada and follow Canadian data laws/protections.

Some services do exist; They just do not have the quality, ease of use and price points to be competitive.

I love markdown. I even created my own version which I have become addicted to -> http://blackstag.com/markdown. I'm fairly confident I will be the only one to appreciate my personal version, but hey - It's the ugly child I have come to love.

I'd certainly be interested in switching over to their version, provided some of the noted kinks get worked out.

  > Unfortunately the learning material online is very  
  scanty.

  > All Advanced Hackery is OK, but teach me the basic stuff
  first.... If the barrier to entry is too high, you will  
  scare away new comers. 

I attempted to address that very need in one of my blog posts http://blackstag.com/blog.posting?id=5 and there are many other community contributions listed here: http://blackstag.com/blog.posting?id=23. Personally I think there has been an overwhelming amount of community contribution - to a point I would find it difficult to agree with your comments.

Fixed & Thanks. I put that in for viewing on the iPad, but forgot to target the iPad only. ^_^

Agreed. ;)

I am no expert by any means, so feedback is always welcome and I am always looking to improve.

I hadn't noticed this. Thank you - I'll need to take a look.

I noticed a good percentage of the spam I received originated from SearchYC links (via links placed on HN under a different account name).

I would be interested to know if HN also receives less spam with the removal of SearchYC.

Does HN track stats on this?

ping works, but my browsers just say connecting or loading.... forever.

[edit] lol. forever must = 3 minutes in my world... loads afterwards.

odd. I've tried three browsers and nothing and I am having no problems with other websites... strange.

I have a problem going to a service provider who's website doesn't even load....

http://www.prgmr.com/