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August 27th, 2009
Big news from Matt, discussed in our latest 3 way handshake podcast
Quite a long 3-way Handshake podcast (episode 16) with Jason, Matt, Paul and Sabrina. We have a lot to chat about, not the least of which is big news regarding Matt:
Matt is moving on from Slicehost to pursue other interests. As he says in the podcast, it has been an amazing three years and he wants to try his hand at other opportunities. Although we are sad that Matt has his eye on pastures new, we understand and wish him the best of luck! Matt can still be reach via twitter (@zenmatt) and you can follow his blog (howradical.com)
On a similar note, we talk about Paul (a.k.a. PickledOnion) moving from the UK to San Antonio. This is a big step for Paul and for Slicehost as it allows a lot more interaction with Jason and rest of the crew who work in San Antonio. It also means he can fly to St Louis on a regular basis to visit our Slicehost brethren in our original office.
We answer a bunch of tweets and questions and also tackle the perennial questions of European datacenters and what exactly the differences are between Cloud Servers and Slicehost.
Intro music is Ice Cream Paint Job and outro is Fresh Blood.
We hope you enjoy it and thanks for your continued support.
April 30th, 2009
3 way handshake episode 14
Emil Sayegh, GM of the Rackspace Cloud (our boss!), joins the podcast during his recent visit to St. Louis. We discuss what’s been going on at Slicehost, mention some upcoming events (Lunch 2.0, Railsconf) and answer a ton of customer tweets and questions. The intro is ‘Sugarfoot’ by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, outro is ‘The Mission’ by Puscifer. Enjoy!
March 20th, 2009
3 way handshake episode 13
Yikes! It’s been way too long since our last podcast. Part of the gang was in San Antonio this week and Paul demanded we knock one out. We cover a bunch of topics, including Cloud Servers, what everyone’s been up to, some customer questions and more. Intro is ‘Here’s the Thing’ by Girl Talk and outro is ‘Ulysses’ by Franz Ferdinand. Enjoy!

November 17th, 2008
Livechat this Thursday
As promised, we’ll be doing a livechat this Thursday and answering your questions. We think this will be a fun change from the podcast and a great chance to discuss our future. We’ll be joined by Lew Moorman from Rackspace and will be broadcasting via Ustream. You can ask questions while watching the show, through Twitter or in SliceChat. We’re hoping to start around noon CST and will go for at least an hour. Please join us!
UPDATE Should start between 12-1230 today and will go as long as questions are coming in. We’ll discuss the acquisition, future plans and what’s been going on lately. You can join us in the Ustream channel or ask questions via IRC/Chat/Email/Twitter.
UPDATE 2 – Video below.
September 18th, 2008
3-way handshake episode 12
Our biggest podcast ever! Jason, Jared, Paul, Tony, Mike and me all in the same room. We have some feature announcements, recap Slicehost highs and lows, discuss the Slicehost summit and more. Intro music is “Player’s Club” by NWA featuring Too Short and “Time to Pretend” by MGMT.
July 24th, 2008
3-way handshake episode 11
It’s been a while since our last podcast! Jason, Paul and I discuss the power maintenance, SliceManager and general updates, the upcoming Slicehost Summit and more. Intro music “In the Beginning” by K’naan, exit music “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. Recorded yesterday afternoon.
May 5th, 2008
3 way handshake episode 10
Recorded last Friday for your listening pleasure. We introduce Tony Dolan, discuss mod_rails, a new Ubuntu image, our new office, Jason’s memristor lust and Yahoo-Microsoft. Intro music is What’s the Altitude (Cut Chemist) and exit music is Ghost (Neutral Milk Hotel).
March 31st, 2008
3-way handshake episode 9
Recorded last Friday for your listening pleasure. We discuss 4GB slices, the website redesign, the API, new iPhones and new Macbook Pros for Matt and Jason and taxes. Intro music is Hey by The Pixies and exit music is You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Soulwax mix).
March 5th, 2008
Podcast Episode 8
For your listening pleasure, the 3 way handshake episode 8. Myself, Jason and Paul discuss a breaker trip from last week, OpenID in SliceManager, Linux kernel vulnerabilities, new Macbook Pros and iPhones. Intro music is Motivational Speaker by Cut Chemist and exit music is Mercy Me by What Made Milwaukee Famous.
January 24th, 2008
Podcast Episode 7
The 3-way handshake episode 7 is ready for your listening pleasure. SuperJared joins us from San Diego. We talk about his role at Slicehost, capistrano articles from Paul, Slicehosters getting dugg, drama in the Rails community and Macworld.
December 21st, 2007
Podcast Episode 6
Happy holidays – our last episode of 2007. Pickled Onion joins us from the UK, a few updates and some banter.
November 21st, 2007
Podcast Episode 5
First one since the big rewrite. It’s short but we give updates on the new backend, new team members, the waitlist and more.
August 13th, 2007
3-way handshake episode 4
We discuss our REST refactoring, the waitlist and a few other miscellaneous items. Recorded Friday night.
July 2nd, 2007
Podcast episode 3
Recorded Friday evening. We discuss an upcoming network maintenance, IP migrations are over, 2 gig slices, the design contest, iphone chatter and REST (briefly).
June 4th, 2007
Podcast episode 2
Recorded Friday evening. We discuss the IP migrations, ARIN, IPv6, Xen 3.1, office ramblings, design contest and more.