{"id":6171,"date":"2011-12-06T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T01:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:00:04","slug":"and-the-winner-is-kiss-your-lost-files-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/and-the-winner-is-kiss-your-lost-files-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Winner Is&#8230; Kiss Your Lost Files Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blog-winner-billboard-kiss-lost-files-hello.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-TGptYzvR\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-604\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blog-winner-billboard-kiss-lost-files-hello.jpg\" alt=\"online backup billboard\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blog-winner-billboard-kiss-lost-files-hello.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blog-winner-billboard-kiss-lost-files-hello-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Thank you for <a href=\"\/blog\/vote-for-your-favorite-backblaze-online-backup-billboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting<\/a> on your favorite billboard! The votes have been tallied across the Facebook poll, comments, blog feedback, Twitter responses&#8230; And the winner is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Kiss your lost files <em>hello<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lee Robertson wins one-year of Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a> by voting\/retweeting.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Lee, thanks to everyone that voted&#8230; And look out for the billboard appearing on Highway 101 in two weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for voting on your favorite billboard! The votes have been tallied across the Facebook poll, comments, blog feedback, Twitter responses&#8230; And the winner is: Kiss your lost files hello Lee Robertson wins one-year of Backblaze online backup by voting\/retweeting. 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