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Hosting a Site on Rackspace Cloud Files
This is part of my series of try some alternative hosting options. This time I opted for one of the less common cloud providers: Rackspace. Cloud Files is their equivalent of Amazon’s S3. It’s designed...
View ArticleThe Chaos of 4K
As a recent recipient of a 4K monitor I have taken sudden in-depth interest in the subject of 4K, or Ultra HD (UHD) to give it its other name. What I found was a confusing mix of terminology and...
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Hosting a Site on Amazon S3
This is part of my series of try some alternative hosting options. I left Amazon until last at they’re the big gorilla in this market. Amazon Web Services (AWS) have been around since 2006 and hold...
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Hosting a Site on Microsoft Azure
This is part of my series of try some alternative hosting options. I decided not to stop with S3 and instead to carry on with a few more options I found. One of these was Microsoft Azure. I was...
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Hosting a Site on PubStorm
Update: I received an email today to say that PubStorm is shutting down as of the end of November 2016. This is part of my series of try some alternative hosting options. Next on the list was a service...
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Using Fieldbook as a Static Site Data Source
On and off for quite some time I have been looking for a simple web-based database with a UI that would allow me to dump info into it without having to worry about a schema, one that allowed me to...
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Doubling Up on 4K
In the middle of last year I was presented with a 4K monitor (an ASUS MX27UQ). I was very pleased with it and the picture quality was a massive step up from the aging LG W3000H running at 2K that had...
View ArticleIs the Raspberry Pi a Rip-Off?
Let me start by saying that I like the Raspberry Pi, I own four of them. I’m also a big fan of the Foundation’s aims. The title of this piece is pure click-bait. That said, I happened to be perusing...
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Hosting a Website on Tumblr
Last year some time I whipped up a simple site based on a premise I’d had knocking around in my head for a while. The aim is simple: send jovial insults to people you know. I originally registered a...
View ArticleWhy is Everything So Slow?
Reading Brandur Leach’s article about Learning From Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces I found myself agreeing with many points, though not all. While I don’t agree that terminals are...
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