Archive for the ‘Hosting’ Category
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Everyone knows (or should by now) that cheap web hosts (Bluehost, Dreamhost, MediaTemple, etc.) don't backup your data for you. So you'd better do it yourself. If you're on any respectable host, you should have ssh access to the box.
Connect to your box via ssh and run the following commands ...
Posted in Backup, DIY, Hosting, IT, Linux, Programming, Software, Technology, Web Development | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Midway through Heroes: Season 3 I realized how quickly video streaming technology has evolved in the last few years. Think about the multitude of ways you can now get your fix.
Regular old TV
Digital Video Recorder (DVR): TiVo, MythTV, cable box DVR
Hulu
YouTube (and other video-sharing sites)
NetFlix's Watch Instantly
Networks' websites (ABC, CBS, ...
Posted in Amazing, DVR, Entertainment, Google, Hardware, Hosting, Software, TV, Technology, Web Development | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, DIY, Deals, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...
Posted in Amazing, Hardware, Hosting, IT, Linux, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
The advent of YouTube, Hulu, Netflix's watch instantly feature, torrents, and offsite/online backup has made good bandwidth crucial to an enjoyable experience. The first time my wife got me killed by hogging the bandwidth while I was playing World of Warcraft I immediately cranked up the DD-WRT control panel ...
Posted in DIY, Gaming, Hosting, IT, Reviews, Software, Technology, Web Development | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
It's kind of hard to play World of Warcraft when the packet loss is 19%!
Ping statistics for 63.241.192.122:
Packets: Sent = 1177, Received = 950, Lost = 227 (19% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 478ms, Average = 69ms
The ...
Posted in Annoying, Depressing, Gaming, Hosting, IT, Ridiculous, Scary, Technology, WoW | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Bluehost has upped their storage and bandwidth limits to unlimited and unlimited, respectively. I'm sure if you read the fine print there are exceptions. For example, if you use more than 1% of your unlimited quota they will ban you for life. But then again, 0.1% of ...
Posted in Amazing, Customer Service, Deals, Hosting, IT, Reviews, Ridiculous, Technology | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Let me just start off by saying, "WOW!"
I decided to do some updates on my desktop computer at home tonight and the download speed was awful. The maximum download speed on my current plan is 90KB/s. That's not gonna cut it for downloading gigabytes of data in a ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Crime, Customer Service, Deals, Depressing, Hosting, Humor, IT, Programming, Quotes, Reviews, Ridiculous, Scary, Technology, Web Development | 6 Comments »
Monday, February 11th, 2008
That's a big encrypted bandwidth mess.
~Derek
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Posted in Hosting, Humor, IT, Programming, Quotes, Security, Software, Technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
When I started jeremyglover.com in 2005 I used MediaTemple. *GAG*. They are overpriced and have horrible quotas for both bandwidth and storage. I searched for a host and found BlueHost. Woo hooo!
All you have to do is take a look at the stats on the right ...
Posted in Amazing, Deals, Hosting, IT, PHP, Programming, Reviews, Software, Technology, Web Development | 3 Comments »
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