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How do you watch your television shows?

May 25, 2009

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in Amazing, DVR, Entertainment, Google, Hardware, Hosting, Software, Technology, TV, Web Development

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,…

Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

Mar 16, 2009

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Jeremy

in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, Deals, DIY, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development

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 Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon S3 is storage…

The Kilobyte

Mar 10, 2008

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Jeremy

in Annoying, Comics, Customer Service, Depressing, Entertainment, Humor, IT, Ridiculous, Scary, Technology, Web Development

It seems so appropriate after my recent bout with Time Warner’s customer service about the difference between megabits and megabytes that XKCD should publish this comic: