From the Outside Looking In
Recently, as you know, SoftLayer released the new API version 3. We have all been working very hard on it, and we've been completely immersed in it for weeks (months, for some of us). This means that,...
View ArticleResponse to On Site Development
On May 14th my buddy Shawn wrote On Site Development. Aside from the ambiguous title (I originally thought it was an article on web site development, rather than the more appropriate on-site...
View ArticleI Always Have a Backup Plan
It was the day of the big secret meeting. All my vice presidents were there except for the unix system administrator. He was a strange man, always wearing that robe, with the long beard and long hair....
View ArticleSimplicity
What if I asked you to guess the name of a video game that came out within the last 10 years, and has sold more copies than the Halo series, the Half-Life series AND the Metal Gear series? No, it’s not...
View ArticleShake Your Money Maker
Ever since I installed a firefox add-on that would tell me the physical location of servers I visit on the web, I’ve begun noticing that there’s a lot of servers in Los Angeles. Now, at first glance...
View ArticleWizard Needs Food Badly... Wizard is About to Die.
Anyone familiar with arcade games from the 80s would recognize that line. It's from the arcade game Gauntlet, which was also featured on the NES and had a number of sequels on other systems. Wizard was...
View ArticleIt’s OK to Let Go
There are a lot of companies that think they couldn’t possibly outsource their hosting needs to a third party. They make all kinds of excuses about why their particular organization cannot possibly...
View ArticleCode Performance Matters Again
With the advent of cloud computing, processing power is coming under the microscope more and more. Last year, you could just buy a 16-core system and be done with it, for the most part. If your code...
View ArticlePre-configuration and Upgrades
I recently bought a new computer for my wife. Being a developer, and a former hardware engineering student, I opted the buy the parts and assemble the machine ourselves. Actually assembling a computer...
View Article‘Tis the Season to Get Things Done
It’s the holiday season, and that means everyone is getting busier. On top of all the existing responsibilities, millions of people are going shopping for gifts, decorating their houses, and navigating...
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