Oh man, I am asked all the time how to pick a hosting company. And although I do all my hosting in just two places now, the evolution has been interesting, and I don’t have an answer that I completely … [Read more...]
How will I manage? (the cloud)
I had a meeting with Alex Polvi (a founder) and Bob Hrdinsky of Cloudkick today. Over a Thai lunch. And then we followed up with a short discussion-demo at their office at the foot of Potrero Hill … [Read more...]
Slicehost- Tomcat installation on a tiny virtual server
Geek alert! This article is for Slicehost geeks only. Talk about playing on the edge, I almost fell off this time. I have eight slices (virtual servers, that is) on Slicehost (which is now owned by … [Read more...]
Did PHP kill the Java radio star?
Responding to Infoworld Did PHP kill the Java radio star? Zend's CEO, Andi Gutmans, claims that PHP is disrupting Java. Meaning that PHP has gotten a significant toehold and is dislodging Java from … [Read more...]
Small slices of computing (Slicehost) require small MySQL and Apache
{Geeks off the starboard bow, matey, arrrrrr!} I've mentioned before that I'm bringing up web sites on Slicehost. It’s a cloud computing environment and that means I don’t know and don’t care exact … [Read more...]