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December 23, 2020
Setting up DNS for your AWS S3 static web site
Target Audience This post is aimed at relatively capable web/devops. People like me. I’m not going to remember everything, so I’ll probably re-read this myself in a few months or a year when I...
ReadDecember 23, 2020
WordPress-to-static using wget mirror functionality and AWS S3
I like using WordPress. I’ve used it, AEM, Jekyll, a version of Laravel-as-CMS (currently Jigsaw and a lot of custom built code (in the early days). I don’t like how WordPress seems to be a main...
ReadDecember 14, 2020
Using Screaming Frog to Keep a Monolithic Web Site Hygenic
I worked on an Adobe Experience Manager install for about two years. This particular company used AEM like a stock WordPress website with no plugins. We had custom components and policies on...
ReadDecember 13, 2020
What is Computronium?
I was reading around, and stumbled upon this Wikipedia article. I was like… whoa, that sounds good. But… it’s pretty vague. “…a substrate for…(uh, what?) a hypothetical...
ReadApril 30, 2020
Loosely Coupled
Examples of "Loosely Coupled" in the real world. Restaurant Kitchen: Think of a restaurant where chefs specialize in different types of cuisine (e.g., Italian, Chinese, Mexican). Each chef can...
ReadJanuary 25, 2020
Valentine’s Day Diary
I like this energetic audio-diary format, somewhat of a Mockumentary. I’ve done previous versions for Mother’s Day and the 4th of July, and a non-holiday version for a doctor’s appointment (way...
ReadDecember 1, 2017
Hacked Feed - Have You Ever Been Robbed?
This is the second of two “Hacked Feed” podcasts. I did interviews with hackers who attended the Dallas Hackers Association monthly meetup. In this recording, I asked, “have you ever been...
ReadNovember 1, 2017
Hacked Feed - Have You Ever Been Hacked?
This is the first of two (so far) “Hacked Feed” recordings. I asked hackers who visited the Dallas Hacker’s Association meetup if they had ever been hacked, and how it felt if they had. I love...
ReadOctober 8, 2017
Horizontal v Vertical Scaling
Horizontal scaling = Adding more houses 🏠 🏠 🏠 (More servers or machines) Vertical scaling = Adding more rooms 🛏️ 🛏️ 🛏️ to existing houses (More resources like CPU or RAM to...
ReadMarch 3, 2010
What is Worse, Energy-wise?
I've long wondered about the "real" energy cost of materials. For instance, a couple of years ago, my father bought a solar panel to power his RV while camping. According to the literature that came...
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