I’ve been helping a friend set up a simple website (using WordPress of course), and it’s the first time I’ve used Joyent’s shared accelerators for web hosting. I’m just getting started, but I’m impressed by how sophisticated and professional the solution looks without losing how approachable and open TextDrive is known to be.
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Category Archives: Computing
Joyent Shared Accelerators?
June 25, 2008 – 2:51 pm
Firefox 3: the Best Window to the Web!
June 22, 2008 – 4:35 pm
Firefox 3 was released this week, download it and have a better web browsing experience while supporting open and innovation software development!
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GoDaddy, Poor Web Experience on Purpose?
June 12, 2008 – 8:45 am
Every time I’m on the GoDaddy site lately I think Robert Hoekman Jr. must have been talking about them when he wrote:
Today, I was involved in a conversation about a company that intentionally maintains a poor user experience on its commerce site in the interest of driving people to call customer support. Once they call, [...]
Tech Frustration
June 7, 2008 – 8:37 am
I’ve always been good at finding the cracks in things and breaking them wide open. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy testing software. I also have a high threshold for technology acting up and the disposition, skills, and resources (friends) to fix it, but lately I’ve been a little tech frustrated.
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Microsoft Meaning of “UnsupportedBrowser”?
May 18, 2008 – 2:20 pm
If “Office Live” is an indication, Microsoft seems to prefer a fragile web. A web not only restricted to a couple of web browsers, but also to specific operating systems.
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Site Maps, SEO Alchemy?
March 16, 2008 – 2:10 pm
A site map seems like a really good idea, but if WordPress is on your team, you are already in great shape, and they offer no real benefit.
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Does this mean that Netscape is really dead this time?
March 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Almost fourteen years after Marc Andreessen’s first Netscape browser, “Netscape as a maker of client software is no more.” writes Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler.
“While we will no longer support the Netscape web browser as of [March 1], 2008, Netscape.com will still continue to serve as a general use Internet portal.”
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Surfin’ WordPress 2.5 with Safari 3
February 29, 2008 – 3:52 pm
With the release of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), the simple, elegant, fast web browser Safari 3 is here.
Very soon we will release WordPress 2.5, and about the same time WordPress.com will be updated.
With Safari 3 and WordPress 2.5 you should finally have a great experience if Safari is your preferred browser.
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phplist Site Paid Links
February 25, 2008 – 9:48 am
phplist web site appears to have paid links for Spa days, Cosmetic Surgery, and other sites.
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Congratulations to the Drupal 6 team!
February 14, 2008 – 2:24 pm
Drupal 6.0 was released yesterday. DaveO of Raincity Studio writes, “I think these changes (while admittedly lacking in really exciting talking points for the non-geeks) reflect an increased focus on usability and offer ways to do more with less.”
Congratulations to the Drupal community!