Downward scaling the cloud
One of the things you will find as you go on your journey through the cloud is that the downward-scalability is very poor. Cloud is designed for a high upfront cost (people time and equipment $$$). But after that, it scales very linearly for a long way. This is great if you are a cog…
You ever wanted a fast convenient SSH but sometimes only had a browser?
We’ve all been there. A quick need to check something, but we are presented with equipment that only has a browser. Maybe its a kiosk-pc, a laptop at a friends place. Perhaps its a network that blocks all but HTTPS. Well, never fear, you can have a speedy web interface ssh, supporting cut+paste and scroll…
Got domain? Its only $1
A few people have asked me about ‘so how would I get a domain name?’. Well, you head here. It can cost as little as $1. Once you have a domain name, you own *.mydomain.ca creating the sub-names. But a domain-name in and of itself is not an email address or a web page. Some…
Of meetups and chautauqua and topics
This week we had the inaugural ‘Waterloo Technology Chautauqua‘. After several hours explaining the finer parts of what Chautauqua means … No wait. We agreed that ~monthly, starting a bit earlier (~7pm), w/ more time spent on interactive chat and less on present would be good. Some topics were discussed, please feel free to vote…
My first election campaign! CIRA
I’m running for office (well, the board of directors of CIRA), vote early, vote often! There will be an online forum http://cira.ca/election on September 20-27. So CIRA. If you have a .ca domain, you are a member. If you don’t have a .ca domain, well, why not? “The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is a member-based…
Long Strange Trip
