Comments for The Dev Null Blog http://empoweringmedia.com/blog Empowering Media's tech blog Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Monitoring electrical consumption by Larry http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/20/monitoring-electrical-consumption/#comment-90 Larry Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:54:43 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=20#comment-90 Hi Josh. No I have not. Hi Josh. No I have not.

]]> Comment on Monitoring electrical consumption by Josh http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/20/monitoring-electrical-consumption/#comment-89 Josh Tue, 31 May 2011 21:26:25 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=20#comment-89 Have you ever tried the <a href="https://www.chooserenewables.com/xcart/TED-5000-C-with-FOOTPRINTS-and-Google-PowerMeter/16261.htm" rel="nofollow">TED5000</a>? I heard it does way more than the <a href="https://www.chooserenewables.com/xcart/Kill-A-Watt-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/16154.htm" rel="nofollow">Kill-a-watt</a>. Have you ever tried the TED5000? I heard it does way more than the Kill-a-watt.

]]> Comment on Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading? by New Blog http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/11/going-from-a-dedicated-server-to-a-vps-am-i-downgrading/#comment-41 New Blog Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:37:45 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=11#comment-41 [...] first post “Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading?” discusses some of the advantages of using VPS [...] [...] first post “Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading?” discusses some of the advantages of using VPS [...]

]]> Comment on Cloud Computing Management by Larry http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/236/cloud-computing-management/#comment-40 Larry Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:04:08 +0000 http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=236#comment-40 Hi Paul, Yes we do. Which Rackspace service specifically? They offer many options, and some are unmanaged. If it it's managed obviously it would make no sense for us to do it, unless you are unhappy with their service. Hi Paul,

Yes we do.

Which Rackspace service specifically? They offer many options, and some are unmanaged. If it it’s managed obviously it would make no sense for us to do it, unless you are unhappy with their service.

]]> Comment on Cloud Computing Management by Paul W Querna http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/236/cloud-computing-management/#comment-39 Paul W Querna Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:57:52 +0000 http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=236#comment-39 Do you use Rackspace at all? Do you use Rackspace at all?

]]> Comment on All HostASite.com plans upgraded by HostASite.com plans upgraded http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/23/hostasitecom-plans-upgraded/#comment-17 HostASite.com plans upgraded Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:50:34 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=23#comment-17 [...] To celebrate our 8th anniversary, all HostASite.com plans have been upgraded.  Disk space, bandwidth and E-mails have all been increased, but with the same pricing. More details can be found on “The Dev Null Blog“. [...] [...] To celebrate our 8th anniversary, all HostASite.com plans have been upgraded.  Disk space, bandwidth and E-mails have all been increased, but with the same pricing. More details can be found on “The Dev Null Blog“. [...]

]]> Comment on suPHP vs. mod_php – When is suPHP superior? by Rob M http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/22/suphp-vs-mod_php-when-is-suphp-superior/#comment-15 Rob M Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:52:37 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=22#comment-15 I use suPHP in my dev environment with both php4 and php5 just so I can imitate what is used by hostasite/10for10. Having a custom php.ini is actually a really nice feature since you can do some things that you can't do in .htaccess. But LiteSpeed seems like the best of both worlds. I use suPHP in my dev environment with both php4 and php5 just so I can imitate what is used by hostasite/10for10. Having a custom php.ini is actually a really nice feature since you can do some things that you can’t do in .htaccess. But LiteSpeed seems like the best of both worlds.

]]> Comment on The HostCube advantage over EC2 by lludwig http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/21/the-hostcube-advantage-over-ec2/#comment-12 lludwig Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:20:18 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=21#comment-12 @Rob M: Keep in mind S3 != <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network" rel="nofollow">CDN</a>. Here is a blog entry with more info on it too: <a href="http://blog.athleticsnyc.com/thoughts-on-bandwidth-and-amazon-s3" rel="nofollow">Thoughts on bandwidth and Amazon S3</a> Also once we offer shared storage their service will become less useful @Rob M: Keep in mind S3 != CDN. Here is a blog entry with more info on it too:

Thoughts on bandwidth and Amazon S3

Also once we offer shared storage their service will become less useful

]]> Comment on The HostCube advantage over EC2 by Rob M http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/21/the-hostcube-advantage-over-ec2/#comment-11 Rob M Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:44:40 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=21#comment-11 One addendum... transfer between S3 and EC2 is free, so at least you don't have to pay there. I wonder if anyone has tried to benchmark that network latency. I agree with the rest of the points. However, I'm still evaluating if S3 is the best choice for serving static content such as images and other media... One addendum… transfer between S3 and EC2 is free, so at least you don’t have to pay there. I wonder if anyone has tried to benchmark that network latency. I agree with the rest of the points. However, I’m still evaluating if S3 is the best choice for serving static content such as images and other media…

]]> Comment on Monitoring electrical consumption by lludwig http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/20/monitoring-electrical-consumption/#comment-10 lludwig Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:40:05 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=20#comment-10 @Rob M: My in-laws (otherwise known as outlaws) looked into this product to work with their solar panels and it will not work when it goes backwards. The only thing I wish it did have was PC/IP based interface. So if there is something specific for solar panels, even better. In our case we can only use traditional power so this product was a good fit for us. I'm also currently using a IP based thermostat that be controlled remotely and can extract data to generate rrdtool graphs: http://www.anders.com/projects/thermostat-graph/ @Rob M: My in-laws (otherwise known as outlaws) looked into this product to work with their solar panels and it will not work when it goes backwards. The only thing I wish it did have was PC/IP based interface. So if there is something specific for solar panels, even better. In our case we can only use traditional power so this product was a good fit for us.

I’m also currently using a IP based thermostat that be controlled remotely and can extract data to generate rrdtool graphs:

http://www.anders.com/projects/thermostat-graph/

]]> Comment on Monitoring electrical consumption by Rob M http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/20/monitoring-electrical-consumption/#comment-9 Rob M Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:14:09 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=20#comment-9 Sweet! I've been meaning to look to see if something like this exists. Sometime last year, I checked out a company called Citizenrē that will install solar panels and generators in your house and have a network enabled app to monitor it. This page has some info on it: http://renu.citizenre.com/index.php?p=sys_monitoring I think there's a better page that shows this desktop widget they have that you can use to monitor your system in real time... couldn't find that at the moment though. Sweet! I’ve been meaning to look to see if something like this exists. Sometime last year, I checked out a company called Citizenrē that will install solar panels and generators in your house and have a network enabled app to monitor it. This page has some info on it: http://renu.citizenre.com/index.php?p=sys_monitoring
I think there’s a better page that shows this desktop widget they have that you can use to monitor your system in real time… couldn’t find that at the moment though.

]]> Comment on Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading? by “The Dev Null Blog” - Empowering Media http://empoweringmedia.com/blog/11/going-from-a-dedicated-server-to-a-vps-am-i-downgrading/#comment-3 “The Dev Null Blog” - Empowering Media Tue, 06 May 2008 16:29:04 +0000 http://www.empoweringmedia.com/blog/?p=11#comment-3 [...] first post “Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading?” discusses some of the advantages of using VPS [...] [...] first post “Going from a dedicated server to a VPS. Am I downgrading?” discusses some of the advantages of using VPS [...]

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