Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal

Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, YoYo, Juggling, Baphomet

I spend WAY WAY too much time trying to figure out where and how to host my websites. I guess you could it a hobby. A really horrible and expensive hobby. It isn’t a great way to meet friends, enjoy life or honestly save money. However - it prepares me for the awesome ability to [...]

The Mosso Cloud: Requests are not a good metric

UPDATE: Not a moment after i posted this - i got a mosso mailing that explained an upgrade in the plan. I will leave the original number in because i still think my point is valid and because that is what new Mosso customers will be getting. Their update is just a quick fix to [...]

My servers are offline. :(

For the first time in almost 7 years my servers are offline.
I just shut them down. It was pretty sad. They were good servers. They did a lot of traffic. They were slashdotted, dugg, reddited, and probably any other sited that was hot shit in the last 6 years.  I installed them when [...]

I hate web hosting. I really do. I think that hosting is one of the most annoying parts of having web apps. It is hard to do. it is hard to manage. It is always more expensive that it needs to be. And it is constantly breaking in ways that severely damage whatever app is [...]

Watership.org blogs

I have been hosting blogs for my friends for quite awhile. Its a lot of fun. I love reading them and trying to get them to blog more. It is a neat way to learn about people and see what they have been up to without being constantly in touch. It is especially good for [...]

oh yea.

i am pretty sure i was a bit tipsy when i wrote my last rant/entry. hah. but nobody knows. i can’t possibly imagine that it makes a whole bundle of sense.
Last night i watched “Lost in translation” and a bit of “Endless Sunshine of a blah blah blah.” Tonight i am watching “Jesus’ Son.” Such [...]

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so. I have been formulating this post since the last one went live. so about a week or so. a lot has happened in the last couple weeks. mostly insanity. but whatever.
i totally don’t feel it. I will be working on some stuff later. I will feel it then. I hope. I will blog then. i have some exciting new news I can’t tell anyone about. no one must know my secret. until it is t…

happy fourth of july

oh yea. last night was fun. we went and saw a band and then some really good djs at subtonic. nice nice. today has been pretty funny. some friends are hosting a party on the roof of their place - so we are helping with that. it is hilarious. a lot of nonsense. it rules. the party should be really silly. and by silly I mean insane. hopefully it will be a good 4th. hehe. I wish I had some morters s…

irc irc irc irc irc irc irc irc irc irc irc irc

so today on IRC my friend clock was attacked by a group iof hooligans who flooded her off and stole her nick. they then came back to start trouble.
and trouble was started. we made fun of the channels this one guy was on:

#ryan1918 #Radio+ #god.hates.fags #concepthosting #whipcream #novascotia #metal #linux-…

upgrade

i really need to upgrade servers. I need like 3 more. One for a firewall, one for web hosting and one for backups. That would rule.
i price them at around 4k. So if anyone wants to give me 4k. I would be happy ;)So apparently audreyhacking.com is in wired this month. Somewhere around page 75. I really need to g…

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Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.

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