02 Mar
Posted by Harper in Technology at 02:32 AM
Tags: fdcservers, hosting, mediatemple, mosso, rackspace, servers, webfaction
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 [...]
29 Feb
Posted by Harper in Technology at 01:15 PM
Tags: cloud, grid, hosting, mosso, web-2.0
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 [...]
20 Nov
Posted by Harper in General at 04:11 AM
Tags: colocation, hosting, mediatemple, mosso, servers, shared hosting
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 [...]
05 Jun
Posted by Harper in Technology at 01:50 PM
Tags: collocation, hosting, mosso, oar.net, rackspace, Technology
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 [...]
14 Feb
Posted by Harper in General at 01:50 PM
Tags: buses, chicago, cta, dylan, hiromi, lincoln-square, logan-square, mosso, moving, servers, skinnycorp, valentines-day
I know I know. I have been a bad bad blogger. I basically I have been ignoring the fact that I have a blog. For a long time - - pretty much since I got back from japan at the beginning of January. eep. What weird is that I have been playing computer a lot [...]
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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