I came across a really interesting article over at AppleMatters.com, where Chris Howard attempts to answer the question “Why Do I Use Apple’s Apps?” He specifically mentions Spaces, and I thought I would concentrate on that. Chris writes: Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter: Installed Vista in boot camp. It's actually kinda cool. Although not nearly as cool as OSX, and it makes my laptop run hot.
I recently made the switch from shared hosting to a non-managed VPS from a great company called Slicehost. I came across Slicehost back in September, and after reading over their website and searching through a few testimonials floating around the web, I was convinced that I needed to have a ’slice’.
The term ’slice’ is how Slicehost refers to their Virtual Private Server offering. It’s similar to a shared hosting environment, where there are multiple users hosted on a single dedicated server; however, with a VPS, you get dedicated resources for your applications to use, so that you do not have to worry about overselling causing performance and stability issues. As well, Slicehost uses Xen virtualization software to make every slice appear as though it is it’s own dedicated server, including root access and a fresh OS install. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to the new JamieMurai.com! It took me a little while longer than I expected to finish the design and get all the pieces working together, but I’ve finally gotten to the point where the site works good enough. I’m still trying to clean a few things up, like extracting some of the sidebar widgets into their own plugins so that they can just be, well, plugged in to future themes. Also, I’m still gradually cleaning up the markup and css to make it as clean and standards compliant as I possibly can. Read the rest of this entry »