Category Archives: General

Cloud Hosting versus Dedicated Hosting

Posted on 5 July 2011 by Thom

Earlier today, .net magazine (@netmag) asked the Twitterverse if “cloud hosting” was simply a new buzzword for dedicated hosting, or something different.  I replied: “It’s certainly different, but requires more know-how and the difference won’t be felt by 90%+ of … Continue reading →

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iPhone or Android?

Posted on 12 November 2010 by Thom

Lately, I have been asked one question more than any other question–heck, more than all other questions combined: “What phone should I buy?”  Part of my day job is spent supporting computers, browsers, email, and network connections…  And yet no … Continue reading →

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Textpandable: jQuery Expanding Textarea Plugin v0.9

Posted on 21 June 2009 by Thom

Just wrote my first jQuery plugin!  Textpandable is a plugin that enables textareas to auto-resize to fit content.  Just load jQuery and Textpandable, and include the following Javascript: $(‘textarea’).textpandable(); …and voilà!  All of your textareas are expandable, like this: Textpandable … Continue reading →

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GoogleFail and the Cloud: Bring it on.

Posted on 16 May 2009 by Thom

It seems that the talk of the week this week was the massive GoogleFail.  I will refrain from rehashing my “post a corporate logo on the fail whale” shtick today, because I don’t seem to be as downcast about it … Continue reading →

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