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Catch us at Amazon's London Start up tour

Alan Williamson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:16:00 GMT

I will be presenting at Amazon's upcoming London road show on how we are using their web services technology. If you are in London the 4th November then stop by.

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Calculating your cloud storage costs

Alan Williamson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Amazon have recently reduced the price of their S3 service. But they are not the only player in the field. We've introduced a simple online storage calculator to let you see how they compare.

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Even Stephen Fry fails to get cloud computing

Alan Williamson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:40:00 GMT

Stephen Fry recently published an article on cloud computing. Like many others he got it completely wrong and was describing nothing more than what the Internet is. Cloud computing is not the second coming.

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Cloud Bootcamp announced, learn what all the fuss is about

Alan Williamson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:55:00 GMT

Ever wondered what all the cloud fuss was about? Well I will be hosting a full day of bootcamp in November at San Jose. Discover the world of clouds and how you can utilise the likes of Amazon, GoGrid, Flexiscale et al to aid your deployment.

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Amazon's EC2 now with Windows

Alan Williamson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services have announced Windows support.

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dot.com bubble2.0

Alan Williamson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:24:00 GMT

Not every online company can expect to sell advertising or get bought out. So what happens when they can't? What can they do?

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I want to believe

Alan Williamson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:42:00 GMT

After a failed X-Files movie experience, I take comfort in the fact that Edgar Mitchell (6th man on the moon) is flying the flag proudly for aliens living amongst us all.

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Time for VMWare to change its pricing model

Alan Williamson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:40:00 GMT

With their stock price falling VMWare needs to do something different to start rebuilding their company. The solution, however, is staring them in the face. VMWare just needs to look at the industry it help shape for the solution.

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Presenting a good talk: avoid 'follow the bullets'

Alan Williamson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:12:00 GMT

When was the last time you sat through an excellent talk where the speaker didn't read through their bullet points? it is a rare skill to achieve, with so few practicing it.

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Amazon S3 suffers an 8hr outage; Trust no one

Alan Williamson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:38:00 GMT

With Amazon S3 suffering an 8 hour outage, it is vitally important you take responsibility for your own cloud infastructure. Trust no one and rely on your own skills instead of blaming the provider.

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We [IntoMobile at least] love a good Google conspiracy

Alan Williamson — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:02:00 GMT

How is Sergey funding family members from Google? What is Google up to with their Android development? All under the covers stuff. Well not quite, but we do love a good conspiracy don't we?

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Very funny Hellboy II trailers

Alan Williamson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:12:00 GMT

With the new Hellboy movie about to hit our screens, check out the viral videos that have been floating around. Extremely funny.

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Happy Birthday to our NHS

Alan Williamson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:00 GMT

Our NHS is 60 years old today, and it is one of the shining examples of why we call it GREAT Britain.

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Coolest toy ever, a remote controlled car with camera

Alan Williamson — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:41:00 GMT

How do you fancy a remote control car but with camera! Just think of the fun you could get up with!

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... if Doctor Who got remade in the US, what would change?

Alan Williamson — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:02:00 GMT

What if the BBC Doctor Who got remade in America, what would they change? And would it be for the better?

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Indiana Jones Lego Animation

Alan Williamson — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:10:00 GMT

My son spotted this lego animation based on an Indiana Jones story line. Very funny stuff.

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MESH Computers - buyer be VERY aware

Alan Williamson — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Another great example of poor UK customer service with the computer retailer MESH Computers. Follow the tale of 2 computers, one from DELL one from MESH, ordered around the same time. Its sorry reading for MESH.

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Who wants Hillary for president? Jack does!

Alan Williamson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:47:00 GMT

A couple of very funny Jack Nicholson YouTube videos have popped up endorsing Hillary Clinton as president.

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Just who is using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for determining the origins of email?

Alan Williamson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:51:00 GMT

Sender Policy Framework, SPF, is a simple way to let mail servers know if the email that is coming from your domain is actually legal or not. I compiled a small list of SPF users and it may surprise you.

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The concert to which all others are measured against; Jools Holland

Alan Williamson — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:38:00 GMT

Jools Holland has just finished in Glasgow and after a couple of hours of non stop, foot tapping, hand clapping, hips wiggling music, I am in awe of what a humble piano can do.

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