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Jan/19

Everyday Carry – Extended 2019

Filed Under Blog at 7th January 2019 0:01 by

Overview This is an update to the extended layer in my Everyday Carry (EDC). The concept and use of the extended layer remains the same i.e builds on top of the core layer designed to last up to a day … Continue reading →

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Nov/17

Danny’s Amazon (UK) Seller Blacklist

Filed Under Blog at 7th November 2017 23:10 by
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Amazon only allows people to rate the product but not the seller so I thought I’d share my list of sellers who I have had a bad experience with here. I’ll aim to maintain the list and if anyone has … Continue reading →

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Aug/16

Off-Site Data Backup Part 1

Filed Under Infrastructure at 1st August 2016 0:01 by

Overview So many things are stored digitally nowadays from messages to photos but how many of them are irreplaceable? I fear for losing my data from past experience but even more so now that I have a child. Thankfully my … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 4 – Maintenance And Scale

Filed Under Infrastructure at 21st October 2013 0:01 by

Overview It’s been over a full three months of running of AWS IaaS and with two consecutive months remaining largely the same deployment. (I’ll get to the third month later). Cost As you can see I’m on the free tier … Continue reading →

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Jul/13

“Amazon EC2 Instance scheduled for retirement”

Filed Under Infrastructure at 1st July 2013 0:41 by

Overview I got an Email from Amazon that one of my instances was scheduled for retirement. At first I thought it was SPAM but it was followed up by checking the AWS Console to confirm the Email. I was disappointed … Continue reading →

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Jun/13

Raspberry Pi Replace Home Server

Filed Under Hardware at 3rd June 2013 0:01 by

Overview With the popularity of Raspberry Pi I wanted to investigate if it was possible to replace my 24×7 Linux server running at home. Whilst one Raspberry Pi will not replace a desktop computer, it may be possible to use … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 3 – Up And Running

Filed Under Infrastructure at 29th April 2013 0:01 by

Overview Part 2 looked at the differences of AWS/IaaS to VPS. Part 3 will be looking at the cost after a period of time. Running Report The Amazon Web Services have been running for over 3 months with February running … Continue reading →

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Feb/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 2 – Setup And Install

Filed Under Infrastructure at 11th February 2013 0:01 by

Overview Part 1 described the reasoning and setup behind the comparison. In this post I will go through the implementation of AWS and the final comparison of IaaS Vs. VPS Setup EC2 Setting up an EC2 and RDS instance was … Continue reading →