Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
All I want for Xmas - Cloud Hosting with the Power of Cloud Computing
About Rackspace Cloud Sites
The Perfect Platform For Websites
- Host Unlimited Websites
- Use Linux, Windows, or both
- Auto-scales across multiple servers
How Cloud Sites Works
1. Upload Your Site to the Cloud
You can create a new Rackspace Cloud powered site—and even add some email accounts—in less than five minutes. Load–Balancing, clustering, and redundant storage are all inherited by your application automatically, without any effort.
2. SCALING HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY
Right from the second you upload your Websites to Rackspace Cloud Sites, your sites are hosted on advanced clustered cloud–computing technology designed for high–traffic and high–performance. When your site grows bigger than what's included, you pay inexpensive scale pricing for exactly what you use on the cloud and nothing more.
Cloud Computing Built on Industry Standards
Many of the new cloud hosting platforms require that you use custom–code and architecture before your applications are able to tap into the power of cloud computing. Rackspace Cloud Sites is different because it is designed to run your applications with very little (if any) modification. Cloud Sites is a powerful hosting platform that is built on existing web standards and powered by the proven technology that you know, trust, and use regularly. This means that you get the benefits of a scalable cloud platform – for free – spending zero time coding towards custom APIs or data schemas.
The Many Great Benefits of Cloud Sites
- Powerful Clustering: Scale to millions of hits
- Online Control Panel: Easily create & manage sites
- Automatic backup: File–by–file restore capabilities
- 24x7 Live Fanatical Support®: Live Chat, Phone, or Email
- Enterprise Email: POP, IMAP, & Webmail
- SSL Support: For secure commerce
$100/mo. to host unlimited websites!
Life-size boat model kit
"Swedish artist Michael Johansson made this life-size dinghy "model kit" from a real boat and related equipment. The pieces of "TOYS'R'US," as it's called, are fastened together by a welded tubular frame and painted a uniform gray. Michael has done several of these 1:1 "model" kits made from life-size original objects. [via Dude Craft]"
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/life-size_boat_model_kit_sprue.htmlTuesday, December 15, 2009
would not recommend Tako Octopus chips...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Pantone's color pick for 2010
“In many cultures, Turquoise occupies a very special position in the world of color,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute® in a recent online Pantone press release. “It is believed to be a protective talisman, a color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of color word-association studies, we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many – taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy.”