I posted on this little computer when I first acquired it in December 2012. Raspbery Pi was first released (model A) in January that year. The entire computer is contained on the single PC Board seen in the photograph. It is powering the full screen HD graphical display seen on the monitor. The cost was $25.00 for the complete board. This one is called “Raspberry Pi” Model B and was released in October 2012. The design has gone...
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Cloudy but Bright
I just put a new website in the AWS (Amazon Web Service) cloud. This one is the KautzCraft site. My shared server ISP (Ixwebhosting.com) has been causing me frustration by blocking my IP address 18 plus hours while I was accessing my web site files because I was doing too much backing up of those files via FTP. I understand the issues with managing a fairly overloaded shared server with dozens of other user sites....
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I still maintain a few static HTML web site for some commercial customers. They are simple to maintain, good for “look and read” web pages. They also run the quickest as nothing is built “on the fly” like a Content Management Systems (CMS) web site. All my personal websites are now running in CMS and are what is called “dynamic” web sites. They all require the use of a database server as well as the...
Continue reading...High Speed Cable At Last
I am using Time Warner Cable (TWC) as my Internet Service Provider (ISP). They are in the beginning stages of a network upgrade where I will soon have a 100 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload connection speed. I presently have a 20/2 Mbps “Turbo” plan. For no additional cost I will soon have the 100/10 Mbps Ultimate 100 plan. What I have just done is a no cost exchange of my leased cable modem for a newer...
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