[aklug] Re: too quiet...

I'll throw a couple into the fray -

Google Reader Replacement:
While searching for a replacement for Google Reader, I looked around at self-hosted solutions and ended up with Tiny Tiny RSS a few days back (http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki) - So far it is working great. In addition, there is an Android client that seems to work well and allows switching articles using the volume buttons, which is a feature I love in NewsRob, my old client.

Virtual/Dedicated Server Hosting:
What virtual hosting services are folks using/having good/bad luck with? I signed up a Dreamhost account awhile back and am digging it so far but wanted to look at the market and make sure I'm getting a good price/performance prior to migrating my domains and hosting.

Dreamhost's starting virtual server is $15/month for 300MB RAM making it a cheap place to experiment; they don't define CPU specifically, although they allow you to monitor load and adjust easily through their control panel. So far it has been good.

If I'm going to migrate fully, I'm also interested in dedicated servers but it has been a hard justification with how cheap basic web/email/hosting services are these days, which is why I decided to experiment with hosted virtual servers.

-Alan

On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:

> AKLUG list has been way too quiet lately. So here's a few things I've
> run across lately that I found interesting:
>
> 1. Rhino <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Rhino>. It is a FOSS
> Java program that provides a JavaScript interpreter.
>
> In the past, I've always spoken quite poorly about JavaScript; however,
> lately I've found out that it is more interesting than I thought.
> Specifically, 1) it has functional programming aspects, and 2) it has a
> prototype-based inheritance system.
>
> 2. Valyria Tear <http://valyriatear.blogspot.de/>. Fun, colorful RPG.
> Still in development, but off to a great start.
>
> 3. Quick Lisp. <http://www.quicklisp.org/> Package management/loading
> system compatible with CLISP. Still very simple at the stage, but I've
> already found it easy to install and handy to use.
>
> 4. RMS's Lisp and Gnu Emacs story.
> <https://www.gnu.org/gnu/rms-lisp.html> Interesting read about
> Stallman's fascination with Lisp and related projects. Touches on the
> Lisp Machines / Symbolics battle and how he and MIT got caught in the
> middle. (I'm still trying to find source code for a FOSS Lisp operating
> system, if anyone happens to have a link...)
>
> --
> frigidcode.com
>

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Received on Tue Jun 11 21:48:20 2013