Simple Monitor: Low Cost Web Server Monitoring

Today, I’m releasing a productized version of Simple Monitor which offers a low cost, easy to use web server monitoring solution with email and smartphone notifications. It’s available at SimpleMonitorApp.com. Downloading the code to host on your own server is...

/ March 25, 2014

Beware of Dealing with Rayah Abby Aladdin of Chicago

Beware of dealing with Rayah Abby Aladdin in Chicago. I had a bad experience and feel defrauded by her actions. In my case, Aladdin is guilty of product laundering – ordering one product and returning a different product, but claiming...

/ March 14, 2014

Comet Seen from Chennai February 2014

For a few minutes each morning at sunrise over Chennai, India, this object would appear, I think it’s a comet. Is it possibly comet ISON seen over Chennai in late 2013?

/ March 9, 2014

The Plethora of Lightswitches in India

One of the unexpected things about Indian hotels was that many of them were loaded with lightswitches. In many rooms, only a few had any function – most were just a confusing, useless presence. The funniest example of this was...

/ March 8, 2014

Traveling India 2014

I was fortunate to travel to India in early 2014 with Portland-based yoga teacher Sarah Joy Marsh of the Daya Foundation and her travel group. The trip was organized by Redback Travels. My favorite photos from India are posted at...

/ March 8, 2014

Institute of Computer Education

Seen in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India:

/ February 27, 2014