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...
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...
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?
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...
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...
Institute of Computer Education
Seen in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India: