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How Content Distribution Networks(CDN) Work and How they Benefit You

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are simply a network of servers located all over the world that will distribute your content faster, more reliably, and provide redundancy to your website or webhost. There are many benefits to having a CDN.  The most important one is the ability to lower your server load and provide the customer…

Using Amazon’s free tier to get your own FREE personal vpn server and connection.

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve written about personal vpn servers and the great things round strongvpn and other vpn providers to get around the ISP throttling problem of Netflix.  I always figured there was a better way to do it. Well, after a bit of thought, I realized that one could easily use Amazon’s free tier (a micro-instance) for…

Brilliant Minds at Work

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Percy Kwong

Warning: The following post is a complete rant.  I’ll probably piss off quite a few people, but seriously.. The level of stupidity involved in this little exercise rivals even that of the TSA. It just fucking amazes me how someone at the White House thought it would be a good idea to fly Airforce One…

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