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The Perfect Home Office.

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve struggled with that question in the past. I can say truthfully that having both was a royal pain in the butt.   Keeping data synced wasn’t fun, nor was the electricity bill.  Me being me always had the solution so it was never a big deal to just vpn into my home network to get…

Want a Free Server for a year? Here’s how to do it.

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Amazon offers a free server for a year.  If you sign up with me, I’ll set up your server in your free tier for $25.00. Just sign up with me and you’ll get a free server to do whatever you’d like for a year. This can be a webserver, mail-server, VPN server, or any combination…

EC2 with REAL Support

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Using Amazon’s EC2 infrastructure is a real pain in the butt.  It’s confusing and the documentation isn’t really all that helpful in many cases.  So I propose something simple.. Call it a shameless plug, but it’s about supporting the family. Sign up for EC2 through my eStore and you’ll get all the support you need. …

Using Amazon’s Free Tier to get a free VPN connection for a year.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I know I’ve written about this in the past, but I’ve finally created a guide on how to do this step by step. It’s available for purchase now.  This is literally a how-to on getting an OpenVPN server up and running for free for a year. Specify Your Donation: (Min. $5.00)  [wp_eStore_buy_now:product_id:11:end]

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