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What would you like to see me write about?

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Let me know!  I’ll do my best to accomodate!  There are so many ideas I have, but I want to serve my audience!

EC2 Instances, the pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So I decided to take the plunge into moving my mailserver from Linode to EC2 considering it made more sense after doing some math.  The reality is Linode is an excellent VPS host and I still have many machines with them (and highly recommend them), but the reality is at some point, it doesn’t become…

Finding out the Backbone Provider of an ISP, VOIP Provider, or any SaaS provider [SOLVED]

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

It’s amazing how all the providers out there refuse to tell you who they’re connected to.  This is very prevalent amongst VOIP providers as well as quite a few SaaS providers.  You want to know who they’re connected to so you can make a decision on whether or not they’re going to be reliable. So…

A simple overview of how to use one of the most powerful text editors; vi

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Vi is a text editor that is included by default in every linux, unix, and *bsd installation.  Every person who’s serious about using this should learn the basics of it.  Very powerful, but a bit hard to learn, it’s something that everybody who manages a linux, unix, *bsd box should learn to use at least…

Companies and Businesses I choose not to use.

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Percy Kwong

Businesses I would not deal with.

Where is the Human in humanity today!?!!

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Percy Kwong

So I’m on an airplane (what else is new) and as soon as the plane takes off, this guy walks over to me and just collapses on the floor.  The flight attendants had to make an announcement to get a doctor or someone with medical experience to help (this is normal), but what just fucking…

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