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Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs

Posted on August 27, 2019September 11, 2019 by Percy Kwong

Everyone is talking about the cloud.  There’s always the question of which one should you use and what are the advantages / disadvantages.  This post (my first one in 7 years) will help to dispel which cloud is right for you.  For the purpose of this article, we’re going to focus on 2 specifically. Amazon…

The most common mistake in Applications and Databases in general

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So many programmers make this mistake because they don’t seem to get it.  It’s not your fault as a programmer / developer.  It’s just that you’re not a DBA. You need to implement Connection pooling.  It makes such a huge difference in the way your DB performance and app works it’s amazing. So here are…

Database Backed Web Applications Advice

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Here’s the scenario.  You’ve got a dedicated server running windows in a server farm (generic dedicated server provider).  You have mysql + asp or php app running all on the same server.  Raid 1 mirroring and 2 GB of ram. You have to have windows, because your application supports it.  Sound Familiar?  It’s a problem…

VOIP Tunneling with SBO or OpenVPN?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There seems to be much talk these days of tunneling and Voice-Over-IP(VOIP) most of it for the singular purpose of keeping the communications secure or hidden from the nasty overlords of the Internet.  There seems to be two camps in this and two main technologies. Session Bandwidth Optimization and OpenVPN.  Both do similar things, but…

Nuveum offers Free High Performance Virtual Server for donating

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Percy Kwong

It would seem that my Startsomegood.com project for helping the Unemployed is starting to gain some traction.  Our first corporate Donator not only donated to the campaign, but decided to add an extra reward to my project. For anybody donating $10.00 or more, to the project for helping the unemployed, they get a free High-Performance…

What happened to “Human” in Humanity?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I really do need to ask this question.  I appreciate my followers and yes, they’re a loyal bunch.  I do need to EVERYBODY one question and everyone on the Internet. We all go about our lives.  We see the homeless person at the exit ramp, on the sidewalk, etc.  Granted a lot of them are…

Free Tech Support from me…

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Percy Kwong

OK.  I really believe in my project for helping the unemployed, so here’s what I propose. If you donate to my project and of course, get others to donate to my project, I will provide you with free tech support (my skills and advice) for a period of time. Donate: $25.00 you get 1 hour…

Helping the Unemployed — My startsomegood.com project Please help!

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Percy Kwong

  My startsomegood.com project on helping the unemployed has been approved.  You can see the full transparency of how the money is going to be spent. Please go to the site and support it!  It will make a huge difference! Let’s help the world! Go here to see the project.

Well.. It turns out Kickstarter turned down my project for helping the unemployed.

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Interestingly enough, Kickstarter turned down my project, citing the reason, “Self-Help” violates their terms and conditions for projects.  I did, however get to  startsomegood.com and got the project approved. I just didn’t think the folks at Kickstarter would view a book about helping people cope with unemployment in the current economy would be a bad…

My Activism Project / My Ongoing Passion / Helping the unemployed find hope

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Percy Kwong

By now, there are quite a few of you who know me.  40000+ active feeds being read every day with 1900+ unique visitors a day with an average of 6-7 pageviews.  So it’s clear I’m definitely helping people. So I ask you help me with my activism project.  I’ve put up a project on kickstarter…

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