Technology Articles

• Jan
• 04
• 2012

Over the last couple of years I have used Markdown a lot. Content on this blog is written using it, Github has A-grade support for it, etc, etc. In general, it's a nice unobtrusive way to write prettier than plain-text docs.

Now, though, it's time to move on.

• Jul
• 26
• 2011

About 6 months ago (I think...) I converted this blog from a Wordpress driven solution to a static site built with the excellent static generator, Jekyll. I was in heaven. I could write my blog posts in Markdown and in general feel more productive when blogging. Though recently, I've ...

• Apr
• 29
• 2010

Today is a fantastic day for advocates of cloud computing in Australia (and the whole Asia Pacific region actually). Finally the Asia Pacific region has a presence for cloud computing (not just cloud content).

Great job Amazon. In the past few years the lack of a geographically close (and thus ...

• Feb
• 26
• 2010

Let me start by saying this is in no way an in-depth comparison of these two excellent cloud based hosting services. It should serve, however, as a good resource to help you determine which of the options is better suited to your needs at a high level, and point you ...