All Posts — Digital Sanctuary

TOMS needs a Senior ATG Lead Developer in Marina Del Rey - beautiful office, serious credentials required.

Career & Business ATG

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Devon

January 14, 2013 1 min read

ATG and The Cloud

Cloud computing and VMs suit many workloads, but ATG hosting isn't one of them.

Software Development ATG Cloudflare

Devon

January 7, 2013 3 min read

Announcing my Office Hours

Offering my time for conversations about tech, business, and life. Coffee or video chat - let's talk.

Career & Business

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Devon

December 26, 2012 16 min read

Fifi 2000?-2012 Rest in Peace

Heartfelt tribute to Fifi the iguana: 8+ years of companionship transcended the typical pet relationship.

Life & Personal

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Devon

November 4, 2012 1 min read

10MinuteMail Opera Extension

Opera extension brings 10MinuteMail's email convenience directly to your browser.

10MinuteMail Email

Devon

October 7, 2012 1 min read

Sparkred SoftLayer Partner Blog

Sparkred partnership highlights SoftLayer's infrastructure advantages for tech-forward companies.

DevOps & Infrastructure Spark::red

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Devon

August 15, 2012 2 min read

Boston Web Performance Meetup - JMeter and New Relic

Co-presenting on load testing and performance analytics using JMeter and New Relic at the Boston Web Performance Group Meetup, September 18th, 2012.

DevOps & Infrastructure Performance Tools

Devon

August 14, 2012 2 min read

Available For Consulting

Ultra-premium consulting available at $1,000/hour with strict limits: prove 20%+ performance gains on your eCommerce site to justify the investment.

Career & Business Performance

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Devon

August 13, 2012 1 min read

Super Tea

Medicinal teas evolved into 'improvement teas' - but would a super-tea combining all benefits finally deliver what we actually want?

Life & Personal Food

Devon

August 11, 2012 1 min read

Ready for a ride

Motorcycles & Cars

Devon

August 3, 2012 1 min read

My Panel at HostingCon 2012 (video)

Video from hosting industry panel discussion covering dedicated versus cloud computing, APIs, security, and performance strategies.

Career & Business

Devon

August 3, 2012 1 min read

July 23rd 2012 Track Day at Loudon, NH

Track day photos from New Hampshire Motor Speedway's Loudon location.

Motorcycles & Cars

Red Italian motorcycle on a rain-damp racetrack with puddles, banked corner, and pine-covered hills under overcast sky.

Devon

July 22, 2012 2 min read

Ducati Summer

Summer motorcycle season yielded track time in wet conditions plus a new dedicated track bike to complement the custom Monster 900.

Motorcycles & Cars

Devon

June 22, 2012 1 min read

HostingCon 2012

Boston SaaS and ISV leaders discuss hosting provider strategies at HostingCon 2012 panel: dedicated vs. cloud, APIs, security, and performance.

Career & Business

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Devon

May 9, 2012 1 min read

Content Thief - -redacted-

Content plagiarism case study: one blogger's word-for-word theft and the importance of respecting copyright and original writers.

Life & Personal Opinion

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Devon

April 30, 2012 4 min read

Prague

London and Prague adventure: decade-long desire to visit Central Europe finally realized via British Airways stopover opportunity.

Life & Personal Travel

Sweeping tire tracks in S-curves across a snow-covered plateau at dusk with spruce trees on the horizon.

Devon

April 23, 2012 4 min read

Driving and Drive

Winter Driving School repeatedly proves that snow skills require constant practice - even for experienced New England drivers.

Life & Personal Fitness

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Devon

March 16, 2012 1 min read

Apache Web Performance

Apache Performance presentation at Boston Web Performance Meetup covers optimization techniques for web servers.

DevOps & Infrastructure Performance

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Devon

February 12, 2012 1 min read

rsync is MUCH faster than scp

Benchmark test reveals rsync outpaces scp by 2-10x on file transfers - practical performance comparison for deployment workflows.

DevOps & Infrastructure Performance Linux

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Devon

January 30, 2012 1 min read

Is there a Wordpress plugin for making notes?

Seeking WordPress plugin for managing draft notes alongside post content - research repository within the editor.

Software Development Tools

Want a good job?

ATG and The Cloud

Announcing my Office Hours

Fifi 2000?-2012 Rest in Peace

10MinuteMail Opera Extension

Sparkred SoftLayer Partner Blog

Boston Web Performance Meetup - JMeter and New Relic

Available For Consulting

Super Tea

Ready for a ride

My Panel at HostingCon 2012 (video)

July 23rd 2012 Track Day at Loudon, NH

Ducati Summer

HostingCon 2012

Content Thief - -redacted-

Prague

Driving and Drive

Apache Web Performance

rsync is MUCH faster than scp

Is there a Wordpress plugin for making notes?