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PHP 7 so much faster than PHP 5

by Dennis Clayton | Aug 10, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, Linode, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Web, Wordpress

Earlier this year, I decided to make the leap to PHP 7 prior to it officially becoming a part of my servers distribution (I run Ubuntu). It has probably been the easiest and best change I have made to my personal server stack in a number of years. Granted, it...

Linode Improves… Again!

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 23, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, Good Things, Linode, Linux, Review, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Updates, Virtualization

I know I talk about Linode a lot on my site here, but they are my faithful VPS hosting provider, so I want to support them as much as possible. Recently, Linode made the jump to SSD drives for VPS and at the same time, doubled the RAM for them. SSD drives are not new...

Linode “Nextgen” upgrades

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 25, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, General, Good Things, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Web, Wordpress

Linode has invested over a million dollars into upgrading their network, servers and bandwidth to levels that are unparalleled when it comes to all the features they have already made available to subscribers. There are three parts to the “Nextgen” upgrade...

Why I like Linode (after using others)

by Dennis Clayton | Jun 29, 2011 | Cloud Computing, General, Linux, Microsoft, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Web

When I started hosting websites for clients, I hosted them in-house, literally, in my house. This was nice because I had direct control over the servers and could quickly fix them or migrate data if there were hardware failures. But obviously, it does not scale very...

New Verizon Android Phone: Samsung Fascinate

by Dennis Clayton | Sep 21, 2010 | Apple, Cell Phones, Cool Stuff, General, Linux, Microsoft, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Windows 7

Over the years, I have always swung back and forth between Microsoft, Apple, Linux, etc. I get into Open Source moods, then realize there’s something I need on one the more ‘closed’ platforms of Microsoft or Apple and lean back towards those. ...

Linode turns 7, gives ~42% RAM Upgrade to all customers!

by Dennis Clayton | Jun 18, 2010 | Cool Stuff, General, Good Things, Linux, Review

Linode has turned out to be the best VPS provider I’ve ever used and it as of yesterday (6/16/10), they upgraded all VPS’ memory by ~42%. All I have to say is Wow. Since I’ve been with them, they have upgraded HDD space, which is also...