Archive for March, 2012

Lessons to be learned from the Linode Bitcoin incident

03Mar12

Firstly let me say that I like Linode a lot. They had a promotion running a little while ago which got me going with my first virtual private server (VPS), and I only moved off to somewhere from lowendbox after the promotion because my needs are small (and I wanted to match my spend accordingly)[1]. […]


Filed under: security   |  4 Comments
Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

The suckage of hotel Internet

02Mar12

I’ve been on the road now for a week and a half, which has brought me into contact with some of the slowest, most expensive Internet access I’ve suffered in some time. I’m used to mobile Internet being expensive and slow, but this has been even worse. My problems started in an airport lounge in […]


Filed under: could_do_better, grumble, technology, travel   |  1 Comment
Tags: , , , , , ,