My Writings. My Thoughts.
Cloud Services with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
March 24th, 2010 · View Comments· amazon, cloud, google, microsoft, saas, services
I'm sick of seeing a picture of a cloud every time someone talks about "cloud services." So here's a picture of a T-Rex instead.
Clouds are big puffy white things that float in the sky. Some clouds look like little animal creatures. Other clouds just look like clouds. Sometimes water leaks out of them, and rain happens.
No, cloud computing has nothing to do with clouds, or anything in the sky for that matter. I think we just needed a new word beyond “Internet” and Web.” “Internet” is too geeky, and “Web” is too spidery. “Cloud” is vague and conveys something far away from us that we can’t quite grasp. Maybe clouds are just friendlier than spiderwebs. I’m not sure why “cloud” caught on so well, but the whole concept is essentially using other people’s computers to do our bidding via web services. These people charge us by the hour to use their computing power, and we rely on them to scale and not fail.
There are quite a few services available now, but the big three you should probably know about are Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Amazon started the whole trend and offers the most wide array of services. Google offers one specific service for cloud hosting (although you can arguably say that almost every Google product is a “cloud service”), and Microsoft is the one getting the least attention, but their strength in the business world may end up making their services the most widely used.
Using jQuery to Make a Simple Scheduler App
March 9th, 2010 · View Comments· apps, code, javascript, jquery
Hey, check out my new app. ^_^
It’s been a while since I coded something up. I’ve been meaning to get back into doing side projects, but it’s not always easy finding free time after work.
One of my friends wanted an easier way to create schedules for employees, so I decided to give this a shot. The scheduler app is what I came up with.
It’s a super simple app written entirely in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with jQuery and jQuery UI. I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out! I’ll walk through how I made it so you can see how simple it was to make.
Direct-to-DVD DC Comics Animated Movie Trailers
March 4th, 2010 · View Comments· cartoons, dc comics, lists, movies
Superheroes are awesome.
Anyone like DC Comics? I love superheroes! I don’t read comics that much, but I love watching DC and Marvel movies and TV shows. DC’s my favorite, and while I’m sad that the string of animated television series known as the DCAU has ended, I’ve been quenching my appetite with DC’s recent string of direct-to-DVD movies.
Here are a bunch of trailers if you’re interested in seeing any of them!
