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I too recommend London, especially if you're in Europe ;).

About a year ago, when I was making plans to rent a vps for my personal sites and projects, Slicehost and Linode were the only real contenders. Slicehost had backups at the time, L…

upvote for linode, I'm using them for my personal server for over a year and I'm very satisfied. They have an API for which you have documentation, stackscripts and other goodies, …

Did anyone read cost-effective manpower as cheap? :( I'm from Serbia, and still living here. The local market is small and extremely undeveloped. Telecommunication infrastructure i…

I feel your pain. I live in south-eastern Europe, and it is pretty much the same system here as in Italy, with an exception of that is isn't working as advertised :).

concise and informative, thanks ;).

I'm from Europe too. There are some specifics, but you can look at Wikipedia and find calculators online that explain what is deducted from gross income. You have social security, …

I think the best part of this HIB is the linux port and the opensourced project they are hoping to build community around.

I don't have much real world experience with card processing, but the last time I looked, RBS worldpay offered a nice subscription models. I was planing to delve into that, but the…

While not being a programmer, I did work as a sysadmin for a hosting company. Since I quit around 2 years ago, I was asked by my ex-colleagues on several occasions would I consider…

hehe, same here. I actually managed to answer a phone call from a colleague trying to wake me up, tell him that i'm on a bus heading there and go back to sleep. Fast forward a coup…

Would you mind sharing what books you've been reading ?

uhm, it doesn't matter how pragmatic I try to be in regard to my decisions regarding tech. equipment I use, I tend to avoid those kinds of compromises.

they are savvy, yes. no argument there ;). p.s. i may have gone overboard with my description there :).

he he, this is how my dislike for all things apple began ;) I had to write to their support in order to get an iTunes account for my iPod Touch. I got it working in the end, after …

heh, I do actually, maybe I should have phrased it better ;). My point was, Sun was trying to be a hip and modern company, open sourcing a lot of their work, and then Oracle bought…

It is in my opinion, far too complicated for a book in fiction genre. I remember I enjoyed the references, and information I got out of it, but to be honest, it felt like a task, a…

When I started in IT field (support/sysadmin), I was advised that I should hold my positions for 2-5 years, and avoid job-hopping, cause it looks bad on the resume. Fast forward 6 …

Huh. I guess that after recent changes (Solaris downloads, etc.), most people will find alternative vendors in both hardware and software arena. It's not like there's no competitio…

I would go with WP or a similar CMS and then modify when needed. As another commenter said, if content is your primary concern, go with an existing solution.

I've been wanting to try out BSD *nix for some time... Community seems nice, I've spoken with admins regarding some registration issues and everything was sorted out immediately. I…

Good for you. I deleted mine a little more than a year and a half ago, when rumors started appearing they would change their ToS and privacy policies in a way that would make me un…