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04-07-2016, 09:43 PM
Thread: Conferences? in Web Hosting Lounge
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I attend a few conferences regularly including...
I attend a few conferences regularly including AWS re:Invent, OSCON, PuppetConf, Twilio and a few others. I'm not really in the hosting space anymore, but when I was I would also attend HostingCon. ...
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04-24-2013, 07:00 PM
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$2,500/m for a 1 bedroom? That's cheaper than...
$2,500/m for a 1 bedroom?
That's cheaper than Sydney. I'm looking for a new 1br place and might have to raise my budget to $3,000/m to get something I like.
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04-24-2013, 06:50 PM
Thread: Anyone still using floppy disks? in Web Hosting Lounge
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I still have a USB floppy drive somewhere, but...
I still have a USB floppy drive somewhere, but haven't used a floppy since ~2006. The only time I used them then was to run a floppy distribution of Linux for diagnostics on servers that didn't...
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04-16-2013, 06:47 AM
Thread: Do you have a REAL office location? in Web Hosting Lounge
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[FEATURED] I moved out of hosting not that long ago after...
I moved out of hosting not that long ago after almost 10 years in the game.
I do however work in a "real" office. While I'm not in that area, there is a hosting division so I guess this is on... -
01-08-2013, 02:03 AM
Thread: Who's sick of winter already? in Web Hosting Lounge
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It's 110F (43C) here in Sydney at about 14%...
It's 110F (43C) here in Sydney at about 14% humidity.
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12-05-2012, 09:08 PM
Thread: Who's going to HostingCon? in HostingCon
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I've been three times now. I don't however...
I've been three times now.
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09-21-2012, 07:49 PM
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While O Fortuna is the most popular part, the...
While O Fortuna is the most popular part, the entire Carmina Burana goes for almost two hours.
I was fortunate enough to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra perform it last year and it was... -
08-09-2012, 03:23 AM
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A matter of perspective I guess. $25k/year is...
A matter of perspective I guess. $25k/year is roughly my personal travel/holiday and entertainment (dining, concerts, etc) budget - and that's after tax. I'll think nothing of flying somewhere to...
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08-08-2012, 08:34 PM
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I've moved into a consultative role this...
I've moved into a consultative role this financial year, but until last month hosting put food on my table for over 10 years without even contemplating a second job.
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08-02-2012, 07:39 AM
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Here in Sydney, Australia: $49.95/m (US$52/m)...
Here in Sydney, Australia:
$49.95/m (US$52/m) - Advertised 20/1 (down/up Mbps), getting 14/0.8 right now based on speedtest.net but I'm also using a few Mbps watching Netflix.
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07-20-2012, 12:47 AM
Thread: Coffee. What do you drink? in Web Hosting Lounge
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All these posts remind me of why I don't usually...
All these posts remind me of why I don't usually drink coffee when in the US (no offence, I love visiting I just don't like the coffee) :)
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07-11-2012, 05:18 AM
Thread: Your favourite vacation destination? in Web Hosting Lounge
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Auckland is a great city - I've been there three...
Auckland is a great city - I've been there three times this year already and will probably be back within the next month or so.
Waiheke Island is gorgeous, and of course there's plenty to explore... -
07-10-2012, 07:00 AM
Thread: Your favourite vacation destination? in Web Hosting Lounge
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My regular holiday destination is Fiji. I...
My regular holiday destination is Fiji.
I spend my days lying by the beach or pool with a cocktail in one hand and a book in the other. I'll take a break to have a dip and cool off, or even get a... -
06-25-2012, 06:00 AM
Thread: Wired or Wireless Network? in Web Hosting Lounge
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I have wifi throughout the house - purely for...
I have wifi throughout the house - purely for convenience. It's 8pm here so I'm sitting on the couch relaxing, watching TV with my laptop sitting on my lap. Good luck doing that with wired.
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06-22-2012, 08:23 PM
Thread: HostingCon 2012 in HostingCon
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Aah that's nothing. Because the conference is...
Aah that's nothing.
Because the conference is held in July this year the flights alone from Australia are about $4,000 (in economy). I don't usually fly economy, but even premium economy is $7.5k.... -
06-21-2012, 09:11 PM
Thread: HostingCon Australian Symposium in HostingCon
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Unfortunately I'm not going to make HostingCon...
Unfortunately I'm not going to make HostingCon Boston this year (a pity, as it would have been four years in a row), but I will be at the Symposium in Melbourne next week.
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03-16-2012, 07:31 PM
Thread: How old is your oldest site? in Web Hosting Lounge
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My oldest: So nearly 12 years. The site...
My oldest:
So nearly 12 years. The site existed before then, but it was on free hosting. May 2000 was when I purchased the domain :) -
03-16-2012, 07:31 PM
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I'm about 50km or 30 miles right now, but the...
I'm about 50km or 30 miles right now, but the furthest I've been is 300km or 185 miles (I still own the house that's 300km away).
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03-13-2012, 12:08 AM
Thread: What is your alexa.com traffic rank? in Web Hosting Lounge
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My personal site: Global rank 746,507 Local...
My personal site:
Global rank 746,507
Local rank in AU: 5,220
Reputation: 56
Google Pagerank is 6.
It normally gets around 3,000 unique visitors a month, although it was on the front page of... -
11-30-2011, 09:10 PM
Thread: Tattoos and cheating on your mate in Web Hosting Lounge
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Kind of amusing, but it's a fake:...
Kind of amusing, but it's a fake:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/poop-tattoo-story-is-crap-8764319
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11-16-2011, 10:46 PM
Thread: Middle Names in Web Hosting Lounge
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Mine is Wayne. It follows our family tradition...
Mine is Wayne. It follows our family tradition where the first born son gets the father's name as middle name. The second born gets the grandfather's name and so on.
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11-16-2011, 10:44 PM
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Same here. My main email goes through Apps for...
Same here.
My main email goes through Apps for Domains. No problems.
The 100 or so messages received to my spam folder today also seem to be full of nice spammy content. -
09-15-2011, 07:58 PM
Thread: How to get AS number? in Running a Web Hosting Business
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And here I was wondering why I was getting...
And here I was wondering why I was getting notifications for a thread that I hadn't participated in.
It turns out I had participated in it - in 2006, and my response (the first) linked to exactly... -
09-06-2011, 10:09 PM
Thread: Are you addicted to WHT? in Web Hosting Lounge
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Poll: I probably spend 5-10 mins a day reading through...
I probably spend 5-10 mins a day reading through the forum.
Doesn't sound like a lot, but in the 9+ years I've been a member it certainly would add up! -
08-07-2011, 01:04 PM
Thread: webhostingtalk members dinner? in HostingCon
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That was just my main one. 3 flights is the...
That was just my main one. 3 flights is the minimum I can take to get to SD :)
It wasn't too bad actually, but I fortunately wasn't in economy so I dozed off a few hours after dinner and woke up...
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