Archive for: January, 2011

How and why I moved my blog to Amazon EC2 from WordPress.com

Jan 31st, 2011

How and why I moved my blog to Amazon EC2 from WordPress.com

On October 30th, 2007, I launched my blog, GregsRamblings.com.  At the time, I needed something quick and simple so I went with WordPress.com, a very popular WordPress hosting site.  You can have a blog up and running in less than five minutes.  Although WordPress.com has served me well, I’ve had a few frustrations along the [...]

Tour de Flex expanded to include mobile samples!

Jan 27th, 2011

Tour de Flex expanded to include mobile samples!

Tour de Flex now has a bunch of new mobile samples!   This brings Tour de Flex to 609 total samples!  If you haven’t checked out Tour de Flex lately, you should. Holly Schinsky wrote a blog post with more details on the new samples. If you are ready to try your first mobile app [...]

My photography appeared in a Discovery Channel documentary!

Jan 23rd, 2011

My photography appeared in a Discovery Channel documentary!

Back in 2008, I shot a picture of the London Parliament from the London Eye during the evening hours of a cloudy day.  As with most of my photography, both personal and professional (aerial photography mainly), I posted it to SmugMug.  A few months later, I received a call from a producer who was doing work [...]

Gogo Inflight Internet now severely downgrading images automatically

Jan 14th, 2011

Gogo Inflight Internet now severely downgrading images automatically

I am a HUGE fan of Gogo Inflight Internet on Delta.   We all remember the first time we tweeted or IM’d from 30,000 feet.  It’s almost magical!  The past 13 flights on Delta have had Gogo service so I’m now super spoiled.  I’m even posting this article from my flight! BUT, now I have [...]