Posts made by MattKing

I would pay $400 easily if I could play most of my steam games from where i left off on my PC.

Done.

This isn't quite "Open Source" in the software sense, but it's truly remarkable; they call it "Cloud based education" but tomato-tomatoe.

https://www.boundless.com/?utm_source=boundless-blog&utm_medium=intext-link&utm_campaign=red-boundless-blog

His Bio seems legit, I'd read it.

"The pseudonymous author Robert X. Cringely has been covering the foibles and follies of Silicon Valley since 1986, and writes InfoWorld's Notes from the Field blog. With a fedora on his head and a keyboard in his hands, he wrangles rumors, gathers gossip, and reports the stories the world's high-tech honchos don't want you to hear."

@scottalanmiller said:

Lots of interesting industry news this morning.

I agree, lots of cool hardware stuff going on as well!

Me: Just Googled 'Zerg Rush', taking a quick twitter/Linkedin break.

Congrats!

@Minion-Queen Understandable, they've all tried mixing their own and eventually after trial and error they just buy the KingArthur or Bob's RedMill since it's consistent. My aunt used to blend her own but she said she wasted a lot of money because things were always coming out wrong.

@Minion-Queen Have you tried King Arthur GF/CF flour? A good part of my family is GF/CF and goes through it like it's going out of style.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/

@Joyfano I try, but I stay pretty busy haha.

Love the community engagement figuring this out, now I'm curious.

Grabs the popcorn

At least you can "Pick" your ad preference hahaha.

I dabble in all sorts of things when I'm not at ServerMonkey, but my cash cow is band and home business websites because it's quick, painless, and there's not a lot of upkeep. If I didn't live in a part of town with a lot of millennial entrepreneurs I probably would have to have a legitimate business model. I have a few VPS with RimuHosting along with a few older things in my "home lab". I spend a lot of time on CodeAcademy and pick up Oreily books through used bookstores around town to support my hobbies.

Websites aren't my strong suit (yet), just something that's always in demand.
Sample: oneandtwoband.com (Just a basic wordpress site with a theme.)

Running a Frankenstein Dell Precision 690:
-2x Quad-Core Xeons
-8Gb 5300-FB Hynix
-Perc 5i w/BBWC
-4x 146gb 15k (Raid 10)
-1000w PSU
-GTX 580 Video card
-Dual Dell S2240M 21.5" HD monitors (on books because can't adjust height.)
-Old clinky keyboard and Dell optical mouse
-Giant green leather thinking chair

Also have a old modified Dell Studio 1555 running Ubuntu, Kali, Windows, and a few other things i forget are even on the Grub menu.

Thanks for looking, I'll update when I can remember something more interesting haha.

Matt

I actually just read the article; interesting read! I got a lot of kicks out the of the comments, the one along the lines of "It's not like you can just unplug a satellite, once someone has control, that's it" really made a light bulb moment for me.

Plot twist: They all use a modified Windows XP.

@scottalanmiller Thanks, always happy to see everyone!

ServerMonkey.com on the bill!

On a side note we are no longer participating in SpiceWorks for the time being, so please reach me here or just give me a ring and I can get you in touch with sales/support/guy-in-the-monkey-suit.

Haven't been on in awhile, liking the new changes good job team!

(Man have I been busy, hi all!)

I would happily pay a bit more for Netflix if it kept fresh content for my rare binge-watching sessions. On a funny note HBO Go is similar to Netflix as far as signing in on remote devices; I actually borrowed my mothers login since I don't watch cable (streaming and Blu-Ray house).

@scottalanmiller I actually did drop Hulu for the ads recently.

We've had quite a few people asking about new over here at the Monkey. On-site and Pro-Support warranties aside, after full burn-in testing most of the issues come from Hard-Drives or faulty raid memory that I've seen. A couple of R710's with new hard drives is nothing to shake a (reliability) stick at. Of course the 1-3 year warranty comes into play.

Personally, I'm an IT/Procurement guy so actual cost savings and figures is something I'd have to find a sales guy to chime in on.

People have quotes, ideas, and problems; sometimes we can make it work, and sometimes you just need new haha. I mean, with today's life-cycles in SMB buying IT equipment is almost like buying a car honesty.

@scottalanmiller said:

@joyfano has been educating me as to the cost of living in the Philippines. So different than NYC

It's fantastic, but I'll take south of Pattaya, Thailand anyday!

Well the closest I've been to Europe would be Bahrain/Dubai... So I would love to work from the UK somewhere, or Spain/Italy.

Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore if I need to work in a "hub", but would take remote Thailand/Philippines for the culture and dirt cheap living.