Devon Hillard’s Digital Sanctuary
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PHP and FastCGI
I’ve just converted my server and many sites from mod_php under Apache to FastCGI and php-cgi. In theory this should perform better, scale better, and generally BE better. However I’m new to it, so if you find something that is broken on being weird, let me know!
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What Should You Bring To A Track Day?
I’ve been riding motorcycles for 23+ years. My first bike was a Yamaha RT100 dirt bike when I was 10. I love the freedom, the sound, the feeling of leaning a bike through a curve, all of it. I’m lucky enough to live less than an hour and a half from the New Hampshire Motor…
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Triptease
I travel a lot. For business and pleasure. Lately I’ve been lucky enough to beta test a just launched site called TripTease, which is a photography and travel review/post site. Photography leads the way with a single great photo you took. A short description, and a rating of the location accompany the photo. It’s a…
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Want an even better job? :)
While the ATG job opportunity at TOMS is pretty sweet, Spark::red is also hiring! I might be a bit biased but I think Spark::red is an amazing place to work. First, the jobs: We’re looking for sys admins, jboss admins, or technical ATG folks (architects, deployment specialists, etc…) to join our sys ops and support/deployment/load…
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Want a good job?
One of the first people to take me up on my Office Hours offer was a Talent Acquisition Specialist (aka recruiter). Unlike many people with that title, Jason had read up on me, read my blog, and knew I wasn’t looking for work. However he did want to pick my brain on a few aspects…
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ATG and The Cloud
I get asked a lot about using The Cloud or VMs for running your ATG site, so I wrote a big blog post about it over on the Sparkred Oracle ATG Commerce blog: Using Cloud of VMs for ATG Oracle Commerce Hosting. Go check it out! Overall, I see cloud computing and VMs as being…
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