I have been working on MoneyPress : Amazon Edition to get it updated for the latest API release and bring it into the Charleston Software Associates stable of products. Along the way I found myself needing to debug the XML being returned from the Amazon Product API. Here is a quick trick for doing that. [...]
16
Nov
Kindle Fire A Quick Review
The Kindle Fire arrived earlier than expected, showing up at the door of Cyber Sprocket’s Headquarters in warm sunny Charleston yesterday afternoon. I’ve only had 24 hours to play with it, but with plenty of experience with other mobile and tablet devices I have already formed some opinions & have decided what Fire’s purpose [...]
18
Oct
Backing Up A Linux Directory To The Cloud
We use Amazon S3 to backup a myriad of directories and data dumps from our local development and public live servers. The storage is cheap, easily accessible, and is in a remote third party location with decent resilience. The storage is secure unless you share your bucket information and key files with a third party. [...]
12
Nov
Logon To Your Linux Box Using SSH Keys
I’ve been recently working with AWS EC2 instances and have found that the SSH keys that they require for secure login practices actually have some nice benefits. For one thing, once I’ve generated a keyfile that uniquely identifies me on my local PC, I can use that keyfile to quickly and easily login to any [...]
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