In the past few months, I’ve started moved most of my conference calls from Skype to Google Hangout. The video and audio quality is a lot better, and it’s more convenient to manage. There is however one problem: If the other party isn’t using Google Apps or Gmail, they cannot join the Hangout. This has delayed many conferences calls for me. To resolve this …
I just finished delivering presentation from Pi and More 3 in Trier, Germany. Here’s the slide deck. Update: As it turns out, the presentation was also recorded. You can find the video here.
On June 15 I will be speaking at Pi and More in at Trier University in Germany. The event is all about Raspberry Pi, and I’m really excited to be part of the event. My presentation will be about Screenly and how we built the most popular digital signage solution for the Raspberry Pi thanks to the awesome Raspberry Pi community. You can read more about the …
I’m excited to announce that we’ve released a major update to Screenly. As you can see in the screenshot above, we’ve given the user interface a major overhaul. The workflow is significantly more streamlined, and a lot prettier. You can take the new interface for a spin here. For upgrade instructions, please take a look here. More information about Screenly …
Ok, this a long rant, but I just need to warn anyone else looking to buy this monitor. It’s the worst piece of garbage I’ve ever owned. If you’re thinking about buy one, just don’t. Pretty much anything else you can get your hands on is better. tl;dr On paper, it’s a pretty decent monitor. It’s a regular 23″ monitor with 2x HDMI input and one VGA. It seemed …
Since we started WireLoad, the number of websites we host have grown steadily. It’s a myriad of sites, ranging from product sites to websites belonging to friends and family. Many of them are WordPress-sites (just like this one), while others are more complicated. Some use databases, while others don’t. Since we’re often in a rush when we set up a site, …
I’m astonished by the amount of traction we’ve been seeing for Screenly. The Open Source-version is growing rapidly in traction, while the wait-list for the Pro-version is growing. Given the amount of traction, we’ve now allocated more resources from WireLoad towards Screenly. The first priority right now is a cleanup of the code base and to improve the user …
There’s no doubt that virtualization and the cloud is here to stay. So you migrated your entire architecture to the cloud and everyone is happy. Eventually, you’ll come to a point where you start decommission servers. If this was an on-premise server, all you had to do was to powered it off and perhaps put it to use elsewhere (or if virtualized, simply …
I’m a long-time fan of Axis’ IP cameras. I’ve played with a few other IP cameras too, but I’ve never come across a camera with the performance and stability of Axis’ products. Recently I deployed two Axis M1114-cameras. It’s an impressive device with built in motion sensor (that can record to a SMB or FTP) with Power over Ethernet (PoE). The optics in the …
Rack-servers make your life easier. They allow you to stack a bunch of servers into a small area while still keeping them well organized. Unfortunately, most server-vendors know this, and will charge you an arm and a leg for them. I recently had to build up a small virtualization-farm, and I really wanted to keep all server in a rack without having to spend …