How to Host your own email server You may ask yourself why go through the trouble of setting up an email server when you can use gmail, outlook, fastmail or <insert email provider here>? That is a good question. If you can get this working, you’ll learn a little bit more about how email works. It’s not THAT hard to get working and it’s pretty fun. Plus if you are hosting a lot of emails from many…
Cloudinary is an image and video hosting service which provides an HTTP API, image manipulation tools. There is quite a bit of documentation. But most of it assumes that you will use either JQuery or one of their other custom made plugins. I wasn't able to find a guide that showed how to do a simple image upload with just ajax. Note this guide will be for unsigned uploads, but I think you may find…
I just got back from Sequoia National Park today with my good friend Aya. The park itself was incredible and there was a lot to see. The trees are absolutely incredible and pictures don't do them any justice. Looking over King's Canyon National Park I find it really interesting how the trees grow. In Sequoia there are a LOT of very little trees, and then in small spots there are groups of trees…
Tonight was a very fun night and it was a night that I feel is very representative of the silicon valley area and culture. I went to Santana Row with about 10 of my co-workers. Santana Row is a upscale outdoor shopping mall with a lot of high end shops and restaurants. After walking around for awhile, we ended up stumbling upon a game of outdoor chess. Chess at the beginning of the night We…
Me standing next to Delicate Arch When I was moving across the country I was able to see a lot of what the nation has to offer. One of the most picturesque states that I visited was Utah. It is full of national parks, beautiful scenery, and very few people. North Window - Arches National Park Arches National park is a breathtakingly beautiful park which has the highest concentration of naturally…
I have just moved to Santa Clara AKA Silicon Valley for training at my new job. In short it is awesome here. It is truly the mecca for all things tech. The hotel Hot-Tub Almost everyday I go into the hotel hot tub, and I am able to meet a lot of insanely smart people. Nearly everyone I have met, works at some tech company. I have met people from startups, large corporations, and everything in…