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Imitation .. not flattered

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

They say “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery“

But when the imitation is nothing but poorly modified a rip-off of your work, then I am not so sure the term still fits :)

This is our VPS.NET “Slider”, we are very proud of it, it conveys exactly what the product is and it’s sleek and sexy

clid.jpg

This in the other hand is a blunt rip-off, made by a second grade designer who attempted to pass it as his own

slid2.jpg

Come on !!, if you are going to steal somebody’s design, at least dont murder it like that !! :D

24.06.2009 Short Rants 3 Comments

CDN Kicks Ass

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

For the past few weeks I have been working on the upcoming CDN offering we (UK2 Group) are working on, one of my newest favorite features is called “Origin Pull”.

Origin Pull basically means when somebody hits your site for the first time via one of the CDN pop’s, all of it’s new (referenced) content is cached by the CDN and will, from then on, be served by the CDN network directly (via the closest pop).

Originally I was not keen on it, as I did not understood it, I preferred the option to upload to the CDN directly, but the more I use it, the more I like it, also enjoy retaining the control over the content on my own storage.

Cool Stuff.

20.06.2009 Computers / Internet No Comments