Basically once we launched an instance we have our local ip address and public ip address BUT TAKE NOTE ONCE YOU Reboot OR Stop your instance from the Amazon Ec2 Console you're local ip and public ip address will CHANGE, or even if you just reboot your server from the windows os your ip will change. This is really dangerous specially when you're running on a production server and you acidentally rebooted or stopped your instance without noticing it your production environment will not work!

The answer to this kind of problem is to Assign an Elastic IP Address to your instance, you can assign one elastic ip address per instance. Remember amazon has it's own regions so if you have an instance on Amazon-Singapore and  on Amazon US-West you can't assign ip addresses across regions. Each regions has it's own Elastic IP Addresses and you are only allowed 5 Elastic IP's per region.

Steps on how to Associate an Elastic IP Address to an EC2 Instance:

1. Log into your Amazon AWS Console Account (http://aws.amazon.com/)

2. You'll be redirected to your ec2 dashboard look for running instances on my case I'm running a Windows Server instance on US-West Region. Click on Elastic IP Link (see photo below)

3.  You'll be redirected to Elastic IP page wherein you can add, delete, associate, disasocciate Elastic IP Address that you own. Notice that I only have one Elastic IP address you can add more Elastic IP addresses as you wish to but, you are only limited up to 5 Elastic IP addresses per region

4. You can now associate an Elastic IP address to an instance, just right click on your Elastic IP address you'll see options there choose Associate

5. You'll be ask what instance would you want your elastic ip to be associated, choose one instance on your instance list

6. After assocating you'll now have an instance using Elastic IP Address, to verify log into your instance go to www.whatismyip.org the page should display your Elastic IP address

Head First PHP & MySQL offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of exercises, quizzes, puzzles, and other interactive features to help you retain what you've learned.

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Where does your Startup ideas come from? Where did it started? How did it came into your mind? And most important question how will you be able to execute and push through with your startup?

Well I believe your startup ideas come from your own itch, it's something that we don't have right now (it's hard to think of something that does not exist  in this world right now). It's an innovation that would help people in their daily tasks for example in groceries and department stores whenever you buy something cashier tellers use Point of Sale systems that would make their lives easier instead of writting down every single item that you customer purchase. That's innovation, you just really need to think deep of things that doesn't exist and things that would help people in their daily tasks. 

If you already have your startup ideas and you really want to push through with it , first step is to plan everything like how will you do it? how will your startup help people? how are you going to attract users to your application/service? How will this startup earn money? List everything first and then know what to prioritize and from there you know when and how to execute it.

Here's my tip: Always bring a small notebook and pen or smartphone, to list down every idea that you have in mind and then decide later on

My plan was to join swmanila this year but when I tried to register they already closed it better lukc next time huh? Well as far as I know there are 28 Teams:

ClearProperty

Property listings and title guarantee in the Philippines.

Rad Apps

Non programmers to create mobile + tablet apps

Twitmusic

Music-marketing platform for musicians on Twitter

Voodoo App

Voodoo magic on your phone

Emergency Button

Mobile app to easily contact emergency serives

MyShoephoria

Shoe collection and management website

Crowd Clamor

Crowd Sourcing tasks for celebrities for charity

GroupHug.ph

Health Care sponsorship for children

TEX

Classic Filipino card game with a modern twist

Ventee

Event Discovery & Promotions Platform for the Philippines Events Industry

Learning Hub

Bringing trainers and learners together + online material and classes

Hobby Mash

Social network for hobbies grouped by collection

Startup Weekend Online

Online version of Startup Weekend

Zhooterz

Social Live Action Alternate Reality Game using Mobile Apps to capture (live action roleplay)

Project KIO

Kiosk for information, web serf and Near Field Communication device for payment (digital wallets)

Startup Mavericks

Crowd Sourcing and Crowd Funding for Tech Startups

Launchur.ws

Platform that easily launches brands in various relevant social media and search engine

Cypher Tex

Encrypting Messages to be sent by the user and could not be easily decrypted unless the sender gives the private key.

Passion Box

Tool for collectors to catalog and share their collections online

Agri Trace

Affordable Food Traceability System for Small Farmers

A-Li.st

Location-based discovery tool for buyers & sellers

Tap Me

Tap Anytime, Tap Anywhere

Sure Deal

Trust and Transparency platform for users selling a product or service on top local classified websites

Wedding Lab

Wedding research, planning and gift registry tool for couples. A fun easy and collaborative way to plan your wedding.

Gas Yaya

Find Cheap Gas Prices!

Peerview.me

Peer review for exam questions

Cheaper by dozen

Collective buying and bargaining shopping website

All ideas are awesome! My favorites : A-Li.st,Startup Mavericks,Startup Mavericks , Hobby Mash and Ventee! I hope these groups would continue their ideas! Ideas that would change the world! Hopefully next year I could present my idea on swmanila! 

Where would be the next Startup Manila Weekend? Any Idea? 

Welcome guys this is my first tutorial, I wanted to share my knowledge on using Amazon Web Services. AWS is one of the cloud services provider in the world, it can host windows, linux, it allows you to create your virtual servers based on your requirements. To start off, I'll share my knowledge on Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (Amazon EC2), basically it s a  service that allows users to compute in the cloud.

You're probalby wondering how can you set up virtual servers? Read on the following steps:

a. Login to Amazon Web Services console : www.aws.amazon.com (If you do not have account yet sign up, Windows Servers and Linux Servers are not free, they have this free tier which uses only small instance of EC2 Amazon Instance running on a linux operating system 750 hours free)

b.     Upon logging in, you’ll see different tabs, click on EC2 tab

c.     On your right side you’ll see the navigation area please look for security groups. If your account is new you’ll see a default security group provided by Amazon.  

e.     Create new Keypair, is a security credential similar to a password which you use to securely connect  to your instance. Basically before you launch any instance you need to create a Key pair.; Click on Create new Key, enter your desired key pair name and then click create.

f.      Change the selected region on the navigation menu on your left side, make sure  (Asia Singapore) is selected.

g.     Now you can launch your instance, click on instances on the navigation menu. Click on Launch Instance.

h.     You’ll see a pop wizard, first would prompt you to choose an AMI, Amazon Machine Image (AMI) contains all the information needed to create a new instance of a server. For example, an AMI might contain all the software to act as a web server (e.g., Linux, Apache, and your web site), or all the software to act as a Windows database server (e.g., Windows and SQL Server). For simplicity sake  choose  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Base (Microsoft  Windows 2008 R1 SP2 Datacenter edition and 32-bit architecture and click select on the right side

i.      Next window you need to configure instance details, number of instances, Availability Zone, and Instance Type.

·          Make sure that Availability Zone must be same with the Region you selected on step number 6 (Asia Singapore)

·          Make sure you select correct instance type, amazon offers different types of instances (Micro ,Small, High, Extra Large). 

·          Price of each instance type are different, if you choose High or Extra Large instance type its more expensive compared to small and micro instances. You need to know first requirements of your server before choosing instance type.

j.      Next would be Advance Instance Options, basically you don’t need to change anything on this page. Click on continue.

k.     You need to assign Name of your instance, this is a metatag made  for user-friendly identification of your instance.

l.      Create a new Key pair if you don’t have one, but on our case we already have one so you just need to select from our existing Key Pairs and click continue

m.    Create a new Security Group if you don’t have one, but on our case we already have sets of security group so you just need to know what to use and click continue button

Security group defines firewall rules for your instances. These rules specify which incoming network traffic should be delivered to your instance (example accept web traffic on port 80). All other traffic is ignored. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT when launching server, do not forget to configure this correctly.

n.     Review the information of your instance, double check everything make sure you’ve configured it correctly. Click on Launch button.

o.     After launching your newly created instance you need to wait for 15 minutes to retrieve the windows password from AWS console

p.     Click Instances on the navigation menu on your left side, make sure region selected is Asia Singapore. You’ll see all your instances, right click on the newly created instance and then click Get Windows Password.

q.     You need to copy and paste the content of your  keypair  file (which you downloaded after creating your keypair) on the field provided on this page, click on decrypt

r.      Wait for couple of minutes, AWS will decrypt your password.

s.     Copy and paste default Username and Password on a txt file. You’ll need this on your  first login to your instance.

20. Right click again on your instance, click on connect. A window will pop up showing instructions on how to connect to your instance. You’ll use Remote Desktop Connection on your initial login:

• Copy and paste the public DNS of your instance on your text file
• Or you can click on the link Download shortcut file, this will download a remote desktop shortcut to your desktop.

21. Connect to your instance:

• Go to start > All Programs > Accessories > Remote Desktop Connection

• You’ll see a computer field, paste the public DNS there
• Click connect,
• Another window will pop up, it will ask you to input Password and Username. Use the password and username that you pasted on the text file.

• If you downloaded the shortcut file:

• Open the shortcut file
• You’ll see a computer field, paste the public DNS there
• Click connect,
• Another window will pop up, it will ask you to input Password and Username. Use the password and username that you pasted on the text file

v.      Congratulations you’ve successfully launch a new instance!

Here's an excerpt from press release of Apple:

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately.

“Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” said Art Levinson, Chairman of Genentech, on behalf of Apple's Board. “Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success, and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration.

“The Board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO,” added Levinson. “Tim’s 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance, and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does.”

Jobs submitted his resignation to the Board today and strongly recommended that the Board implement its succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO.

So what will be the effect of this to the I.T world? Will Apple still be the best brand? Can Cook follow Jobs' vision? Or can he even maintain Apple's stand in the industry? Well I hope he'll be as good as Jobs! Personally I do admire Apple than Microsoft 

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP) is one of the most important biodiversity conservation areas of the Philippines. It features a spectacular limestone or karst landscape that contains an 8.2 km long underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it flows directly into the sea, and the lower half portion of the river is brackish and subject to tidal influence. The area also represents significant habitat for biodiversity conservation. It contains a full mountain to the sea ecosystem and protects forests, which are among the most significant in Asia.

You still have 81 days to vote before voting end, GO if you're filipino vote your own natural wonder! I'm sure if you see this personally I don't need to convience you to vote. I've seen this already this is awesome!! If you're planning to visit Puerto Princessa dont forget to pass by Underground river! 

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Let’s say you have an idea for a killer iPhone app. Where do you begin? Head First iPhone Development will help you get your first application up and running in no time. You’ll quickly learn to use iPhone SDK tools, including Interface Builder and Xcode, and master Objective-C programming principles that will make your app stand out. It’s a complete learning experience for creating eye-catching, top-selling iPhone applications.

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