Don't get me wrong, I love MediaWiki. It's 'overkill' for what I need, but then again, I wanted a stand-alone 'encyclopedia' where primarily text based articles were listed, without the ability to comment. And until someone can trim WordPress to run as fast as MediaWiki, I'm sticking with it. Well, that [...]
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Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying And Love Open Source
I actually deleted this entire post on Tuesday because I am an idiot and spent a lot of time recovering it, only to realize it needed to be totally re-done anyway. And in the end, they did what I needed!
WordPress 3.0 is the big [...]
Earlier this month I talked about how my server was acting wonky and how I fixed it using, among other tools, TOP.
This week I was chatting with a fellow about CPU usage and his site. He runs a rather large Wordpress blog and the database is about 500 megs. As a [...]
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I'm going to start out the new year blogging about servers, so if you don't like my techy talks, this is one to avoid.
ClamAV is an tool that you put on your server and it detects malicious software. In short, it's a server virus scanner and most servers use it to scan email [...]
I really wanted a Prius. Mostly for the gas mileage and the hybrid and the bragging rights, but also because when I drove it, I liked it. Not everyone in the family did, though, and since I refused to buy a car only one of us would drive, we went with the [...]