WordPress is notorious for buckling if a site sees a sudden spike in traffic (also known as the Digg Effect, slashdotted, fireballed etc. etc.). As a result, a number of plugins have emerged to replace the default “render-on-every-access” WordPress model with serving static files from disk (ala Drupal or Joomla). …
As if not updating my blog for months at time wasn’t enough, I also maintain a wiki that gets even less attention 🙁 The software powering the wiki is Dokuwiki – a fantastic wiki software that’s very feature-rich (thanks to a plugin architecture) but very lightweight (everything is maintained in …
There are plenty of arguments for and against Security Through Obscurity – I’m of the opinion that while the benefit for doing it might be slim, actually implementing it doesn’t cause any problems, so why not? Moving On! The fastest way to upgrade the PHP version on Debian/Lenny “stable” without …
Most installation guides for GitWeb assume that it will be hosted by a single web-server process (either Nginx or Apache). This article will show how to host GitWeb with Nginx acting as a front-end for Apache. Assumptions The Server OS is Debian/Lenny “stable” Nginx is setup to listen for incoming …
Overview The aim of this guide is to walk through the process of getting rTorrent and hellanzb working on a VPS running CentOS5 (64-bit version). ((I’m guessing the guide will still work for higher kernel versions in the 2.6 series, but experience has taught me to hedge my bets)) In …
When trying to setup a new Virtual Machine, you could take the tough approach and do it from scratch. Or you could let someone else do the hard work for you and download a pre-built image. For VMWare, the place to do this is the VMWare Applicance Marketplace. This may …
The command-line is and will always be the fastest way to administer a remote Linux installation. But whether it’s running a speed test of the server or monitoring AWStats reports only accessible from the localhost, a GUI interface can often come in handy. The typical recommendation in such cases is …
At COMEX 2009, I picked up a Chinese-made set-top media player, called the Q7. Made by a company called Blue Angel, the tiny box packs in an amazing feature set: Supports RMVB,AVI,DIVX,MKV,MOV,HDMOV,MP4,M4V,PMP,AVC,FLV,VOB,MPG,DAT,MPEG file formats Does HDMI Output upto 720P Built-in Flash memory of 2GB and USB-Host Support The feature I …
Sitting at home and trying to beat a particularly nasty throat infection, I decided to follow-up on a tweet of mine and put together what my push-email/calendar solution looks like: To summarize, it currently uses: 6 different sites for the Calendar – Dopplr, Upcoming, Remember The Milk and fbcal feeding …
Location-networking is meant to provide two experiences: 1. Broadcast your location to your friends and FoaF network in the hope of making unexpected connections; and 2. Share comments and rich media (photographs, video, voice etc.) about your experiences at a particular location. This then, is the state of my location …