I’ve had a book on PHP & MySQL for over a year, but I’ve barely touched it. Last night I decided to get to work on getting through the book as I’ve got some website ideas I’d like to pursue, but I currently lack the skills to execute what I want. Anyway, I’ve decided to …
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I became a father this past June. If you’re a regular reader of my site, you’ve probably noticed my decrease in posting frequency since then. Much of the time that used to be spent tinkering with Linux is now spent changing diapers, buying diapers, feeding my daughter, etc.
Continue reading Dear Linux Users, Kimberly-Clark Doesn’t Want Your BusinessThe most popular post on this site is the one showing how to install a LAMP server on Ubuntu. Once you’re done developing your websites on your computer, you may want to remove the LAMP server from your Ubuntu installation. Actually, you probably want to leave the Linux part and only remove the AMP part, …
Continue reading Remove LAMP in UbuntuI spent a few hours this past weekend working on some performance optimization for the site. This site is run on the WordPress blogging software which has tons of great plugins available to add functionality. The downside to this is that most plugins tend to slow the website performance slightly. The exceptions to this are …
Continue reading Tux Tweaks Performance EnhancementsToday I’m going to show you how to install the Lynx web browser in Ubuntu 10.04. Lynx is a text only web browser that runs from the Linux terminal. Why install Lynx? Why would you want to run a browser like this? Well, the reason I run it is because it shows you how a …
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