September 18, 2011
A faster WordPress with Lighttpd
For the sake of this tutorial and my own comfort I’m going to assume you’re using some sort of Debian based Linux distribution. First we’ll install Lighttpd and get PHP working. <span class="nv">$ </span>apt-get install lighttpd php5-cgi lighttpd-mod-magnet Configuration files for Lighttpd go into /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled. We need the following. 10-fastcgi.conf...
August 04, 2011
6 apps I use daily
Safari I’ve been a Google Chrome user since the very first version but when Safari 5 was released I went back to Apple. I love native Mac OS X apps and Safari is definitely one of them. Safari 5.1 even has a nifty ‘read it later’ kind of feature that...
July 30, 2011
Vagrant is cruise control for awesome
Virtual environments are changing my workflow and those of millions around the world. One day, everything will be virtualized. Okay, maybe not. Anyway, we all think of VMware when we hear about virtual machines (or Xen if you’re a sysadmin). VMware has very good software on the Mac called Fusion....
July 09, 2011
The iPad never got out of the way
When the iPad came out I was a huge critic. Why would anyone want a big iPod touch with a relatively low screen resolution? But when I saw friends using it as a gaming and reading device I shelled out the money and got one myself. The 16GB wifi only...
June 30, 2011
Tumblr: get your shit together or goodbye
I’ve been using Tumblr since the very start. I still think Tumblr is pretty much WordPress for dummies. You get presented with a very simple interface and you get to ‘follow’ people like on Twitter. It’s a great way for people to get a blog up and running within a...