I wanted to read the timeline of the Amazon “Networking Event”. So I’ve taken the logs of the EC2 and RDS status updates and put them together for a post. If you want to learn about how to make a more...
There are LOTS of ways to do this. This is what I do so that I can use the same code in any site’s .htaccess RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R=301,L] I...
This summer I took the opportunity to write my first BackPress application. It was an educational experience that came with a number of surprises. I thought I would share my experience with you, along with some tips to get you out...
Having appended a line to /etc/hosts through BASH, what I really wanted to do, was add it via PERL. The basic operation would be the same: load a text file into a single variable, search a string for text, and if...
The process is EXTREMELY simple. One line to install SVN, two to create the repository, and one to run the daemon: yum install subversion.i386 mkdir /svn svnadmin create /svn/my-repo/ svnserve -d Here’s what my results produced (The first line confirms I...
While working with Lee Newton over at b5media I was able to watch him build up some server tools over time that were invaluable to diagnosing exactly what was going on on the server. Now I find I need to make...
I’m just jotting down some notes about using the Google Safe Browsing API to prevent a site from serving malicious/bad ads. Problem Defined Ads are put on a site via javascript by calls as simple as “getad(‘adposition1’)”. JavaScript is executed via...
You might find this little command useful, it allows you to create thumbnails for all the files in a particular directory: find . -maxdepth 1 -name *.jpg -print -exec convert "{}" -resize 80×60 "thumbs/{}" \; This should work on any...
There’s been rumor and confusion over the last week about whether WordPress and WordPress mu were merging as Matt seemed to imply at WordCamp SF. The announcement was so shocking that the true meaning was uncertain. For example, the avid WordPress...