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Server optimization

We’ve been having trouble with high server load. It seems to be due to Apache and MySQL. So I installed Zend Optimizer 2.5.7 using the guide here. It worked out pretty well. The only differences were that I had to download the .tar.gz manually, and the path to php.ini was /usr/local/lib/php.ini – this can be…Continue Reading…

New ubercategory

I’ve never seen this term “ubercategory” before. “We believe this is a new ubercategory called ‘PC help,’” Microsoft spokesman Ryan Hamlin says. Source: ecommercetimes

Geek Profile

Your Geek Profile: Gamer Geekiness: High Geekiness in Love: High Internet Geekiness: High Movie Geekiness: High Academic Geekiness: Moderate Fashion Geekiness: Moderate General Geekiness: Moderate Music Geekiness: None SciFi Geekiness: None How Geeky Are You?

When thoughts become words

It always seems strange to put my thoughts on paper (or, in HTML terms, on textarea) because it is futile to think that I can do them any degree of justice. Even when one clear sentence is somehow created, I feel that it can always be better. And so I make it better. Or is…Continue Reading…

Why 47 is great

I found this page to be especially amusing. Update: the link went dead, so I’m copying it here.  Reasons why 47 is the greatest number in existence! Here are 23 1/2 facts; half of 47! It’s the meaning of Life All important people have 4 letters in their first name, and 7 letters in their…Continue Reading…

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has released a Windows “Update” that is designed to remove software from your computer: After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a…Continue Reading…