Geekyness
DNS will be the death of me
Well, I hope not, obviously… I hope it’s ravenous sex with a beautiful woman when I’m about 70, but you get the idea.
I’ve just spent the last god knows how long trying to sort out the nameservers for my new dedicated server. See, it worked… but not a lot.
I’d got the server working, and some [...]
FeedBurner Farse
With the gradual move to my new dedicated server, I’ve been taking the opportunity to consolidate various website accounts to aid administration.
A good example is FeedBurner, where I had 4 accounts - one for each website (goDHN, Musoswire Blog, AdventuresInVista and AdventuresInMacOS). Each had a seperate username and password, and I was forever forgetting them!
Useful guide for installing PHP/MySQL on a Windows Server
In the process of setting up the new server for the blogs, I came across a great tutorial for installing and configuring PHP and MySQL on a Windows server. It also shows how to configure the MySQL client tools and phpMyAdmin. Very useful.
Find it at http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic56303.html
Dedicated Server purchase
Yesterday I purchased my own dedicated server from 1&1. I’ve wanted one for years, and have been seriously considering one for the past few months due to the downtime experienced with M6.net, and the worsening support response times. It’s not good when you’ve got clients paying you and you have to email support and wait [...]
New BlogRoll
I’ve just implemented a new BlogRoll, which you can see on the right. You’ll notice it’s a little longer…!
The new BlogRoll uses some clever techniques to show the feeds I follow in Google Reader. I’m sharing almost all of my feeds here - it’s minus a few personal blogs from friends and family, and the feeds [...]
Give over with the stupid Facebook groups!
I’ve just received a Facebook email inviting me to join the group…
“Facebook Will Be Forced to Shutdown in 20 Days! Join and Save it!”
I shall protect the anonymity of the stupid person that invited me. I mean, c’mon, how ridiculous!? What possible, conceivable reason could there be for shutting Facebook? And if there is something, [...]
Finally… a point to RSS!
I’ve just signed up for a new hosting account with DreamHost (www.DreamHost.com). They’ve been recommended by a couple of people, and I’ve been wanting to move my PHP stuff to a new host for a while.
As you may be aware, I’m a .NET programmer - but I use a PHP/MySQL/Wordpress solution for my blogs. M6 [...]