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• 1.24.07 Wordpress 2.1 Goodness posted in Web Design, Geekery

  I made the switch to Wordpress 2.1 with a grand total of 3 minutes of downtime on my live server. For anyone who’s curious, I did a full backup of the blog and set it up on my local server with MAMP and Headdress. The database was too large to import with […]

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• 1.24.07 A Simple Homemade Server Alarm posted in Geekery

  So, you’ve got your server tweaked and you’re pretty sure you’re prepared for an onslaught of traffic should you write a brilliant and useful article. But you’re still a little nervous, right? You’d at least like to know if your site went down, but you’re fully aware that these things always happen while you’re out driving or at work or doing something that requires you to not be sitting in front of your computer constantly refreshing your page like a paranoid dork. So build a simple server alarm!

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• 1.22.07 DiggProof your Wordpress posted in Geekery

  I know, it’s a ballsy headline, but I’m tired of hearing all of the script kiddies on Digg scoff at Wordpress, blaming it for sites crashing from the “Digg Effect.” Drupal, Movable Type and others all have similar problems, but there’s a lot of people saying you should never Digg a Wordpress site […]

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