I build Amazon AMIs. I started out building them on the actual Amazon EC2 infrastructure myself only to learn that doing so costs the runtime and the money on EC2. There is an easier way to get alot of it out of the way without it actually costing something. My suggestion is to build a…
Automated Backups to Amazon S3. WordPress example explained here.
There are tons of Automated backup plugins for WordPress, but the reality is you’re assuming they work unless you’ve actually restored one of them. This article will explain how to do this without using anything fancy like a backup program. In fact, I just give you a few scripts and of course the old, trusty,…
How to use Cron. The linux / unix Scheduler
Cron as it is called is a very powerful tool. It’s simply a scheduler that allows you to do a multitude of tasks at any given time. It’s been around since the beginning of time and is built into every linux, unix, bsd distribution out there. Even Microsoft has a version of Cron, albeit it’s…
A simple overview of how to use one of the most powerful text editors; vi
Vi is a text editor that is included by default in every linux, unix, and *bsd installation. Every person who’s serious about using this should learn the basics of it. Very powerful, but a bit hard to learn, it’s something that everybody who manages a linux, unix, *bsd box should learn to use at least…
Is your website slow? Fix It.
Today, almost everybody has a website. Many are run on a Webserver called Apache. It’s an amazing piece of software that is ironically free and incredibly secure (when configured properly). There are plenty of content management and publishing tools out there as well. WordPress (my personal favorite), Drupal, Movable Type just to name a few. …
WordPress older posts or newer posts link not working [Solved]
So you’ve installed WordPress and all of a sudden, when you clicked on older posts, it doesn’t work. This seems to be a problem that plagues many people and the situation hasn’t been solved. The reality is it’s a misconfiguration in your apache vhost (if you’re using a vhost) or just the apache configuration. So,…
Looking for a PBX? Consider the Cloud.
I’ve spoken of the virtues of a cloud PBX on many an occasion. The reality is for the last 8 years, I’ve been running my phone system / PBX in a cloud for many reasons. The most important is redundancy. The system has had no downtime except for when I was applying maintenance upgrades. My…
Considering a Mail Client with the features you need? Consider Thunderbird.
I’ve used them all. From the command line clients to the web mail services and even others such as Outlook, Pegasys, Apple Mail, and all the usual offerings. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You want a mail client that has the ability to accept Add-Ons. This is one important piece of advice…
centos 5 squirrelmail change sqlpass plugin
If you’ve had issues with getting the change_sqlpass plugin to work on squirrelmail, there are definitely quite a few mashinations of the system on how to get it to work on Centos 5.x So here’s how I got it to work. Please keep in mind that the following matters. Your SQL Mail Table called users…
I’m looking for a few consulting gigs.
If anyone is looking for a consultant who has extensive experience in Enterprise Systems, CIO, COO, New Business Consulting, please contact me. Things have been really slow for me lately and I can’t seem to drum up the business I need to support my family. I really thought more people would donate and this website…