Category Archives: PHP

New WordPress Plugins and Updates

I just added the Subscribe to Comments WordPress plugin. You should now be able to get e-mail notifications when new comments are posted. This should make flamewars and trolling much easier. For what its worth I also installed the Google … Continue reading

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Deploying CherryPy on Apache 2 using mod_proxy

Background I’ve been trying to move away from PHP to Python for web applications. I tried Django and TurboGears, but I settled upon the more basic CherryPy framework. It helped that my friend Christian is active in the CherryPy community … Continue reading

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Drupal Database Maintenance Script

I love Drupal, but its insistence on saving every session its ever created causes the sessions table to become massive. So I usually end up creating a shell script like the following: drupal-db-maint.sh (I posted a copy to pastebin since … Continue reading

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Tips on Surviving DreamHost

I use DreamHost and it is by far the least reliable hosting service I’ve ever used. However, they’re quite cheap for the vast amounts of storage and bandwidth provided. I also love their blog, newsletter, status page, control panel, and … Continue reading

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Any Takers for Drupal in Python?

I half-jokingly posted a comment on Dries Buytaert blog about re-implementing Drupal in Python.  Honestly, I expected to either be flamed or ignored, but instead it turns out I’m not the first person to think of this!  Some people even … Continue reading

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Debian Etch Released

It appears Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, codenamed Etch, (quite a mouthful) has been released as the latest stable version of Debian. Go download it using BitTorrent to be cool. Tip #1:  You do not have to download all of the CDs, … Continue reading

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