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Clean URLs for Textpattern with Nginx - October 4th, 2010

I don’t really use Textpattern at the moment, but I had been curious about it so I thought I’d give it a shot. Having recently ditched Apache for an LNMP-stacked VPS, I wanted to see if the spry little CMS would be compatible with Nginx without going through a gauntlet of issues. It’s especially important [...]

Tags: clean url, nginx, pretty permalinks, Textpattern
Posted in CMS, linux, useful

 

A line-by-line guide: Setting up Nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM, phpMyAdmin and properly functioning WordPress on an Ubuntu 10.04 VPS - October 4th, 2010

I’ve been using Media Temple for well over a year now, specifically the Grid Service. While it’s a great service for people looking to get hosted on a budget, it’s a bit lacking on the control side of things, and I really felt the need to move out of the cloud and into a VPS. [...]

Tags: (ve) server, lemp, linux, lnmp, media temple, mysql, nginx, php, php-fpm, php5, phpmyadmin, pretty permalinks, server, ubuntu 10.04, wordpress
Posted in hardware, linux, useful

 

LEFT5 (this WP theme) is ready for anyone who wants it! - June 23rd, 2010

The very theme this site is now using, which was originally created for and implemented over at Loupe, is now publicly available. The theme is not for the kind of WordPress bloggers out there who use widgets or masses of plugins for their sites. I personally detest those things, and I know there are many [...]

Tags: css, design, html, HTML5, left5, loupe, themes, wordpress
Posted in admin, freebies, useful

 

How To Make Your Cat a Pokémon Trainer - March 22nd, 2010

Oddly enough, this isn’t purely sarcasm. First thing’s first, you’ve got to get your hands on one of the newest iterations of the Pokémon game franchise — either Soulsilver or Heartgold. They’re basically revved-up, remixed and rebuilt DS-platform releases of the now ancient Gold and Silver versions of the game from about a decade ago. [...]

Tags: cats, lol, nintendo, pokemon
Posted in games, lol, useful

 

How to Get Your Name Verified with Google - February 11th, 2010

A while ago (sometime last year that I don’t remember anymore) I came across a quick blurb in a now long-forgotten Google blog entry telling users exactly how to get their names verified for their Google Profile pages. It’s really simple, and free — the whole thing’s furnished by Knol, which has itself become somewhat [...]

Tags: buzz, google, howto, knol, verified names
Posted in google, social-networking, useful

 

Because Space Gets Old - February 4th, 2010

The Snow Leopard Login Screen Apple is good at designing things simply and beautifully enough that users generally make little to no changes to their UI — but let’s face it, that space background gets pretty old after the first thousand logins, and they really should have included the login screen aesthetics in the system [...]

Tags: apple, os x, snow leopard
Posted in apple, useful

 

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