As part of my ongoing efforts to make sites on this server run faster and cause me fewer headaches I've implemented Apache log rotation using Cronolog. Apache2 does support log rotation, but Cronolog gives you more options, which is why I chose it. On Ubuntu all you need to do is: apt-get install cronolog To see which version you have type: cronolog -V The version I have is … [Read more...] about Apache Log Rotation With Cronolog
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Skycon Talk – Email Filtering
If anyone wants the slides from my talk yesterday afternoon here they are: Open Office format PDF format … [Read more...] about Skycon Talk – Email Filtering
Pre-talk Nerves
I'm scheduled to give a talk in the University of Limerick this afternoon as part of Skynet's conference - Skycon. Even though I've given plenty of talks in the past I am always incredibly tense beforehand. This afternoon I'll be talking about email filtering on a large scale :) As there are quite a few hardcore geeks onsite today I'm hoping they'll all have gone to the other … [Read more...] about Pre-talk Nerves
Suse Linux Enterprise 10 Road Show.
Suse Linux is "on the road" with a date in Dublin organised for 27th March: From Xen server virtualization to 3-D desktop graphics to tight application security, it's all in there. Don't miss this opportunity to meet experts, see live demos and learn why SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 is the best-engineered, Linux platform for your mission-critical applications. Full information on … [Read more...] about Suse Linux Enterprise 10 Road Show.
Speeding Up WordPress
If your website is slow then people will either get annoyed with it or simply not visit it. Bottom line - you can lose money.I met Donncha in real life for the first time a few months ago and one of the things that I was anxious to talk to him about was Wordpress' speed or lack thereof, as both my own sites and those of clients etc., seemed to suffer from performance … [Read more...] about Speeding Up WordPress