We finally launched our VPS hosting plans about 20 minutes ago.You can now choose between Centos or Windows Server 2003 powered VPS with optional Plesk!Paul and I had been working on ironing out the last few bugs and annoying issues on the site for most of this evening, which is why I still haven't eaten anything (not that I can't go without food for a few days - I have plenty … [Read more...] about The Waiting is Over – VPS Plans Are Go
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Stable DSL Makes Me Happy
I've had a DSL connection from Magnet Business (formerly Netsource) for the past 5 years.I was just looking at the connection stats for the last few months and I must say I am pleased.Apart from the hiccups last week, which were caused by Eircom NOT Magnet, my connection has been rock solid.Looking at the graph below (click to enlarge) you can see a few gaps, but they all … [Read more...] about Stable DSL Makes Me Happy
Mail Admins Fix Your Mail Servers – ORDB Is Dead
ORDB was shutdown ages ago (end of 2006!). Why the hell are people still using it on their mail servers?Make sure your mail server isn't using it! … [Read more...] about Mail Admins Fix Your Mail Servers – ORDB Is Dead
Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
This is another one of those "I know this, but I can never remember how" type things.I'm currently reconfiguring a machine on the other side of the globe, so I want to get it to work to IST instead of EST.A quick google brought up a rather complex way of doing it which sounded really wrong to me, so I refined my query and found the sane solution in the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
Configuring Multiple Services on Port 80
Until yesterday evening I had never had any reason to configure multiple services on the same port, so I'd never had any reason to delve into the configuration changes to make this happen.In order to get this working you have to have more than one IP address available. In my case I have 3 assigned to the server in question. The main IP is used for serving most of the sites, … [Read more...] about Configuring Multiple Services on Port 80