I was in Portland, Oregon last week for the cPanel conference. I was there to deliver a keynote on Wednesday morning, so I had a bit of time in the evenings to catch up with friends in the area. I'd never been to Portland before, though I'd always heard good things about it. I probably should have paid more attention to what people said about the weather, instead of … [Read more...] about Some Portland Impressions
Checking Apache’s VHost Configuration
This is more of a note for myself than anything else. When using Apache 2 it's useful to see exactly what it "thinks" it should be doing with virtual hosts. The "apachectl2" utility can check if the Apache configuration is correct syntactically, but that won't help you see what exactly it's trying to do, as in which sites it's trying to serve. However if you … [Read more...] about Checking Apache’s VHost Configuration
Rebooting IrishBlogs.com
I've had the domain irishblogs.com for over a decade, since 2004 to be precise. It was, up until very recently, a rather rudimentary link directory. When I first put the site online I used to spend time and energy looking after it, along with many of the other sites I was running at the time. But over time I got busier with other projects and interests and couldn't spend as … [Read more...] about Rebooting IrishBlogs.com
Sorting Disk Usage By Size On Linux
More of a reminder for myself than anything else .. since I've got a terrible memory! If you want to check disk space usage from the command line you can use the "du" command. But if you want to check a large number of directories for usage and sort them so that you can see where all the disk space is gone to use: du -sh * | sort -h That will output it in a more human … [Read more...] about Sorting Disk Usage By Size On Linux
La Bella Sicilia! [Video]
I love Sicily. It's such an incredibly beautiful place. Don't believe me? Check out the video below which was produced by a travel agency in the UK: https://vimeo.com/158621612 Sicily has an incredibly rich and interesting history. Pretty much every civilisation that passed through Europe made their mark on Sicily and you can see that in the ruins and other cultural … [Read more...] about La Bella Sicilia! [Video]