DVDs.ie has been taken offline, as the server simply did not have enough RAM. I've ordered extra RAM and will put the site back online once I have the RAM installed.For the past 48 hours the site has been slow, while the server itself has been nearly always inaccessible via ssh, due to MySQL eating cpu and ram. It seems like the GoogleBot started crawling and "upset" the … [Read more...] about Dvds.ie Offline Temporarily
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Hack Any WordPress Blogs Lately?
I feel sorry for the Wordpress developers, but I feel even more sorry for their users.Over the past year WP users who have been keeping track of updates etc., have had to update and upgrade their installs so many times that it's not funny.The way I see it Wordpress users fall, broadly speaking, into two main categories:Casual usersGeeksCasual users want a CMS to use for their … [Read more...] about Hack Any WordPress Blogs Lately?
Open Ads 2.4 Released
Open Ads 2.4 was released a few days ago.Open Ads, which was previously called PhpAdsNew, is probably the most popular open source adserver available. I've been using it for years, though I've probably only used a fraction of its features.I've decided to start using it to serve ads on some of the blogs I run (I'm already using it to run ads on other sites).Why?Ease of use … [Read more...] about Open Ads 2.4 Released