Monthly Archives: June 2009

LJRandomOrRecent – Updated to Ver 0.2a

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Jon Smith

LJ Random or Recent plugin has been tested and updated to work with WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2. On a side note upgrading wordpress was as easy as unzipping the latest copy over the existing install. Just make sure you backup … Continue reading →

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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Jon Smith

I have had my head buried in Postgres tuning parameters today. There is so many different options to look at and no real definitive guidelines out there, and to make matters worse you can really impede performance with incorrect tuning parameters which is probably counter productive if your interested in tuning for performance :-) . Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE AutoYast/AutoInstall Howto Part 3

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Jon Smith

OpenSUSE and SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) both come with AutoYaST which is a very powerful tool that allows administrators to quickly and easily deploy servers that have an identical configuration for rapid server deployment. In this three part series … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE AutoYast/AutoInstall Howto Part 2

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Jon Smith

OpenSUSE and SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) both come with AutoYaST which is a very powerful tool that allows administrators to quickly and easily deploy servers that have an identical configuration for rapid server deployment. In this three part series … Continue reading →

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LJRandomOrRecent – My First WordPress Plugin :-)

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Jon Smith

I have just finished writing my first wordpress plugin. It is called LJ Random or Recent and it adds a widget that allows you to replace the Recent Posts widget with a little more functionality. You can specify to show … Continue reading →

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