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Such a long time since my last post… so here is a quick recipe for WordPress upgrade:

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Yesterday at work, my boss asked me, if I knew the 4GB memory limitation Windows Vista had, because a client was there having problems with this issue… Continue reading →

This will be a quick one… Do you use Linux over the command-line? Do you access remotely these machines using SSH? Are you sitting in front of a Windows computer? If your answers were yes to all three, I’m going to assume that you know the Putty software, and you already use it.. Now lets learn how to use it… the smart way!
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Everybody that uses Linux, one way or another, will be using the command line for admin. Sure you can have those graphical tools to do the job, but there is nothing like the command line for this. And if you manage a couple of remote machines, the only way you can get with this, is using the command line via SSH. Although this is a discussed subject, I went to a few steps the other day, on a personal remote server, to improve SSH security, to a level I can sleep good at night. So let me show you what I did… Continue reading →

In the past few weeks, I have been dreaming with something that I know is not very practical to do or implement, but in fact, it could be a challenge and a fun thing to look into to.
What I propose here in theory is to combine a series of tools, to create a rather unique backup solution. What I suggest, is using tools like RAID, LVM, rsync with incremental backups… OK, you might be thinking: “but this is normal stuff”. Now let’s add the twist! Put these tools to work, using Gmail accounts, and you can begin imagining what I have in mind! Continue reading →