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Books have been written on the subject of awk and sed. Here’s a small sample of commands I put together over the years that are useful for everyday system administration tasks. Most of these tasks …

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Late Night Rant #25b

February 17, 2015 – 5:41 pm
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No sooner than I stopped complaining about HP’s “holy” Web site, I ran into a similar issue with Red Hat’s site. And that doesn’t happen very often. Unlike HP, Red Hat folks tend to take better …

Late Night Rant #25: HP’s Web Site Fail

February 12, 2015 – 6:24 pm
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I’ve already mentioned my dislike for the epic mess of broken links HP gingerly called its Web site. Nearly a year-and-a-half later the situation did not improve. Actually, it might have gotten worse.

Monday Rant: HP’s Web Site Fail

November 18, 2013 – 8:21 pm
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Every time I come across a link leading to HP’s angry garden salad of a Web site, I feel as if I stepped in chewing gum. Unfortunately for me, being a sysadmin means I have …

SEO for Unix Geeks

February 21, 2013 – 11:45 pm
Traffic light for bikes.

So, you are finally done with your new shiny Web site and looking for ecom site integration. Congratulations. There is one small problem: the only two visitors to the site are you and Googlebot. And …

WordPress File Upload Size Limit

December 25, 2009 – 9:24 pm
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By default, WordPress will not allow you to upload a file larger than 2Mb. This limit is not set by WordPress itself, but by detaul PHP configuration. This configuration file is usually /etc/php.ini, but normally …

Web Hosting Providers and php.ini

October 9, 2009 – 4:07 pm
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The php.ini is the primary configuration file for the PHP – a popular scripting language used for Web development. Most Web hosting providers offer preinstalled PHP on their servers. If your search on PHP has …

The Follies of Traffic Driving

July 11, 2009 – 4:31 pm
Traffic light for bikes.

Imagine a busy street in the city with sidewalks packed with pedestrians. Hundreds of people are pushing and shoving, eating, arguing, talking on their cell phones and not paying any attention to each other. Suddenly, …

Best of Web Design

June 24, 2008 – 2:41 pm

As more Web surfers get high-speed access, Web designers are tempted to go overboard with multimedia sites that waste your time and distract you from the content. This little collection of Web designs is proof …