I’m lagging so far behind on wordpress that I’m probably breaking all the security rules. So in an effort to be more proactive in online open-source communities I’m giving WordPress V2.7 Release Candidate 1 a whirl. Looking forward to the new Admin UI. Does anyone else ride the bleeding edge when it comes to tech …
Category Archives: webdev
MySQL on OpenBSD 4.3 using the Apache Chroot
I’m back with some more tech geek goodness for anyone who uses MySQL and OpenBSD. OpenBSD by default apache runs in a chroot jail, thereby making it more secure in case the www server is compromised. I have talked about this before. However if you use wordpress or some other web application that needs MySQL …
Server Migration complete
I’ve had an on/off outage for most of the past 4 days, so to avoid hassles I put the site into maintenance mode. I’ve actually had to decommission my 19″ server rack and the multiple servers I had for Tech Debug. There was a DNS server, kerberos, Database and web server. All the separate functions …
Twitter WordPress plugin – Autolink to Username
Seeing as it is International WordPress Day, I’ve written a new WordPress plugin that auto links a twitter at username (like @lantrix) in a post automatically. Developed initally on WordPress 2.3, it has successfully been tested on WordPress 2.7.1. Most of the other plugins out there either did this only in their “badge” or “widget” …