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Apache is a great web server, but sometimes I need something a bit more lightweight. I already have a bunch of sites …

I use Apache Solr for search on several projects, including a few with Drupal. Solr has built in support for replication …

When you run a lot of Drupal sites it can be annoying to keep track of all of the modules contained in a platform and …

For a bit over a year now I’ve been using the free software based microblogging service identi.ca. Unlike twitter, …

Earlier today I purchased a Western Digital My Book World Edition (MBWE) 1Tb NAS as I needed a simple NAS. The MBWE …

This is a public service announcement. Tracy Postill, Corporate Communications Manager at Nokia Australia sent me this …

Last year I bought my 4th Nokia phone in a row, a N97 on contract from Optus. What a mistake that was. The phone would …

I have been indoctrinated into to the everything on production machines should be packaged school of thought. Rather …

As the number of servers I am responsible for grows, I have been trying to eliminate all non packaged software in …