Cache::FileCache Thoughts
If using perl Cache::FileCache, some comments offering a helpful starting point to get a cache that works in a relatively well behaved and unsurprising way:...
/usr/bin/base64 – copying and pasting code / patches betweeen terminals
The Scenario A couple of terminals open, connected to a mix of your own workstation, local development servers and remote servers running on a different...
Perl Gotcha : xor precedence
Perl has a logical xor operator but it happens to be at the very bottom of the precedence priority list , importantly below the humble...
Avoiding Custom Internet Explorer Error Pages
A bit more of a short and to the point comment rather than an actual article. Various web browsers used to display a “helpful” page...
Docker FROM debian:latest
So in my last article I created a Docker container with nothing but a statically compiled helloworld in it. That demonstrated how it’s possible to...
Docker FROM scratch
Docker is a framework which makes it easy to wrap linux applications in “containers” – a sort chroot’d jail but with tools to take away...
Getting WordPress Up and Going
Setting up WordPress server there were a couple of minor wrinkles to sort out. I’ve run a blog before before and that fell by the...
Protecting Joomla : User-Registration Spam Relay
The Problem: A Default Setting By default user registration is enabled. It’s important to realise that even though links to the user registration page may...
So, This is Life
Marvin once said: Life, don’t talk to me about life But really, what was the problem. Life’s not so bad and after all : there...