How to manually kill a MariaDB process
Thanks to Wojtek Dmyszewicz on StackOverflow for saving me time and frustration when I ran into [ERROR] InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1, error while working with MariaDB at the command […]
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Setting up a WordPress site using EasyEngine 3.7
Creating WordPress sites on a $5/month VPS such as DigitalOcean with EasyEngine is incredibly rapid. Installing EasyEngine is a single command and then setting up a WordPress site with the […]
SSL A rating with SSL Labs
I was getting a B rating when testing my newly Let’s Encrypted site with Qualys SSL Labs. The solution was to add a strong DH group to NGINX – here’s how to do it.
Run multiple Firefox versions simultaneously
Updated for 2017-10-31 When developing websites, I’ve found it incredibly useful to be able to run, or install, multiple versions of Firefox on the same computer, side-by-side, simultaneously, concurrently – […]
Forcing Windows 10 to update to version 1511 (build 10586) and solving the “A language pack isn’t available” problem
A Windows 10 Pro machine at work, that had been upgraded from Windows 8.1 Pro, was refusing the 2015 “November” update and also wouldn’t install the UK language pack. This […]
Kawaii Emoticons
A personal reference copied from amikawaiiyet.forumotion.com ( ﾟ,_ゝﾟ) (ι´Д｀)ﾉ (･ｪ-) ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ) щ(ಠ益ಠщ) (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡ ಠ_ಠ
Disable Windows 8.1 hot corners and charms bar
I just had a question of how to disable Windows 8.1 hot corners and the charms bar from a desktop user running multiple monitors. A quick bit of google-fu brought […]
MySQL Search & Replace
This is just great: MySQL Search & Replace Really very handy when migrating WordPress from .com to .org. Just be sure to grab the latest code link. Thanks Eric Amundson!
Setting mixed Chinese/English in Adobe InDesign
Ever since they came out in CS4, I’ve been fascinated by GREP styles and the amazing things you can do with them. The problem One small part of what I […]
Better smartphone battery life please
I used to think this is my own fault but really, I’m not that intensive a user on my phone. From the information provided below I’d say it’s more of […]