The Life and Times of Michael Shadle

“Lazy people are efficient” - my boss

2008

Netflix - the company that actually gives a crap

You know, Netflix is neat. Not only is their website pretty simple and clean, the company itself seems to "do right" by its customers too. Today is the second time they've made me…

Aug 14, 2008
Windows never ceases to amaze...

I think I keep my machines pretty well up to date. I'm fixing up my girlfriend's computer right now, and I finally got all the updates applied except apparently one got missed…

Jun 16, 2008
RK: Igor Sysoev

At first I thought Lighttpd was the cat's meow. After talking with Andrei (who maintains PHP-FPM) I thought - if he got PHP-FPM right, he must know his stuff. He recommended I try…

Jun 14, 2008
WordPress+nginx rewrite rules - stop the insanity!

Note: this has been outdated now. I have an updated post with the latest and Igor-approved method here. When I was switching over to nginx, I found a handful of random and…

May 1, 2008
Disabling IPV6 in Linux 2.6.24

In the past, I've always been able to disable IPV6 in Linux with a simple line in any /etc/modprobe.d file: It appears though it has no effect anymore. I had to change it to this…

Apr 19, 2008
The (current) state of (e)SATA port multipliers

For the most part, open source has been good to me. I can run my business on free software that is for the most part better than its commercial counterparts. I'm able to use…

Apr 14, 2008
Open source projects currently taking my interest

For a long time I've been using Lighttpd as an alternative to Apache, Ubuntu, MySQL and PHP. It looks like I might be mixing it up soon, swapping out some and adding a couple…

Apr 13, 2008
Google AppEngine - 1) develop site, 2) ?? [get bought by Google], 3) profit

A co-worker and I were discussing the lack of languages in Google's AppEngine program. I'd want PHP, he'd probably prefer .NET... there seems to be a lot of "please add XYZ!" in…

Apr 10, 2008
php-fpm: PHP FastCGI Process Manager

That's right. Someone's actually got it going. I just discovered this within the last hour, and I am already trying to figure out how I can accelerate it's growth and adoption…

Apr 3, 2008
Due to popular demand - more MySQLi for WordPress!

I've had two requests now for MySQLi updates, so here ya go. It's pretty simple to do it yourself - just look for any mysql string, replace it to mysqli (where applicable) and in…

Mar 4, 2008
Danger - don't use Tweak UI's "rebuild icons"

When I reinstall XP (which I do too often) I always round up my customizations (which I can do in under 10 minutes blindfolded... sigh) with a bunch of tweaks inside of Tweak UI…

Feb 24, 2008
Sun buys MySQL. So much for an IPO!

Weak. I wanted to buy some MySQL IPO if it ever came out and get rich... oh well. Hopefully only good things will come from this, Sun's been working hard to shed their…

Jan 16, 2008

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