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First decisions :) Webhostingpad.com

Posted by: gf4e on: November 14, 2008

Seems like the optimal option for me. There is only one BUT. No domain names from them :) I need to actually OWN mine ;)

CMS, portal system, etc.

Posted by: gf4e on: November 13, 2008

The plan is to create a very light, performance oriented expandable system. Top priority! :)

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No WWW

Posted by: gf4e on: July 3, 2008

This 3w thing has always made me mad. I can understand when DNS servers have “www” as an alias of every domain, but when you go for http://domain.com, but cannot access it unless you put it with “www” before, that just gets me. Whether they do it on purpose, or server administrators are just lame, [...]

cURL behind proxy and all the heavy stuff…

Posted by: gf4e on: June 25, 2008

Had to find a way to get webpages through proxy, and cURL for PHP was very helpful. Soon I am going to post a script with a possibility to use a proxy or not. Such a learning tip from me for people that might look for the same thing. I also decided to use Smarty [...]

Firefox 3 Beta 5 on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted by: gf4e on: May 6, 2008

I have had it with it. It keeps freezing every minute no matter what pages I open. Even the lightest google.com hangs the browser. Had to use Opera instead.

Why is Rogers.com so slow?

Posted by: gf4e on: April 28, 2008

I have been using Rogers for almost a year now and I literally hate their website. It is really heavy and everytime I go there it either does not work or some sections are in maintenance mode. Being the biggest cellular provider in Canada, Rogers cannot afford normal servers? Or is the problem in the [...]