PREFACE: Back up your database before removing anything!!! My WordPress database was getting pretty big, despite not having all that many posts all things considered. I figured the biggest issue was drafts wasting space, although it turned out to be “revisions” which make up over half the “post” size of my database. If you make [...]
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Browsing Posts published in September, 2009
Deleting old WordPress database entries from MySQL
September 26, 2009 2 comments
Ideas for reducing load on your VPS
September 23, 2009 No comments
My last week’s been comprised of a lot of reading, a lot of brain-storming, and a lot of planning. Here’s a scenerio: Step 1: One of the sites on my VPS gets slashdotted, dugg, or picked up on by a major news site. It has actually happened a few times already although fortunately it’s been [...]
The best H.264 / x264 settings for Handbrake
September 12, 2009 26 comments
I wrote this up quite a while ago, and it’s been sitting as a draft since. I pulled information on each setting from a few different websites, and while I don’t have any “final results” to show you (and the write-up wasn’t quite completed), hopefully the information’s useful in helping you to better determine what [...]
Reducing the Northbridge temps on the MSI X58 PRO-E motherboard
September 6, 2009 18 comments
If you’re using the MSI X58 PRO-E motherboard and have checked out the temperatures in your BIOS, you might be alarmed to find that the IOH temperature (northbridge) is quite high. Indeed, a little searching around will show that you’re not alone – plenty of these motherboard owners have expressed similar concerns. The good news [...]
Antec Sonata III case review
September 5, 2009 1 comment
Today we’re taking a quick look at the Antec Sonata III Mid Tower Quiet Case. The Sonata III was bought as a replacement for the Sonata Piano Finish case. It’s actually very similar, although it doesn’t have quite the same piano-finish look to it. There have been improvements in other areas though, and they’ll be [...]
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