Author Archives: Donncha

I went to see Rat Race last night. Some parts were crap, jokes just went *splat* on the floor, but most of the time it was enjoyable, and at one stage I was laughing so much I could barely breathe! Go see it!

I like this.. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT although I know at least one person who won’t. Must print it out for him!

The one killer app for me out of KDE has been the Konsole application. This neat terminal program allowed the user to have multiple terminals in one window, switchable by pressing SHIFT-[LEFT|RIGHT]. I’m more than happy with it and would recommend it to any KDE user. Unfortunately I’m not running kwin or a KDE environment and didn’t like the idea of all those kdeinit processes running simply for a terminal emulator, so I went searching!I found Multi Gnome Terminal last night and it’s nice, fast, and slim. The only problem I’ve noticed so far is that backspace doesn’t work properly when logging into a telnet session 🙁

MySQL: Increase the table_cache setting in my.cnf or your init scripts for a major boost in performance!
See mysqladmin ext, the “Open_tables” number, your table_cache should be at least as big as that.

woo! Just by optimizing mysql on one of our servers we managed to serve 28% more hits!

I added a link to BlogSnob on the sidebar. Seems like a good way to let people know about me!

Dunno how I forgot faqts in the list below!

Some PHP links:

php anywhere
php developer
php classes
zend.com

Some friends are moving into new houses. Here’s some tips (Thanks James, Brian and Claire!)

• Don’t take the keys off them the builder until you’ve looked over the house. Don’t give them the final payment until same.
• Check for leaks – pour water on the windows (use a hose).
• Bring a radio and check all the sockets.
• Check floorboards and joists.
• Pour several buckets of water down the driveway to make sure the water flows the right way (should be towards the drain)

Here’s an Interview with Michael Meeks about Ximian Gnome. Michael spoke at LinuxWorld in Dublin 2 years ago and is an excellent speaker.
Weblog Wannabe has some great links on css, design and lots more.
Think your clients don’t know what they’re talking about? Take a look at these client quotes.

Got an AIM account? The Register reports that you can search through past AIM conversations. Through Googol you can use Aimsearch to do the searching!