Design Patterns In Java

As good review, I have started a repository to track my refresher on design patterns in Java. Keep an eye out and definitely keep an eye out for the same thing but in C. I am a C guy after all ;). Java Repo

BSDCan coming to town and…more MySQL Tuning

The best conference in Ottawa….in my opinion! Check it out, it is very UNIXy and Linuxy: BSDCan 2016. I see this: [!!] Temporary tables created on disk: 65% (274 on disk / 416 total) and this: Variables to adjust: tmp_table_size (> 16M) And with some reading at the MySQL handbook, I agree with mysqltuner’s recommendations. Based on the… Continue reading BSDCan coming to town and…more MySQL Tuning

Time to tune my WordPress database

I’ll start by inspecting the anonymous accounts listed here: Remove Anonymous User accounts – there are 2 Anonymous accounts. Set up a Password for user with the following SQL statement ( SET PASSWORD FOR ‘user’@’SpecificDNSorIp’ = PASSWORD(‘secure_password’); ) Set up a Secure Password for user@host ( SET PASSWORD FOR ‘user’@’SpecificDNSorIp’ = PASSWORD(‘secure_password’); ) Log in… Continue reading Time to tune my WordPress database

Minecraft Warden: Keep your FreeBSD10 Minecraft Server Up and Running

My friend Stephane Potvin had been running a Minecraft server but was stuck with some reliability issues. I did some work for the start-up scripts but that work was lost when the port maintainer (rightfully so) decided to take a step back and fix up the port. He did a great job in my opinion… Continue reading Minecraft Warden: Keep your FreeBSD10 Minecraft Server Up and Running