August 7, 2008
Memcached, MediaWiki, and MySQL for optimizing Database
Today, I saw that Hackszine’s Jason Striegel has postsed a blog post about Memcached and MySQL. Well, basically Memcached is an open-source software for your web server that allows you to cache almost any MySQL query. In other words, it caches your MySQL queries. But to do this, you do need to check the Memcached cache before doing the act ... More
July 28, 2008
Linux Server Hack - How to setup a Shell Script to Auto Restart Apache Httpd Server!
Well, I have been struggling with one of my dedicated servers and just found this cool script that will auto-restart the Apache httpd server if it goes out. Save the following as restart.sh: #!/bin/bash # Apache Process Monitor # Restart Apache Web Server When It Goes Down # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... More
July 27, 2008
MySQL HACK - MySQL Performance Tuning
If you are a webmaster and you run a dedicated server, you might want to watch this video and learn some insights into MySQL performance tuning. Jay Pipes, MySQL employee and co-author Pro MySQL, gave a great presentation to Google employees which covers a number of techniques for tuning performance on MySQL. His examples include debugging and an ... More
April 30, 2008
SiteHoppin Toolbar Private Beta Launched and Invites for Zedomax.com readers!
Hi All, We just launched private beta testing of SiteHoppin Toolbar. You can e-mail me at zedomax [at] gmail.com to get a private beta invitation code then go here. Remember, we are only looking for 1,000 beta testers at this point so I highly suggest you get in early as the doors will close within couple days. Here’s a screenshot of the new ... More
April 27, 2008
Snap.com offering publisher revenues to bloggers and alike @ Web 2.0 Expo 2008 SF
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I had a chance to stop by Snap’s booth AGAIN after seeing them AdTech. So, I finally got Brendon to talk to me about their new publisher program that pays you for using Snap.com on your site. Btw, Snap.com is a free service that gives you a snapshot of th ... More
April 26, 2008
Wordpress HACK - How to widgetize your theme!
Well, I had to widgetize my old theme today but it was pretty simple: Make a file called functions.php in your theme directory. (if you don’t have one yet) Add the following code and save the file: if ( function_exists(’register_sidebar’) ) register_sidebar(array( ‘before_widget’ => ”, ‘after_widgetR ... More
April 25, 2008
Recap of Web 2.0 Expo - What is Web 3.0 and Semantic Web?
Here’s a recap of great stuff I learned through attending the Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in San Francisco this week. All these companies are building new mass collaboration “online” web apps that are basically easy to use and built on wiki platforms. Semantic Web is an idea that’s often talked by Web 2.0 junkies. It’s basica ... More
February 24, 2008
DIY Linux HACK - HOW TO optimize your Wordpress Blog, MediaWiki, or any other high load website with Compression!
Well, we did a lot of server hacking before with some MySQL, eAccelerator, and httpd. There’s a lot of major blogs out there I have checked using Web Page Compression Tool that are not using compression. (For one, I checked John Chow’s blog) Try to check one of your posts instead of checking your main URL as the tool is funky with roo ... More
February 10, 2008
DIY Linux Web Server HACK - Automate your MySQL MySQL database backups
Okay, I’ve been running dedicated servers for couple years now and I used to mess around with Linux boxes back in college. Here’s an essential automatic script and a cron job you will need in order to keep your backup automatic. Yes, if you get a dedicated server, don’t get their stupid extra $15/month for backing up your databas ... More
February 4, 2008
The biggest pyramid “splog” scam in this world today - StumbleUpon =Spambleupon
Okay, I will have to tell you the truth tonight about one of the biggest social networking sites, SpambleUpon, or most people call it, StumbleUpon. They are making so much money off bloggers, basically StumbleUpon “scrapes” bloggers’ content and makes millions of dollars off you! Even though no one has really “sued” ... More
February 3, 2008
DIY Webmaster - Do not put all your web traffic in one basket!
In recent encounter with StumbleUpon, we have received about the same amount of traffic regardless. As you can see in the above graph, StumbleUpon only really helps those with small traffic. With out latest press release, we will be suing StumbleUpon for Copyright enfringement. That’s right. They don’t have the guts to take it out ... More
What’s StumbleUpon afraid of?
In a recent encounter with StumbleUpon’s banning of 20 accounts in our network, we have conjured up a little bit of something we read in a book by Guy Kawasaki, “How to drive your competition crazy.” In the book, there’s an example of how Ben & Jerry’s turned a law-suit into an hilarious marketing victory. Here&# ... More
February 1, 2008
DaBomb.TV is on SALE at SitePoint!
Yeah, don’t ask me why, I have to start selling all of my websites one by one because I need to keep making a living. With the recent sales of Wagg.It, I have gone slightly depressed, but here’s another great sale of a great video blog site, DaBomb.TV. You can go bid at SitePoint here. The bid will end in 7 days so let the high bidder ... More
January 26, 2008
Is your blog hosted on a shared server? You are not serious then.
Is your blog hosted on a shared server such as BlueHost, Dreamhost, or whatever? Then you might be in for some surprises later down the road if you ever get more than 500 visitors per day. You can check how many websites are hosted on your shared server by entering your domain name at myIPneighbors.com. I bet you though if you are on a hosted se ... More
January 25, 2008
Party version of Web2.0
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is really funny… AOL, AOL, Blog, Blog, Cool, Cool, digg, digg, Google, Google, Social Networking, Social Networking, Video, Video, Web, Web, Wordpress, Wordpress, Yahoo, Yahoo, youtube ... More
DIY iPhone HACK - Go SiteHoppin’ on your iPhone or iPod Touch!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a demo of how you can browse new interesting websites on your iPhone or iPod Touch with SiteHoppin. Now, you can surf the web faster on the go, on your iPhone or iPod Touch, simply by pointing your Safari browser to http://sitehoppin.com. Yeah baby ... More
January 21, 2008
DIY HACK - HOWTO drop more Entrecards than your neighbor!
Okay, if you want to be a dumba*s and don’t listen to people who are smarter, fu*k off and stop reading this post. If you are a smartass like me, then do listen carefully as I am going to show you how to shave 10 hours of your stupid ass “Entrecard” clickin’. Simply goto SiteHoppin.com and choose “Entrecard” or ... More
January 19, 2008
iTunes MediaWiki Theme v.0.1 for SiteHoppin’!
New theme for MediaWiki and SiteHoppin’ called the iTunes Theme for MediaWiki v.0.1 by Max! Okay, details here on the drunken blog. via SiteHoppin AOL, AOL, Blog, Blog, Cool, Cool, Google, Google, mediawiki, SiteHoppin, SiteHoppin, Social Networking, Social Networking, Web, Web, WebApp, WebApp, Wordpress, Wordpress, Yahoo, Yahoo ... More
January 9, 2008
SiteHoppin’ works on Nokia E90!
Here’s a little video of SiteHoppin’ workin’ on Nokia E90! Click To Play via SiteHoppin blip_tv, Blog, Blog, Google, Google, nokia, nokia_e90, script_src, Social Networking, Social Networking, tv_syndication, Web, Web, Wordpress, Wordpress, Yahoo, Yahoo ... More
January 8, 2008
Why BlogRush will die and SiteHoppin will exponentially grow!
Remember I did a review of Blogrush and Entrecard right before Entrecard started taking off? Well, here’s why BlogRush will die and SiteHoppin will exponentially grow! (Sorry John, we are just using your site as comparison, no pun intended) 1. SiteHoppin is like a dog. Well, here’s how I got that analogy. I don’t own a dog but ... More