Tag: server
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Google Font Directory
Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and served by Google servers. See also: Quick Start Guide and FAQ page.
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Amazon CloudFront has an edge location in Singapore
Today, I got an email from Amazon informing about new location of Amazon CloudFront. Now, it has a new location in Singapore. Previously, Amazon only has its CloudFront server located in Tokyo and Hongkong. Here’s the news delivered in the email: Starting immediately, Amazon CloudFront will begin using the Singapore edge location for requests for…
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Getting Started with Amazon S3
After I signed up for Amazon S3 and CloudFront last week, I started to use it right away. Before that, I tried to get as many information as possible. It seemed easy. I had to deal with some new words like “bucket“, “Access Key ID“, and also “Secret Access Key“. Amazon S3 — just like…
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Beware of those 'get more followers' services!
Recently, I see many updates in my Twitter timeline containing updates about that so called “get more free followers”. The idea is to encourage you to join a service that will boost your number of followers. Sounds familiar? A simple question: what does those number mean (for me)? What do I want to prove by…
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Unable to locate WordPress Plugin directory
I just made a fresh install of WordPress 2.8. As usual, the installatoin process was simple and straight forward. After doing some configurations, I wanted to install some plugins directly using the automatic installer from dashboard. But, I had a problem. After filling in the FTP information, my WordPress gave me this message: Unable to…
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vBulletin Database Backup
I’m maintaining a pretty big forum. It has a great amount of traffic, AND huge database size. Right now, it has a remote backup server. The optimization is always challenging. Anyway, vBulletin upgrade process was easy. The forum I maintain used vBulletin 3.6.x when it was firstly installed. Right now, it’s using the latest stable…
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Opera Turbo for faster browsing experience
Today, Opera Software released Opera Turbo. It’s a server-side optimization and compression technology that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic.
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Troubleshooting: SoftException in Application.cpp:544
When I had problem with WordPress installation, it was about WordPress Admin Area (Dashboard) Redirect Loop, I got the solution. Today, I experienced different problem. Still related to WordPress. Okey, I’m not going to tell you that the problem only happens for WordPress. It might happen for other platforms or applications. Read on the details,…
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IDR 100K to Update Domain Registrant Contact and Domain Transfer for .ID Domains
If you’re having .ID domains — I do have some, you might heard about the news. That’s right, the news (it’s official!) said that starting from November 1, 2008, we need to pay IDR 100,000 (around US $10) to update Registrant Contact and/or Admin domain information. And, what makes it even better is that we…
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IDrive for Data Backup Solution
Today, I tried a service called IDrive. It’s an online backup service. Why I need this? The reason is simple: I want to keep my data, just to make sure that I have backup for important files. IDrive data provides many options to choose. For example, if I only need less than 2 GB of…
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24/7 Support from WordPress.com Team
A good news from WordPress.com team. Now, they offer 24/7 support for WordPress.com. Not long ago, our team was online 9 a.m to 4 p.m. PDT to answer your questions and keep your blog running smoothly. Soon after, we brought it up to 24-hour support, five days and week, so those across the country and…
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Indonesian Railway LLC's Web Domain Expired
Anyone notice that the Indonesian Railway LLC‘s website (kereta-api.com) is inaccessible? Well, when I tried to get some train schedule from its website, I could not open the site. At first, I thought the problem was on the server. So, I waited. I tried again after few hours. But, still… inaccessible. I whois-ed the domain…