Install the Best Coding Font
If you are in IT professionally (coding or sysadmin) you will be staring at monospaced fonts for many many hours a day. So it's probably justified to spend 2 minutes picking a very good one. It can make your work...
Fix Flash Problems on Ubuntu
I had some difficulties playing Flash videos lately. Problems ranged from lagging sound, to ugliness, to idling black screens, to strange gray Play buttons that didn't do anything. The following solved my Flash issues on Ubuntu.
Have Fun With Google Chart
Pictures say more than a thousand words. This is true for your data as well. With Google Chart you can now easily generate charts of your data. No expertise required. Just make sure you format your data correctly, add it...
Improve MySQL Insert Performance
Sometimes MySQL needs to work hard. I've been working on an import script that fires a lot of INSERTs. Normally our database server handles 1,000 inserts / sec. That wasn't enough. So I went looking for methods to improve the...
Boost MySQL Performance by 1200%
Sorry folks, this article was based on flawed benchmark results, I will soon post an update!