nginx resources
March 25th, 2009
I have been using a relatively new HTTP server called nginx (pronounced “engine-x”) on a project and have been pretty impressed with it. Despite the original documentation being in Russian, the English documentation is getting better and we are beginning to see a lot more resources popping up to help people with nginx. Here are some resources you might find helpful in getting your nginx server up and running… – Official Stuff: Official nginx website: http://nginx.net/ Official nginx English wiki: http://wiki.nginx.org/Main – Installing nginx on Ubuntu Intrepid: Install it really quick – Install nginx using aptitude package manager or Install…
msgme: “Exception Error” with external app
December 18th, 2008
The other day I decided to play around with the Msgme SMS platform. My goal was to create a application that lets my wife record the number of hours she works. She just needs something very simple. So my idea was to make a little app that lets her use her cell phone or web browser to indicate start and stop times of when she is working. I was going to tie in the Msgme SMS service to allow her to text “timeStart” or “timeStop”. Msgme allows you to set up keywords that are tied to their SMS number. Then…
Easily display recent posts in WordPress
May 16th, 2008
Want a quick and easy way to display a list of your most recent posts in WordPress? Just add the following code wherever you want the list to appear in your sidebar. [code='php']