01WordPress
Disable WP-Cron in WordPress
What is WP-Cron? WP-Cron is the way that WordPress executes scheduled jobs that are added via wp_schedule_event() or one of its associated functions. First it's a bit of a hack…
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02Technology
Upgrade From MySQL to MariaDB on CentOS
Here is how you upgrade from MySQL 5.5+ to MariaDB 5.5, 5.6 or 10.0. After running MySQL 5.5 for a while and getting tired of not taking advantage of the features and performance…
03Technology
Convert From MyISAM to InnoDB Engine
If you ever have the need to convert a MySQL (or MariaDB) table from the MyISAM engine to the InnoDB engine, you can use the following script to get it done for an entire…
04WordPress
Check For WordPress Plugin Updates
If you write and contribute plugins to the WordPress Repository then you might be interested in having your plugin be aware of updates you have made available - an admin notice…
05Linux
Change Interval in Munin With Existing RRD Data
The default settings for Munin will result in RRD files containing 5 minute intervals of data, or 300 seconds as it is stored internally. It is possible to change this interval…
06Linux
Munin mysql_ suggest Cache::Cache Error
I was trying to set up the newer mysql_ plugin for Munin, but got the following error when using the "suggest" argument to determine how to link the file. The "fix" was to…
07Technology
Production Cron Tasks
Useful if you run scheduled tasks in production and want to leverage cron, via Orchestrate.io. The Gist shell script for cron_helper.sh is below. #!/bin/bash usage() { cat << EOF…
08Linux
Service Process Start, Service Start Process
I may be slightly dyslexic as I am constantly typing service start nginx or service restart mysqld when interacting with services controlled via init.d. Rather than making myself…
09Linux
GoDaddy SSL Certificates on NGINX
To properly install a GoDaddy SSL certificate on an NGINX install, you will need to include the gd_intermediate.crt and gd_bundle.crt the SSL certificate file for your server.…
10Technology
SIM Card/ICCID Validation
The Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Card is an chip that stores your wireless devices' International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The SIM Card is in turn identified…
11Salesforce
Salesforce Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration of Salesforce metadata can be tricky but when working on any codebase with multiple developers it becomes hard to ensure that changes to the codebase don't…
12Linux
Upgrade Python on CentOS
The version of python that is distributed with CentOS is the same of that for RHEL, which reads as not cutting edge. Typically this will be version 2.6, so even to run 2.7.6 you…