that Sam guy

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Upgrade to Sphinx and PBXT for ZuFeed.com

Although ZuFeed has been up and running for almost 2 years now, those who use it regularly (especially me) will have noticed that sometimes searches and collections time out and not load at all. Other times a collection may take 30 seconds to load. Never fear! A solution is at hand!

The three TimTam rule

For those interested in not over-snacking during the day, I have developed the three Tim Tam rule. First, to begin the sugar rush and begin the flavour enjoyment. 100% Enjoyment Factor Second, to continue the addiction. Some can stop here, however this is most unlikely. 90% Enjoyment Factor Third, to satisfy and finish the indulgence. [...]

Re-launch, Re-name

Planet Cyprix is now – that Sam guy. Quite simple, and yet it says a lot about the new direction I’m taking. I’m that Sam guy. I shall be extolling my opinions on all and sundry, a well as providing updates on my progress as a programmer, business owner and overall human being. This is [...]

RoundCube Webmail Upgrade

I’d got a bit behind with my RoundCube updates recently and had been stuck on the 0.3 series goodness. It was running so well I didn’t want to change it. However the time has come to start work on some new plugins, and that requires the newer editions. So over the past week we’ve moved from [...]

CyprixRPMS and Nginx upgrade

It’s been a while (12 months) since nginx was last updated for Mandriva 2010.0 which has left my server running 0.8.17 for a long time. However since nginx is currently at 0.8.35 and the 0.8 branch has now gone stable along with many new features and bug fixes (see the changelog), I thought now was [...]