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WordPress Database Cache

After spending a while looking into caching methods on WordPress, I have started work on a way to reduce database server load.
Most caching methods for WordPress involve creating static (Wp-Cache) or semi-static (Staticize Reloaded) pages and these are very good at reducing web and database load but are very quirky on sites with a lot [...]

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 - 4:01 am
Last Modified: Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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Website re-designed (yet again)

It wasn’t that long ago that I changed the overall look and style of my website (read Website re-designed 8th Jan 2008) and 19 days later, I change my site yet again.
I really liked the overall look and feel of the Green Light 1.1 theme I used for WordPress but I did run across a [...]

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Sunday, January 27th, 2008 - 6:35 pm
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A tribute to our good friends, Lee and Tiff

Don’t send a lame Starring You! eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!
It wont be long now until our good friends, Lee and Tiff come and stay with us in South Australia…So far they have travelled around Australia and New Zealand and had some pretty amazing adventures… …So this eCard is for both of them.

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Friday, January 18th, 2008 - 7:10 pm
Last Modified: Friday, January 25th, 2008
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Website re-designed

Today I decided to give my blog a much needed face lift and because I usually spend more time designing layouts for sites other than my own personal site, I decided to grab a template from the Wordpress Theme Viewer site.
I spent ages trying to find a theme I liked and eventually found one called [...]

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 - 2:39 am
Last Modified: Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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1st Attempt at Watercolour Paintings

While in an unsettled state during October 2007, I found myself without a computer and the internet for a while.
I needed something to occupy my mind, so Gurgi managed to get me some watercolour paints, a few brushes and some textured paper from Kmart.
We became members of the local library and so I borrowed a [...]

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Monday, January 7th, 2008 - 12:26 am
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Hottest New Years Eve…

…from 100 years of records, South Australia had a real scorcher.

Monday 31st December 2007 saw midday temperatures peak to 41.6°C by 4pm and by midnight, temperatures were around 32.7°C.
Data from the Australia Bureau of Meteorology - Adelaide, South Australia December 2007 Daily Weather Observations.
This is my 1st Australian summer and being English, the whole Xmas [...]

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Created by: Martin Guppy
Created on: Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 - 5:50 pm
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