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Over the past few months, I have been working on my OccasionWise project, and finally I can say that it is in a usable state!
OccasionWise is all about Occasions, Events and Observances and supplies its users with a funky calendar for use on their Facebook profile, blogs and websites.
The OccasionWise Team

Martin ‘Deadpan110‘ Guppy (Thats me)

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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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As an active member of the NIPL community, I have been working along side the administrators to come up with solutions to raise money for the continued use of server ‘argo’.
A cut down version of the ‘whap‘ project hosted on sourceforge has been implemented across the webserver in an effort to raise the needed cash.
For [...]

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Over the last couple of weeks I have been busying myself preparing 2 servers, one to take to Australia when Gurgi-Girl and myself emigrate and one to *hopefully* leave behind in the UK temporarily to take care of existing services and reduce downtime.
I set a few standards and goals that the servers needed to [...]

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While running The IND-Network Cluster, I try to test out different open source solutions to achieve a particular task and often, the experimentation spawns new projects.
In the past, I have been asked if I could host a cluster node on my network so that a user can have their own remote server.
It sounded quite a [...]

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I have been working on my first ever WordPress plugin.
Its primarily intended for people running their own hosting solutions and although it wont allow system users to log into WordPress, it does allow LDAP users to access certain WordPress posts or pages that are hidden for the rest of the world.
Current Features

Ability to stay in [...]

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