Just last week I wrote that I’d just upgrade the drives in my Windows Home Server as I needed the space, and I really didn’t think I’d need the space for awhile. Well, I copied up a bunch of files and my free space dropped below 2TB which is where I start considering upgrading a disk. Now, 2 TB is a lot of space but it’s my threshold to consider upgrading a Windows Home Server disk because: The smallest drive in the server is 1TB. In order to remove a [...] Read the rest »
Optimizing My Website – Low Hanging Fruit
In this article I look at the 4 main areas which I could easily optimize to improve my website performance. Image optimization, CSS optimization, Javascript optimization and plugin optimization where all used to improve the performance of my Wordpress site. Read the rest »
Domains Up For Auction At Bido
Over the past year or so I’ve been looking at domaining among other potential ways to turn my interest in websites and operating systems into income producers. At least enough income to make it a self-supporting hobby. One of the ways to make some money with domains is to put them up at a domain auction. While there are several domain auction houses and brokers a relatively new service, Bido, caught my attention recently. I’ve bought a couple domains domains through Bido and now I’ve decided to try and sell [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #47: State of the Quest
This isn’t one of those year in review or predictions for the year ahead posts. I hate those. But this is the time of year I look at my current computing situation and muse about where I want to go the next year. Not goals, not predictions, just some practical reviews – if I want to do anything big I’ll have to plan for it and possibly start putting money aside. I mainly go through this exercise to set up a budget and to take advantage of any sales or [...] Read the rest »
