I run a number of websites that use WordPress as the content management system. Recently, one of these websites was compromised because the web host was “hacked”. A script on the website was then...
When I run or cycle I use apps like Strava or MapMyRun to log the route I take. These apps run on my iPhone and continually log my GPS coordinates. They are great for knowing...
Storing data with any web service is probably important. Typically a database such as MySQL or MongoDB would be used. However both of these require database software to be installed and configured. For some of...
Low End Spirit is a service that provides virtual private servers (VPS), sometimes known as virtual machines (VM), at many locations around the world at a very very! low cost. Super low cost. From €1.99 per year low cost....
The Find My iPhone app is a great feature of iCloud. You can track your iCloud enabled devices to determine if you left your iPad at work or your iPhone on the bus; you can send messages or play sounds to help locate...
OpenShift is a great Platform-as-a-Service provided by Red Hat to host web applications in a cloud environment. I use OpenShift to host a few services, such as my iPhone Tracking service (details here). The OpenShift free plan provides...
Lots of web services need to run tasks at a particular time. This could be to perform a clean-up or maintenance operation, or simply to retrieve and process some data. JavaScript has built in methods...
After hearing about all the cool things you can do with Node.js, I decided to spend some time exploring it and seeing what it could do. I will be writing up what I explore and I...
OpenShift is a great platform, but I find it very annoying that SSH sessions timeout quickly. To disable the annoying timeout, once connected via SSH type: unset TMOUT to disable the timeout.
