Digg fails the YSlow test
Recently while trying to improve my blog’s load speeds I installed Yslow. It’s basically a Firefox addon that adds to the firebug console, and ‘grades’ particular aspects that could improve your site’s performance and load speeds. Well always curious, I wanted to see how some other high volume websites fared on this test. One of […]
XP Performance Tweaks
There are tons of software applications out there that claim to speed up your computer by 200% (for as small fee – restrictions apply) You don’t need to pay any money and anyone with moderate computer skills can have their XP computer booting and running quicker in no time. A slight caveat before starting: If […]
Disable javascript in Firefox
While javascript can provide many useful functions for the average browser, it can also be used for evil, well, at least annoying behaviour. One of my all time peeves is when a page tries to decide what size my browser should be and what toolbars are visible. Classic web design dictates that code should never […]
Block Spammers by IP address in WordPress
Sooner or later you’re going to have a bot relentlessly pinging your site and posting comments that link to undesirable sites. Fortunately, stopping these tpyes from accessing the site is easy. 1) If it’s not already there, create a file named .htaccess in the root directory of your blog. 2) Add the following text: order […]