08 Feb
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Computer Science, Disciplines, Java, Languages, Software Engineering
Not to directly pick on Peter Bell at all (he’s a very smart guy and I really enjoy his blog, so this is nothing personal at all), I just noticed something he mentioned in a recent comment on a blog entry and felt that it was something I should address in a blog post rather [...]
11 Jan
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: Culture, Linux, Operating Systems, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks
I came across a page from the TvEase wiki the other day via Digg which specified a few tweaks on how to make Ubuntu speedier. As far as I can tell, they mostly do a few things like toning down memory swapping to disk (hmm, academically that kind of seems like a fundamental algorithm [...]
06 Jul
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, ColdFusion, FreeBSD, PHP, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks, Uncategorized
On Sunday, March 6th of 2005 I was messing around on my workstation retagging some Mp3’s so I could add them into my iPod playlists when I got a GMail notification of a new comment on my blog. I went to check it out and it was fairly basic comment “prepare to be slashdotted. [...]
22 Dec
Posted by: Brandon Harper in: A Day In The Life Of, Culture, Firefox, Tips, Hacks, & Tricks
I came across this link tonight, and it’s good stuff. After applying these items, I noticed a huge improvement of the speed which Firefox loads pages.
How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)
Posted on 12/12/2004 12:45:50 PM PST by KoRn
Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:
1.Type “about:config” into the address bar [...]
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