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Community Chest: The Sunny Side of the E-lance Coin

the_guv — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:18:51 +0000

It's no easy deal quitting the corporates to go e-lance, swapping the fast for the slow lane that is online blogjam. Sometimes tho', something happens.

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Slightly Rude Preview: Lucid Lynx Bible Starts Monday

Well, this may sound sad, and that's 'cos it is, but I've been salivating tongue-to-floor for months, waiting for the Ubuntans' latest release. .. Damn, time was, I used to be that way about the upcoming Oasis [...]
VPS Bible: Do I Really Have to Charge?

vpsBible.com has been live for nearly a week. It provides a niche home for the subject Setup Unmanaged VPS 4 Linux Noobs and I built it somehow to monetize the time it takes to produce these tutorials, while [...]
Guvnr.com and Web Standards

There's a lot of talk about web standards. Here's some more. What are web standards? Rules for producing well-coded, user-friendly websites, set down by a very important and useful group of gordo-geeks, [...]
vpsBible.com - What, Why & Other Q&A's

Those of you who've been following this blog will know I've taken steps to port the VPS Bible series to a new home of its own. In fact, that happens this week. By way of an introduction to the new site, the whys and [...]
vpsBible.com - b. 9th Feb 2010, Fair Weight.

At last that damn site's gone live. Just in time for me to go to bed and catch up some sleep. Yeah right. Not quite. But it's there now, and I'll be using it as an example, here on Guv, as to how probably not [...]

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Slightly Rude Preview: Lucid Lynx Bible Starts Monday

the_guv — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:00:40 +0000

Sorry, I've been tut'ing up a forthcoming how-to series about this new OS and I have to say, it's very hard not to sound like some kind of pervert.

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Lucid Lynx Review: Sweet! Get Ready for LTS

In advance of the new series of posts to show how to set up Ubuntu's latest Linux distro, Lucid Lynx, here are my initial thoughts about this important Long Term Support edition. Pros: Wireless works out of the [...]
VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx (0.7.64) and WordPress (2.9.1). Dependency packages remain the same. The test, meanwhile, which followed the entire [...]
Preview: How to Surf Anonymously & Hide Your PC

How safe is your identity online, and your data offline? Quick heads-up. Because coming up, next week, here with the_guv... A comprehensive guide, spread over 5 posts, each detailing in non-geek-Greek, [...]
VPS Bible - VIDEO Tutorials Added

The video how-to guides accompany the 20-part copy/paste series, adding a visual reference to help you set up your virtual private server. the_guv is pretty chuffed to announce the release of a bunch of video guides [...]
VPS Bible Reflects New Nginx/WordPress Versions, with Future Commitment

The VPS Bible has been updated to reflect the latest stable Nginx release - 0.7.62 - the effect that this has on the overall setup and, while we're about it, the latest stable WordPress release too. You may have [...]

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Lucid Lynx Review: Sweet! Get Ready for LTS

the_guv — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:00:46 +0000

In advance of the Lucid Lynx Bible here are my initial thoughts about installing Ubuntu's latest Long Term Support edition and a new features summary.

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Slightly Rude Preview: Lucid Lynx Bible Starts Monday

Well, this may sound sad, and that's 'cos it is, but I've been salivating tongue-to-floor for months, waiting for the Ubuntans' latest release. .. Damn, time was, I used to be that way about the upcoming Oasis [...]
VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx (0.7.64) and WordPress (2.9.1). Dependency packages remain the same. The test, meanwhile, which followed the entire [...]
Improve Your PC with Driver Updates

Here's how to ensure your Ubuntu-driven PC is up-to-date with the latest hardware drivers. The hardware drivers required varies, of course, from machine to machine. Ubuntu generally works out what driver choices [...]
Setting Up Ubuntu's Koala - the_guv's Verdict

Following on from my Ultimate PC Setup Guide, installing Jaunty, here's a look at the new kid, Karmic Koala. What's new, worse, better? My verdict .. Karmic Koala's out in a couple of weeks. As promised, I'll be [...]
Cheap Host Review ... 6 Months on, Here's the Verdict

When I researched cheap-as-chips ISPs, 6 months ago, I got fed up with all the false friend posts, blog posts that sell you on whatever ISP - Lunarpages, IX, HostGator, GoDaddy, DreamHost, MonsterHost, HostThis, [...]

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Alinghi, Way More Than Just a Boat

the_guv — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:55:29 +0000

The sailing community is packing its bags and heading off to far-flung horizons. I wonder how many of these transient types we'll ever see again.

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Review: Obama's Inauguration Online & the Web 2.0 Generation, a Partisan Party

If you were in any doubt about which demographic tipped the win for Obama, the online coverage of his big day held a pretty hefty clue. For anyone who was in front of their PC, surfing the news, it was apparently [...]
File Sharing Site Torpedoed After Fine Threat

The file sharing peer-to-peer network, The Pirate Bay, has had the plug pulled. The decision to suspend the site was taken by their main web host, Black Internet, which was threatened with a hefty fine by Sweden's [...]
About Guvnr & the_guv

Hi. My name's Olly Connelly. Welcome to Guvnr. About Guvnr.com Guvnr launched in 2008 as a showcase for my Web, PC and Content services. [...]
vpsBible.com - What, Why & Other Q&A's

Those of you who've been following this blog will know I've taken steps to port the VPS Bible series to a new home of its own. In fact, that happens this week. By way of an introduction to the new site, the whys and [...]
Guvnr.com & vpsBible.com - Focussing on 2010

Sure, there has been a pause. A month, no less, and how weird is this: I feel like the kid at school who sidles into the classroom, totally late, hair strewn and face sheepish, having missed Assembly and, oh no, they [...]

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VPS Bible: Do I Really Have to Charge?

the_guv — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:30:51 +0000

What I do want is to nurture a friendly, mutually beneficial, cooperative community with a first rate knowledge base. How I do that, I don't really care.

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VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx (0.7.64) and WordPress (2.9.1). Dependency packages remain the same. The test, meanwhile, which followed the entire [...]
vpsBible.com - b. 9th Feb 2010, Fair Weight.

At last that damn site's gone live. Just in time for me to go to bed and catch up some sleep. Yeah right. Not quite. But it's there now, and I'll be using it as an example, here on Guv, as to how probably not [...]
Slightly Rude Preview: Lucid Lynx Bible Starts Monday

Well, this may sound sad, and that's 'cos it is, but I've been salivating tongue-to-floor for months, waiting for the Ubuntans' latest release. .. Damn, time was, I used to be that way about the upcoming Oasis [...]
VPS Bible - VIDEO Tutorials Added

The video how-to guides accompany the 20-part copy/paste series, adding a visual reference to help you set up your virtual private server. the_guv is pretty chuffed to announce the release of a bunch of video guides [...]
Community Chest: The Sunny Side of the E-lance Coin

You're a freelance content pro and you know how it is: you're poor and running on fumes! It's no easy deal quitting the corporates to take the e-lance route, swapping the fast lane for the slow lane that is [...]

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vpsBible.com - b. 9th Feb 2010, Fair Weight.

the_guv — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:05 +0000

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Guvnr.com & vpsBible.com - Focussing on 2010

Sure, there has been a pause. A month, no less, and how weird is this: I feel like the kid at school who sidles into the classroom, totally late, hair strewn and face sheepish, having missed Assembly and, oh no, they [...]
vpsBible.com - What, Why & Other Q&A's

Those of you who've been following this blog will know I've taken steps to port the VPS Bible series to a new home of its own. In fact, that happens this week. By way of an introduction to the new site, the whys and [...]
VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx (0.7.64) and WordPress (2.9.1). Dependency packages remain the same. The test, meanwhile, which followed the entire [...]
Guvnr Gets WordPressed (hey, I'm on your Dashboard!)

Like I said, I've had problems aplenty with my hosting provider Lunarpages * this last week - or was that two - who apparently aren't set up for traffic spikes and then lose databases. I've taken steps to ensure [...]

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vpsBible.com - What, Why & Other Q&A's

the_guv — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11:26 +0000

By way of a vpsBible.com intro, the whys & therefores, I figured it'd be nice to give my intrepid Guvnr community the inside track, so here's the FAQ!

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vpsBible.com - b. 9th Feb 2010, Fair Weight.

At last that damn site's gone live. Just in time for me to go to bed and catch up some sleep. Yeah right. Not quite. But it's there now, and I'll be using it as an example, here on Guv, as to how probably not [...]
Guvnr.com & vpsBible.com - Focussing on 2010

Sure, there has been a pause. A month, no less, and how weird is this: I feel like the kid at school who sidles into the classroom, totally late, hair strewn and face sheepish, having missed Assembly and, oh no, they [...]
VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx (0.7.64) and WordPress (2.9.1). Dependency packages remain the same. The test, meanwhile, which followed the entire [...]
VPS Bible: Do I Really Have to Charge?

vpsBible.com has been live for nearly a week. It provides a niche home for the subject Setup Unmanaged VPS 4 Linux Noobs and I built it somehow to monetize the time it takes to produce these tutorials, while [...]
Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 20: Blogroll, Links, Credits, Resources

This reference to the best Virtual Private Server and Linux online resources range from basic beginner guides to advanced web server configuration tutorials. Coupled with the the_guv's original VPS Bible series, now [...]

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Link up: Good Yet Simple Back-Links Strategies

the_guv — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:26:00 +0000

Problem: You blog to death, promote like mad, but still aren't receiving back-links. Here's a handy ten-step-guide to help improve your SEO & traffic.

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Easy-as-you-like! Adapt Square Boxes with Hassle-Free Curves

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves without any images or javascript. This is super-fast to do and works for [...]
Video How-to: Install WordPress - Nice 'n Simple

So you wanna blog, huh? And you've looked at the options, and like WordPress. Me too! And you like the expandability and personalisation that a WordPress standalone install gives, but are put off by the [...]
Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 20: Blogroll, Links, Credits, Resources

This reference to the best Virtual Private Server and Linux online resources range from basic beginner guides to advanced web server configuration tutorials. Coupled with the the_guv's original VPS Bible series, now [...]
About Guvnr & the_guv

Hi. My name's Olly Connelly. Welcome to Guvnr. About Guvnr.com Guvnr launched in 2008 as a showcase for my Web, PC and Content services. [...]
Guvnr.com and Web Standards

There's a lot of talk about web standards. Here's some more. What are web standards? Rules for producing well-coded, user-friendly websites, set down by a very important and useful group of gordo-geeks, [...]

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VPS Bible Updated with New Nginx/WordPress Versions

the_guv — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:34:22 +0000

The VPS Bible has been updated - and fully tested - to reflect the latest stable releases for Nginx 0.7.64 and WordPress 2.9.1. Read the lot ..

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VPS Bible Reflects New Nginx/WordPress Versions, with Future Commitment

The VPS Bible has been updated to reflect the latest stable Nginx release - 0.7.62 - the effect that this has on the overall setup and, while we're about it, the latest stable WordPress release too. You may have [...]
Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 14: Tweak Nginx for WordPress - Pretty URLs & WP Super Cache

For the blog platform WordPress to work properly with Nginx we need to tweak the web server configuration. This tutorial will enable both caching - integrating the WP Super Cache plugin - and activate pretty [...]
VPS Bible: Do I Really Have to Charge?

vpsBible.com has been live for nearly a week. It provides a niche home for the subject Setup Unmanaged VPS 4 Linux Noobs and I built it somehow to monetize the time it takes to produce these tutorials, while [...]
Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) .. The V-P-S Bible

Welcome to the_guv's 20 part VPS how-to bible, complete with video tutorials. If you are outgrowing your shared host, are paying big bucks for a managed VPS or want to rightsize from an old dedicated plan, this [...]
WordPress Upgrade Error Solved - Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pclziputilpathreduction()

If you've tried upgrading a recent version of WordPress and received this error... Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pclziputilpathreduction() ...here's what you do. In a nutshell, deactivate the plugin "WordPress [...]

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Easy-as-you-like! Adapt Square Boxes with Hassle-Free Curves

the_guv — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:46:17 +0000

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves.

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Holiday's Over, Now Coming Up

OK, so I'm aware most of my subscribers are Statesiders, and I know you folks don't really do the whole holiday thing :P Being one of those antique Europeans, on the other hand, I'm a lazy sod and, being Spanish, my [...]
Video How-to: Add a Favicon

If I had a Big Mac for every favicon tutorial out there, I'd be dead. But hey, I needed a favicon, and I figured a video illustrating the process may come in handy for some folks, so here goes. What is a [...]
Guvnr Gets Steroids - Pursuing The Holy Grail of Less HTTP Requests

An often overlooked blog or web site improvement is reducing HTTP requests. Good for page load, improved usability, SEO and ultimately for traffic. Normally I wouldn't bother writing a post about a site update [...]
Guvnr.com and Web Standards

There's a lot of talk about web standards. Here's some more. What are web standards? Rules for producing well-coded, user-friendly websites, set down by a very important and useful group of gordo-geeks, [...]
Superb Software for Work & Play

This package resource list has the best Karmic-compliant software, by category, for work or play. Fonts, multimedia codecs, system tools, you name it. With our repositories nicely set up, we're set to install some [...]