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Mon 24 August 2026

Moving away from Pelican

This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. I've been using a local application called Pelican that would take my markdown files and convert them into a blog post, the same three website disciplines I wrote about years ago. Now, just recently, I approached JARVIS and …

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Fri 30 August 2024

Markdown Cheat Sheet

Testing this guide to see what Markdown syntax works with my website builder and what does not. Markdown Cheat Sheet Thanks for visiting The Markdown Guide ! This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you …

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Wed 04 January 2017

Tech Tips

Working on a new website that combines technology tips with instructional videos. These are tips that allow me to remember how something worked. Here's the link. Have a comment? So, what do you think? Did I miss anything? Is any part unclear? Send me a message on Twitter

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Tue 25 August 2015

Why is my site slow?

"Question: Why is my site slow? Answer: Too much is being asked of the current solution Solution: Ask less of the servers or add more resources" It’s a common question asked by almost any administrator or webmaster at some point or another. Perhaps it was working fast early on and …

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Mon 23 February 2015

The Art of Decoupled Technology

Although cloud means shared hosting it gives you the power to decouple technology like never before. To decouple technology means separating elements that have been traditionally connected into independent infrastructure pieces. Once this done, these elements can be scaled, modified or replaced altogether giving your systems better performance and reliability. …

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Mon 09 February 2015

Three Website Disciplines Needed to Build a Website

As easy as it may seem, creating a good website can be a daunting task. It's easy to just create a website, but how effective is it? Who is your audience? What kind of content will you serve up? What will it look like? Answering these questions requires more than …

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