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  • Installing a New Engine – Nginx

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    Eric Mann

    I originally started blogging with WordPress via the one-click installer that came standard with a basic Network Solutions website.  It’s been several years since then, and I definitely advise against getting started that way.  There are better hosts out there, and better server systems.  Take your pick. For the past year, I’ve been running my blogs

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  • A Rookie Attempt at Cron in CentOS

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    Eric Mann

    For years, I used shared hosting systems exclusively for all my websites.  They were affordable, easy to manage, and required zero effort on my part to set up and maintain.  Unfortunately, I have a habit of rapidly outgrowing hosts and usually have to migrate to bigger and better servers about once a year.  I finally

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