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Increasing Mysql performance significantly

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

For those of you who run mysql, there’s an issue that you have to look at.  Like file systems, database tables get fragmented over time.  There’s a simple fix for it, but you will need to execute one command to do it. Of course, you will need to have root access to your Mysql server,…

How to Bind utorrent to a specific ip and route it out a vpn for better speed. [Solved]

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Torrent technology is an amazing in the sense it uses swarms of users to serve and share files you may be trying to download.  It’s been implemented by many companies and is a very bandwidth efficient format to get your files served to you faster.  Whenever I download CentOS DVDs, I use utorrent and other…

Is your website slow? Fix It.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Today, almost everybody has a website.  Many are run on a Webserver called Apache.  It’s an amazing piece of software that is ironically free and incredibly secure (when configured properly). There are plenty of content management and publishing tools out there as well.  WordPress (my personal favorite), Drupal, Movable Type just to name a few. …

Website Slow? Here are a few tips.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Ok.  So you have a slow website.  Depending on the architecture, there are a couple of different ways we can speed it up.  We need to remember that the technology you’re riding on is going to make a big difference. There are many factors that can make your website slow. Inefficient Code Large Graphics files…

Seriously Speeding up Windows 7 and other Computers [Bootcamp compatible]

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

OK.  So you’re running Windows and over time, you’ve started to notice things are starting to slow down extensively.  Boot up and log-in start to take minutes instead of seconds.  This tutorial will show you how to speed up your Windows install (and clean up a lot of the mess) over the life of the…

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