Niche engine What is a niche engine? This is a new term I coined for a different type of niche website that uses links to affiliate products and services. It is different from typical sites as it does not require 2000+ word pillar posts. A programmer or engineer that is skilled in building on the server side would be the ideal person who could build a niche engine.  What are the benefits of a niche engine over traditional niche websites?

How to solve shopping cart rage when the aisles are too crowded with carts This fantastic little horn has been my goto solution for solving the problem of crowded aisles in the grocery store. Here is what I love about this horn: You can’t beat the price It can be used when your out walking or biking to make sure cars can see you or to scare runners It is a great story piece, people are always asking me about it It is small, I mean small, it fits in my hand It runs on a 9 volt battery so you won’t need compressed air It is water proof You can tap it lightly and get a smaller sound for indoor use Its always fun to have a good story, and this horn has given quite a few over the last few years.

VPS security Linux security or security in general deals with the process of securing your virtual private server from intrusions and attacks from outside people or agents. The attack methods may vary and include methods such as password guessing, sql injection attacks, social engineering, and buffer overflows. Security should take a holistic view of the system it is operating on. How to secure ubuntu server I want to discuss how to secure a vps server that is running ubuntu.

As I mentioned in my post on how to make strong coffee, I use the full immersion coffee method. This has been my favorite method for almost 3 years. I was thinking back about how I can across this method and the story came back to me. My daughter had just been born, and a good friend who already had kids told me that I was going to need some strong coffee.

Strong coffee is more than just the amount of caffeine in the cup. How to make strong coffee is my step by step guide on how to make a full flavored cup of coffee that has all the nuances and flavors in the bean brought out in the cup of coffee. Most people have never heard of the method I describe below.  My method uses full immersion coffee brewing method that gives your coffee a very deep flavor.

learning golang , I want to share with you how I taught myself to program in Go. Teaching yourself to program in a new language such as Go is not difficult if you have some experience in C like languages. Choosing to learn Go is a personal choice for some people, and for others it may be part of their job. Some of my main reasons for deciding to learn golang are:

Go Projects Here is a very useful tip for finding go projects based on a keyword search. I recently had to parse a large number of Excel xlsx and xls files for a regulatory compliance request. I would have traditionally used a Perl module for this, but the version of the module for xlsx that I had was prone to some memory issues. Go does not really have a CPANfor those just learning golang.

How to setup git repository 11 steps you need to follow to setup a git repository privately as a non root user on linux. I am going to cover how to do this on a RedHat Enterprise Linux Server as this is a very common OS for companies needing service level agreements. This guide assumes that git is already installed on the network, and that it is accessible from the user you are using on the machine you want to perform the setup on.

Here is how you can clean a macbook pro screen There was a little bit of confusion for people trying to figure out how to clean a retina screen. I recently visited an apple store and the apple employee told me not to use any alcohol based cleaners or any glass cleaners like windex. I asked if they had any cleaners in the store, and he showed me one they carried.

Here is how you clone an old version in git You can also use this method to clone a specific commit in a git project. In this example I needed to get a previous version of one library in git that is a dependency for another supporting library. Often what happens is new development is taking place, and one library may have commits that are not compatible with another library.