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- Recovering a Dead Nginx, Mysql, PHP WordPress website July 10, 2021
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- I moved my domain to UpCloud (on the other side of the world) from Vultr (Sydney) and could not be happier with the performance. December 22, 2020
- How to perform a clean Windows 10 installation November 28, 2020
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- Yubico 5C NFC USB-C Hardware Two Factor Security Key etc October 8, 2020
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- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 3 of 4 June 5, 2018
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