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MySQL Optimization on FreeBSD.

Posted by gil on January 29, 2010

I have my aviation site Planenews on a FreeBSD server. As traffic increased, I was getting more database errors. Looking around the web for clues, I discovered that FreeBSD did not have a default my.cnf file in /usr/local/etc. You can find sample files in /usr/local/share/mysql. I used my-huge.cnf, renamed it to my.cnf, put it in [...]

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Backing Up Your Computer.

Posted by gil on November 11, 2009

I can’t tell you how many times an acquaintance or friend has come to me with a broken hard drive asking “Can you get my data back?” as if their lives depended on it. The experience can be quite dramatic. I feel like a doctor telling family members that their loved-one has passed away. Losing [...]

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First Lessons Learned in Forging Knives.

Posted by gil on October 29, 2009

Useful information about forging knives, for beginners like me.

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Parkerizing a Khukuri Knife.

Posted by gil on July 18, 2009

I wanted a rust-proof finish on my khukuri. The cheapest and easiest solution I came up with is parkerizing. Wikipedia: “Parkerizing (also called phosphating and phosphatizing) is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of an electrochemical phosphate conversion coating.” This process is used [...]

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Building a Forge and Making Knives, Part Three.

Posted by gil on June 23, 2009

The charcoal forge was fun to build and use, but let’s face it, it takes forever to heat-up and it is pretty dirty. If I made another one, it would be more of a closed design to concentrate and conserve heat, and would have a good hand-cranked blower. So, I went on Ebay and shopped [...]

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