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Setting up a new Rackspace Cloud Server with Debian 6, Name.com, and PHP/MySQL

By Sam on December 2, 2011

Another instructional blog post as I try to figure out something. Configuring a website with Rackspace.com is much different than setting one up with a shared hosting service such as Dreamhost or GoDaddy.  I could write more about this, but it’s not really productive. Anyways, here are the steps I went through: 1. Buy a domain. I [...]

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Storing recurring events in a database

By Sam on June 15, 2011

One problem that seems to affect many web developers (and desktop programmers as well) is how to store recurring events in a database. There are several ways to do this, all with varying degrees of complexity (both inserting and selecting), storage requirements, and requirements on the type of recurrences. These can all be found by [...]

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