Author: whereskarlo
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How to Make WooCommerce Work with PHP7, Redis, Varnish Cache, Memcached and HTTP/2
I am an internet entrepreneur and was self managing my own server for the longest time. Without knowing how to use command line, what SUDO means, or being familiar with the Linux file system, I fired up a Rackspace server configured for WordPress and WooCommerce and began my journey as an online seller. Things were going fairly…
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WooCommerce pays tribute to Breaking Bad, Crystal Meth
Everybody likes Breaking Bad – the TV show on FX about Walt, the high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with cancer turned meth cook and drug baron. As it turns out, the developers behind the shopping cart plugin for WordPress called WooCommerce likes Breaking Bad just as much as we do and are now referencing the…
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Google Hangouts Integrates SMS, Doesn’t Violate Privacy
Our favorite privacy violator has updated Hangouts to include SMS (text) integration. According to a fierce debate, Google opted not to include SMS backups to their cloud in fear of user privacy concerns. Google is already all over my privacy so uploading my sms’ to their cloud doesn’t bother me. The stuff they got on me…
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Google is Spying on Us
Google Keep is cool because it has search. However, they should let you share cards so that individual cards can become visible to several people. A Public checklist for example, or instructions to give someone. They should be editable by participants or locked but visible. I think it could work and it teaches Google what…
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Being Weird is Good
Lady Gaga isn’t a marketing genius. She is a weirdo. Richard Branson isn’t a marketing genius. He’s a weirdo. All successful people are originals (weirdos) and the rest strive to copy them. Be weird. Be original. Maybe you’ll be successful at what you do. But WEIRDNESS is a must.
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When Software Piracy is OK
Software piracy is bad in most cases, especially when it involves frivolously indulging in all kinds of loot found on The Pirate Bay for the sake of simple entertainment. But what about the first-time entrepreneur who self-teaches a pirated copy of Photoshop to make a logo for her first website? Or the YouTube poster who tries his…
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Tubing in Laos, Vang Vieng – Party Video (HD)
I took this video in Vang Vieng, Laos in 2012. I threw some Gucci Mane on top to make it bump! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz29tloCTck
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Site Updated
The site has been updated and refurbished from the ground up. Some parts were recycled and others were simply improved.
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Quote of the Day: Sunscreen
The race is long and, in the end, it is only with yourself. – Baz Luhrmann
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Jira from Atlassian Sucks
Jira, the project management and bug tracking software from Atlassian SUCKS BIG TIME. It sucks so much that I had to log into my website and write this rant even though I have a thousand other more pressing things to do. Jira and it’s lack of brilliance is the most irritating piece of software I…