FreeBSD: The OS Even Most Linux Devs Don’t Know Much About I’m going to go ahead and make a bold statement: Linux users know more about Windows than Windows users know about Linux. There’s a ladder of knowing more than the other guy that happens with the Operating Systems. It’s kind of a food chain…
My Favorite Computer Jokes This is somewhat of an odd article. I haven’t been doing much which is worth talking about recently, so I decided to lay back and do a funny article. I haven’t done one of those in a while, but there is a whole category of articles. So here are some of…
Using WINE to Interpret Windows Apps on Linux Systems WINE is an interpreter for Windows apps on Linux systems. At least in the context of this interpreter, we are not talking about the alcoholic beverage. WINE stands for WINE Is Not an Emulator. It is one of the many examples of recursive acronyms in the…
Paper Server for Minecraft: Java Edition My server has pretty much always had performance issues. Even though I run my Minecraft server on my supercomputer (see The Poor Man’s Guide to Making a Supercomputer), and allocate up to 24 GB of RAM to it, it still crashes sometimes. However, that has recently ended, since I…
Optimization Plugins for WordPress One of WordPress’s best features is that it is customizable. Info Toast uses WordPress to send out articles to the masses. To improve search engine visibility, we went to Google to see how the site was sped up. They suggested several plugins that we love. They enable the website to send…
Best Ways to Get Nerds in an Argument People don’t think that nerds are usually the fighting type. However, there are some things that nerds get very angry about other nerds about. These are three of those ways that I have been thinking about. 1) Bigger Processor Caches vs. Smaller, Smarter Processor Caches This is…
How to Install & Use Ajax Chat AJAX Chat is a relatively old innovation, and the project has been abandoned, but it still works—it doesn’t just work—it works quite well. If you want to engage with your community and have them engage with themselves, then look into AJAX Chat. In this tutorial, I will show…
Best Game-Changing Bukkit or Spigot Plugins A while back, we did an article on the best plugins for Spigot servers. On purpose, we didn’t do anything that could change the game too much because we wanted the plugins to be applicable to just about every type of server. However, in this article, we will be…
How to Install Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Your Chromebook Note This post is outdated. It does not seem to work on the latest edition of Minecraft Bedrock. If you want to play Minecraft on a Chromebook, please go to How to Play Minecraft: Java Edition on a Chromebook. (Java Edition is better anyway.) If you decide…
How to Use Chunkbase Have you ever wondered how to find the locations of specific generated structures in your Minecraft world? Well, there is a free website available for you, which enables you to find villages, mineshafts, nether fortresses, and other generated structures. The site is https://chunkbase.com/. While you can use the /locate command, the /locate…
