Author: Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
I'm Mika (aka Ipstenu) and I'm complicated. I've been on the net since the days of dedicated terminals and Novation CAT modems and solved Missionaries and Cannibals (or Goats and Cabbages) before I was six, and blog about WordPress and technical/computer things at Half Elf on Tech.
Making a Stand Alone SQL Account
A very simple thing you can do to make your sites more secure is to use a separate SQL user for your web apps.
You Don’t Need Any Plugins
There is no plugin I have to have for a WP site. I can do without all of them, if I wanted. But I understand the difference between wants and needs.
WHOIS Tells All
WHOIS you think you’re fooling? No one. WHOIS well tell you who runs a site. Sometimes. If you’re lucky.
Giving WordPress That New Car Smell (Part 2)
Now it’s time to bang into the themes I picked, what I liked and disliked, and what (if any) major hurdles I had.
Giving WordPress That New Car Smell (Part 1)
A very, very, long post about why this site (and all the ones on this Network) got a massive update in design, and my thought processes for what I did.