I’ve been using XCache for a few weeks and have found it to be slightly faster than eAccelerator; therefore, I pieced together this walkthrough to help my fellow BlueHost users speed-up their PHP-laden websites. 
Once in a while, I’ll come across a program or utility which is simply remarkable. As far as web development on Mac OS X, I sought a program which would optimistically eliminate my simultaneous usage of the Terminal (for SSH), Dreamweaver (for… everything else), and Transmit (for FTP). Come to find out, Panic Inc. has an answer to my dilemma - they call it Coda… I call it a Mac webmaster’s dream.
Here’s a tutorial I’ve written to help the web-optimization junkies out there get eAccelerator, FastCGI, and zlib compression working on their BlueHost accounts.
Gravatars, or globally recognized avatars, serve as a method to personalize your comments on numerous sites throughout the Internet (including this one). If you browse through some of my previous posts which have comments, you’ll see my own gravatar listed next to the text. The process of setting up a gravatar takes less than five minutes, so if you’re a frequent commentator, I recommend you do this! It’ll give a “face” to your comment, so others can identify you by more than just your name.
Read more
Most of you are familiar with domain name extensions like .com, .net, and .gov. In addition to these are extensions which are specific to countries (.us - USA, .uk - Great Britain, .ca - Canada, .cn - China, and so on). Knowing this, I decided to exercise the ridiculous nerdy yet creative side of my mind.
