Blog performance
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 3rd Dec, 2007
This blog has been getting slower and slower, probably because of the myriad of plugins I have running on it. I’ve been thinking of ripping them out, which would mean I’d miss some functionality. I particularly like the flags that FireStats adds in for example, and the Gravatars on my comments, however, performance is a [...]
How Javascript can hinder rather than help
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 15th Aug, 2007
Have you ever waited ages for a website to load? If so, you may have been a victim of Javascript-induced lag (JIL). Ok, I just made that up, but you would probably have been a victim of it at one time or another. There’s an interesting discussion on Read/Write Web (echoed by BlueBlog), that talks [...]
Vista revitalised
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 7th Aug, 2007
I found a post on Techmeme that mentioned that there was an update out for Vista to deal with some performance and reliability issues. I downloaded it, installed it and my computer feels visably quicker. I don’t know if there’s a physiological element here; whether knowing that I’ve installed a performance update makes my computer [...]
Virtual PC performance
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 5th Feb, 2007
Are you using Microsoft Virtual PC or Virtual Server? If so you might be interested in some tips to get the most out of your virtual machines. Here’s some good pointers:
10 tips to help your Virtual PC performance
HOWTO: Squeeze every drop of performance out of your Virtual PCs
Improving Performance on Virtual Server 2005
Virtual Server Performance [...]
Improve WiFi Reception
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 10th Dec, 2006
Came across a great article today outlining a number of methods to improve WiFi performance. Here’s some ideas to improve your reception:
Put large furniture along the walls of your rooms
Minimise mirrors
Put your router at some central point of your house
Keep antennas away from power cables
Read all about it, as well as [...]
Performance vs load vs stress testing
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 11th Apr, 2006
Ever caught yourself using the phrases “Performance Testing”, “Load Testing” and “Stress Testing” interchangeably ? They’re actually quite different terms. Check out this article I came across today:
Agile Testing: Performance vs. load vs. stress testing
Even faster Firefox …
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 1st Feb, 2005
Found this on Darrell Norton’s blog …
Speeding up Firefox seems to be a meme going around the blogsphere lately. Most of the tips I’ve seen, though, are only for broadband connections with the latest hardware and only include some of the settings that would affect performance.
The Firefox Tweak Guide has the full details on how [...]
Pirates of Penzance
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 25th Oct, 2004
Went to watch Pirates of Penzance this weekend, put on by the Julian Light Operatic Society in Ealing. I must say that I quite enjoyed it, especially as it was the first Gilbert and Sullivan operatta I’ve ever seen. Yes, shame on me. One thing I can say after having seen it; thank goodness I’m [...]
Turning off Global Tracking in BizTalk 2004
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 30th Jun, 2004
Andy showed me how to turn off Global Tracking in BizTalk 2004. Turning off tracking gives BizTalk a performance boost by telling it not to track events in its tracking tables. You can normally turn on and off the different events you want tracked from within HAT, however this switch disables the whole tracking subsystem.
So, [...]
