disable kernel debugging before using ubuntu’s kernel config

if you ever need to rebuild an ubuntu kernel beware when using their supplied config file from /boot/config-$(uname -r)
i went through this exercise recently and wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure out why my new kernel package including modules was over 700mb uncompressed when the original package is around 60mb uncompressed.
once i [...]

fun with wordpress

what fun would hosting one’s own blog be without tweaking it?
i’ve done a couple wordpress installations for customers before but hadn’t spent much time using it. i have to say i’m quite impressed. its a snap to setup and was a piece of cake to upgrade to version 2.3.3 on debian etch. [...]