On my PCs write caching wasn’t enabled by default for my system disk. Turn it on in the device manager (Right click “Computer”, choose “Properties,” choose “Device Manager” from the sidebar, expand the disk drives category, right click your drive, choose “Properties,” pick the “Policies” tab): I don’t suggest enabling this for removable media, as it pretty much guarantees data loss if you remove the device without stopping it first.

Do you ever open your desk drawer and find that someone has borrowed your screwdrivers without returning them? Yeah, me too. I keep a decent set of tools in my office. I got this habit from my father, who basically had three sets of tools: one that went with him in his vehicle, one in the garage workshop, and one in the basement workshop. A good quality tool was never far away from where you needed it. Everybody knows I have a toolbox at work. I’ve made it clear that people can borrow the tools as long as they return them. It is inevitable, though, that eventually I can’t find my screwdrivers. Screwdrivers are the single most popular item, and …

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With Apache httpd, any requests that come in that don’t match a VirtualHost stanza get serviced by the first VirtualHost available. You can often test this by browsing with your web server’s IP address. What site do you see? Is that what you want people to see when they didn’t know what they wanted to find? My suggestion: create a “dummy” virtual host that will return a blank page, or redirect to a known place. Put it first in the list of virtual hosts so that visitors get to see what you want them to see, not some other web site.