So I hope you haven’t bothered to read my 2000 word epic about this that I’ve been working on for weeks. It’s essentially a very long laundry list of things that don’t work. After getting VMWare involved I did think however that we might both figure it out, or at least get some pointers. This was until today, when they
I’m writing this one because I’ve faced quite a few gotchas, and I’m still not there yet. The basic theory is to take a whole bunch of servers that I currently run and make them into virtual machines that can be moved around and generally make more efficient use of the infrastructure we currently have. None of the current servers
I’ve just spent a couple of weeks fighting with a very frustrating problem- setting up VPN passthrough on a Netgear DGND3700v2. This is a reasonably high end device (for Netgear) and actually contains the ability to terminate VPN endpoints. However the built in VPN server does not support the built in VPN software in the Mac OS, and you have
This product used to be known as Adware Medic but has recently been acquired by Malwarebytes. They now have a free home use version and several different paid products for business. I used the home version to test. I don’t currently use antivirus on my machine- Sophos was the last product used but it was removed when it went crazy
What do you do when your internet connection goes down? Do you sit and twiddle your thumbs until it comes back up? Or do you realise how much it is costing you in lost productivity and yell at people until something is done? Recently my ISP (who shall remain nameless) caused me a great deal of heartache and a
This might seem like a pretty boring subject for a post, but if you spend time on the internet (we all do!) then you may have noticed that the WordPress platform is getting more and more popular. It uses templates for general look and feel, widgets to extend capabilities and an SQL database backend to store content. It all works
We all use email extensively, but we tend to forget the fact that it isn’t encrypted by default…..The best analogy is to think of an email like a postcard- yes, anyone involved between sending and delivery can read it- it’s plain text and unprotected- and they can modify it and you won’t know! One thing you can easily do is
RunKeeper is an iPhone app that uses the built in GPS in an iPhone with GPS (that’s currently a 3, 3GS, 4 , 4S or 5 model) to accurately track your movements over time. I say it that way because it isn’t simply useful for running- it can track lots of motion based activities, although it’s strength is with running
As a father of a 5 year old, I’ve long wanted a system of archiving my DVD’s that could keep the originals away from sticky fingers. If you’d seen the condition of some of his DVD’s you’d agree with me! So my requirements are- Must rip the DVD in full, original quality Must include menus and navigation Must remove
The concept is this- you put a plug into the wall in different parts of your house, plug ethernet cables into the plugs and voila! Instant ethernet network. I recently installed a pair of these in the house, and here’s my experience but first a little history- When we moved into a new place recently we finally had an upstairs
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