Tag: Tips

Unifi Cameras with Synology Surveillance Station

This is a guest post- thanks to Russell Gunn from Datalinq Solutions for working out this info and agreeing to have it hosted here. Please contact Russell here via email or by phone on 0863141120 if you want him to do this work for you- or if Western Australia is a bit far, buy him a beer one day- I

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Grandstream WP820 and 3CX Setup

This information was not developed by me- thanks to Wayne Driver and Ben Smith for this info. I’ve added the ‘remote server’ section at the bottom The following was done with phone system on LAN, settings will differ if your phone system is on WAN. Drag and drop this FXS template to somewhere on your Desktop, supplied from GrandStream support

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cPanel & WHM in Virtual Machine Manager on Synology

WARNING- You require a whole bunch of stuff to make this work, including a Public IP address on your VM. Read the requirements carefully to make sure you can meet all of them! There isn’t anything here that you can’t find elsewhere, but as usual I found that even the manufacturers info was lacking. Linux people seem to have this

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Opinion

WordPress Backups

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

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Tips

Mobile Phone Data Usage

This is a simple post with a few methods of getting the data usage of your mobile account on your iPhone- handy if you have a low limit! Please remember this information is iPhone specific, and if you know something I don’t, please message me and I’ll update the article. And don’t forget your iPhone has a built in usage

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Faster Internet

Most people are quite happy with the standard ADSL2+ which is available pretty much everywhere in Sydney metro. However recently we’ve been asked by a few clients to turn the internet up to 11, so here’s a few options that you might not know about. You can read these while waiting for the NBN to be connected……. Bonded DSL As

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Reviews

RunKeeper

  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

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Reviews

RipIt DVD Ripping Software

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

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Advertising Network Opt-out

I found this while looking around the net recently. It’s a group of advertisers that set cookies on your computer when you visit certain sites, then based on your surfing habits will present targeted advertising direct to your browser. If you find this kinda creepy, here is a single page that will allow you to opt out of these companies

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Damp Electronics

  What to do if you’ve spilled something on your precious……. 1. Pull the power! Water doesn’t destroy electronics, short circuits from liquid and electricity do, so get that device OFF straight away. 2. Pull the battery (if possible) 3. Get as much liquid as possible OUT! Sometimes that’s as simple as turning the product upside down so it can

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