by ray | May 29, 2015 | DNS
Modifying your hosts file will allow you to override the DNS for a domain, on that particular machine. This can be used to test your site without the test link, prior to going live with SSL, verify an alias site works prior to DNS changes, or for other DNS related...
by ray | May 29, 2015 | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
There are lots of Instructables out there on how to get music off of an iPod using the “view options” trick in Windows explorer. like this one! How to get your music back off your Ipod FREE! Unfortunately for those of us using Macs, Finder isn’t so...
by ray | Apr 24, 2015 | Microsoft Windows
I recently bought a new Linksys wireless router and after setting it up with basic WEP security, I tried to logon from my laptop and was successful! Not very exciting, eh? So then I tried to connect from my desktop computer that has a wireless USB adapter attached to...
by ray | Mar 28, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
The Raspberry Pi is great, but it’s also missing a few things you need to actually use it. Namely, a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Adafruit solves that (with the exception of the monitor), with the Computer Add-On Pack. Included here is a wired keyboard, wired...
by ray | Mar 28, 2015 | IT / Tech News, Linux / Ubuntu
Have you ever heard the following? “Welcome to the team! Here’s a list of 15 applications to install, the instructions are in the team room, somewhere. See you in a week!” Or: “What do you mean it broke production, it runs fine on my...
by ray | Mar 25, 2015 | Mac OS X
Pictures of the screen (screenshots) are saved as files on the desktop, but if you prefer to put a screenshot in the Clipboard, hold down the Control key while you press the other keys. You can then paste the picture into a document. Action Shortcut Take a picture of...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
Major problems (no graphical display at all) 1. You can try to restore normal graphical display in Ubuntu or Linux Mint as follows: a. In the Grub bootloader menu, boot your computer into recovery mode: Ubuntu: Advanced options for Ubuntu – Ubuntu, with Linux...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) will be released tomorrow and since many of you will install it as soon as it’s released (or maybe you’re already using Ubuntu 14.04), here’s a list of 10 useful things to do to get a near perfect desktop. ...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | IT / Tech News
An encryption flaw called the Heartbleed bug is already being dubbed one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen. The bug has affected many popular websites and services — ones you might use every day, like Gmail and Facebook — and could have...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
External drives allow you to quickly moves large files between computers. If you want yours to seamlessly work with both Macs and PCs, your external drive needs to use a filesystem that is supported by both platforms. The problem is that by default Windows uses NFTS,...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you’re using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, just use the much more platform-independent exFAT and never...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
To butcher a well-worn phrase, ‘With great power comes great frustration’ – at least that’s the case when wrestling with Conky, the versatile system monitoring tool for Linux. On the one hand it’s super featured and highly versatile, on the other it’s a pain in the...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
If you have upgraded your Ubuntu machine to Ubuntu Saucy 13.10, one of the things that you might find missing is the date/time indicator in the menu bar. And if you visit the “System Settings -> Time and Date -> Clock” section, you might find that the option to...
by ray | Mar 23, 2015 | Microsoft Windows
On April 8, Windows XP’s life is coming to an end. On that day, Microsoft will stop issuing security updates to the 12-year-old operating system, and it will end nearly all technical support as well. You wouldn’t think that killing off an operating system...
by ray | Mar 21, 2015 | Microsoft Windows
Some apps are essential, and you use them every day. Everyone knows their names: Firefox, VLC, 7-Zip, and so on. However, there’s another class of app that gets less attention: the apps that are insanely useful to have in your back pocket on the rare occasions...
by ray | Mar 21, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
To run Ubuntu from a USB stick, the first thing you need to do is insert a USB stick with at least 2GB of free space into your PC. The easiest way to put Ubuntu onto your stick is to use the USB installer provided at pendrivelinux.com. You’ll need to download and...
by ray | Mar 21, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
Whether you’re customizing your Linux install or choosing a distro to go with, one of your many options is the desktop environment you use. There are tons to choose from, all with different benefits and features. There may be no one single best, but this week...
by ray | Mar 21, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
When URLs are just not resolving the way you want it, to time to clear or flush the dns nameserver local cache – How to clear the local DNS cache…. OSX 10.10 sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches OSX 10.9 dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder OSX...
by ray | Mar 16, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
The latest version of Puppy Linux could easily win best of breed; it’s got all the convenience and user-friendliness you would expect from its bloodline, but this Precise Puppy also possesses whippet-like speed. That’s impressive when you consider that it...
by ray | Mar 16, 2015 | Linux / Ubuntu
Universal USB Installer aka UUI is aLive Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash...
by ray | Mar 16, 2015 | Mac OS X
Q: For a while now I have been trying to figure out how to locate all of the MP3 formatted songs in my iTunes library and convert them to AAC. This becomes increasingly difficult when your iTunes is over 50 GB and the only way I have is to use the search feature in...
by ray | Oct 28, 2014 | Microsoft Windows
METHOD 1 – automatic Download and run UnHide Note 1. If the first run doesn’t fix the issue, try to re-run UnHide. Note 2. If any temporary file cleaner has been run after the infection, the above method will NOT work. (credit goes to Grinler at...
by ray | Oct 27, 2014 | HTML / Web
The CSS padding properties define the space between the element border and the element content. Padding The padding clears an area around the content (inside the border) of an element. The padding is affected by the background color of the element. The top, right,...
by ray | Sep 10, 2014 | Wordpress
To Edit/Create a WordPress Post 1) Login to your admin site by opening up a browser tab and adding “/wp-admin” to the end of your company URL — i.e. http://yourcompany.com/wp-admin 2) You should be seeing the admin site with the Dashboard on the left...
by ray | Sep 8, 2014 | IT / Tech News
The previous app we were using to remotely access PCs (LogMeIn) got rid of their Free Edition so we decided to find a different solution. On the remote PC, ask the person to install a Chrome browser extension called Chrome Remote Desktop. You will have to follow the...
