How To: WordPress Browser Caching

by | Aug 24, 2019 | Wordpress

Browser caching is a sore subject among many WordPress developers. Caching in your end-user’s web browser is hard to see and even harder to control at times, and yet it can affect their entire experience. What’s more, page performance testing will often instruct...

How to reset the SMC in a MacBook (and why you might want to)

by | Aug 24, 2019 | Mac OS X

If you find your MacBook acting strangely, and seemingly for no reason, resetting the SMC may help. There are a number of things that could signal an SMC issue, from screen resolution problems, to a PC that doesn’t seem to want to reboot. And while resetting the SMC...

Installing FFmpeg

by | Aug 23, 2019 | FFmpeg

Installing FFmpeg in Windows Download a static build from here.Use 7-Zip to unpack it in the folder of your choice.Open a command prompt with administrator’s rights.NOTE: Use CMD.exe, do not use Powershell! The syntax for accessing environment variables is...

Mac: How to change your computer name

by | Aug 6, 2019 | Mac OS X

Does your Mac have a different name than you’d like? Follow along for how to quickly change your computer’s name. Your Mac’s name will show up in a variety of circumstances including when AirDropping files, managing your devices on iCloud like with Find My Mac, and...

Install ffmpeg on Mac OS X

by | Aug 6, 2019 | Mac OS X

FFmpeg is a great little program to help convert more or less any media format. I previously wrote an article how to install ffmpeg on the Raspberry Pi. This short tutorial will help you install ffmpeg on Mac, which is luckily a lot simpler! The easiest way to...

Best Linux Distros for Beginners

by | Aug 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

So, you heard about Linux so many times but never had the guts to finally commit to the change cause of those scary stories that you heard on how complex setting up Linux is, and the choice of the Linux distribution in the first place? Well, you shouldn’t worry about...

FIREFOX SEND IS AN EASY WAY TO SHARE LARGE FILES SECURELY

by | Aug 3, 2019 | Security

YOU’VE GOT NO shortage of ways to send encrypted messages, and at least as many cloud services for sending large files. But the Venn diagram for the two remains surprisingly, inconveniently small. That’s the beauty of Mozilla’s Firefox Send, a free,...

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on CentOS 7

by | Jul 29, 2019 | Linux / Ubuntu

FFmpeg is a free and open source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. It contains a set of shared audio and video libraries such as libavcodec, libavformat, and libavutil. With FFmpeg, you can convert between various video and audio formats, set sample...

How to install Desktop Environments on CentOS 7?

by | May 29, 2019 | Linux / Ubuntu

1. Installing GNOME-Desktop: Install GNOME Desktop Environment on here.# yum -y groups install “GNOME Desktop” Input a command like below after finishing installation:# startx GNOME Desktop Environment will start. For first booting, initial setup runs and...

Ubuntu 18.04 needs patching

by | May 28, 2019 | Linux / Ubuntu, Security

Ubuntu is a very popular Linux distribution for servers, clouds, and the desktop. So, when parent company Canonical announces it is moving Ubuntu 18.04, the latest long term support (LTS) edition, to a new Linux kernel, it’s time to pay...

Installing FFmpeg

by | May 10, 2019 | Microsoft Windows, Linux / Ubuntu, Mac OS X

James Cobalt edited this page 22 days ago · 12 revisions Installing FFmpeg in Windows Download a static build from here.Use 7-Zip to unpack it in the folder of your choice.Open a command prompt with administrator’s rights.NOTE: Use...