Toggen Technology Blog
This is a collection of posts starting in 2006. Focusing mainly on Linux, Open Source Software and technical tips collected over several decades in IT
Using GNU date to convert between timezones
Just being doing an AWS EC2 volume enlargement and the output of StartTime is in UTC aws --profile gap ec2 describe-volumes-modifications --volume-id vol-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Output: { "VolumesModifications": [ { "VolumeId": "vol-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",...
CakePHP 2 Validating Multiple Forms on One Page while Posting to same Controller Action
I have a CakePHP 2.x view that creates multiple forms, one for each production line. By default each form is validated by the LineSetup Model and saves to the 'line_setup' table in the database The Controller Action the forms share is LineSetupsController/configure()...
E-Commerce Learnings
I have a client who had two Wordpress Woocommerce Stores hosted for $20 each a month on cPanel Servers On inspecting the sites I found Each had between a dozen and two dozen out of date plugins (some had been removed from the Wordpress Plugins Directory because of...
Windows 10 Pro Guest on Linux VMWare Workstation 16 Pro Host Intermittently Losing Network Connection
For the last few weeks I've been working inside my WIndows 10 Pro guest running on VMWare Pro Workstation 16 for Linux and the Network connection has been toggling on and off The taskbar shows my internet is intermittently disconnected. Really annoying when you are...
Twitter has a quid pro quo approach to the “Edit Profile” button
How to change your display name TLDR; Make a change in the Setup Profile wizard to reveal the "Edit Profile" button and dialog I was trying to change my Display Name (not the user handle or username ) on Twitter. I couldn't find the "Edit Profile" button but had a...
Free Workstation Backup with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Just putting this here as I've been looking at different small business backup solutions and I think the Veeam Free Community Editions are a winner https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.html
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