Just had a call from a man with a sub-continental accent from caller ID 0734946596 Told me there was problem with my internet traffic and alluded that I had been the victim of hackers The call didn't last long because the amusement in my voice made him hang up and I...
IT Tips
Business NBN100 TPG with Fixed IP
So yesterday (22/1/2021) I decided to go with a new service I went from a consumer NBN50 to a "Business" NBN100 product. The difference in price is $69.99 to $109.99 per month a jump of $40 dollars or $10 a week. A couple of speed tests a few minutes apart shows the...
PC Build
I recently built myself a PC using the SilverStone SG13 Case. I am planning to use it as a Hot Spare. So any client that has a failure can keep running. Using an older 240GB SSD I had lying around and the parts listed in the table I found the CPU cooling wasn't...
How to login to an AzureAD Domain Joined Windows 10 via Remote Desktop
You may have a weird local username on your AzureAd Joined Windows 10 Pro device dsregcmd.exe /status ... snippage Executing Account Name : AzureAD\RupertShocking_xvj0pkur, [email protected] ... snippage whoami /UPN [email protected] The secret is the format...
Just discovered you can write in Markdown with WordPress
Heading 2 Just insert a Markdown block using gutenburg and away you go I would like to create a definition list Defintion List Heading : This is the definition text Heading 3 And I quote Heading 4 A Code Block { "some": "json" } A code block 2...
XDebug over SSH into Container with VSCode
My Layout I'm connecting from VSCode running on Windows 10 Pro to the Linux host via SSH. The Linux Host has the project files and there is a docker container running on the Linux Host which provides the LAMP stack development environment. This is how I got XDebug...
Ubuntu 20.04 files created in /etc/sudoers.d not working
In my Ubuntu 20.04 installation the /etc/sudoers.d directory has the following default files 99-snapd.conf README So you would assume that creating a file such as 50-mysudo.conf with the contents needed to allow passwordless sudo would work jamesm ALL=(ALL:ALL)...
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
Use Your Synology NAS for Microsoft 365 Backups
Install the Microsoft 365 Backup App on your Synology Create the Azure AD Registered App that will allow the backup to connect with the correct permissions using the provided how-to from the following link:...
Just use the supported versions and save yourself the headaches
Favourite Linux I love using the latest Fedora operating system on bare metal. I get to play with the latest bells and whistles. Challenges with Using Bleeding Edge Releases However when I then go to populate the system with work software such as VMWare Workstation I...
Autostart a program after Gnome Shell Login Fedora 33
This is how I autorun a Windows 10 Pro Guest on VMWare Workstation 16 on Fedora 33 when I login to Gnome Shell Note: gnome-session-properties which some of my Google results would allow you to add a script to start at login no longer exists Create a .desktop file. I...
Increase the C: Drive when the EFI System Partition is in the way Windows 10 Pro
Problem Cannot extend the C: Drive of my Windows 10 Pro VMWare Virtual Machine. When attempting to extend the C: drive the Windows disk manager extend option is greyed out My Windows 10 Pro VM had a disk comprising 579MB System Reserved (recovery partition)~80GB C:...
Check your Mobile Service Exclusions as you may never be able to Authenticate via Twitters Mandatory SMS Verification
A while ago I deleted my Twitter account as I found the platform to be generally harmful to the human psyche. However I recently have need of following some Sharering Company accounts on Twitter While attempting to create a new Twitter account, as soon as Twitter...