Just downloaded WizTree (not a sponsor) from https://wiztreefree.com/ It seems to do what it says on the tin which is the ability to quickly view the size of all files and folders visually. I've given a donation which turns off the donation messages seen in exports...
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Scam call from “Telstra”
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...
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()...