Adobe PDF Pro is getting close to $30AUD a month and at almost $350 per user / per year that is a big spend. The other problems is the constant nag to push you into the Adobe Cloud and then the continued account drain to have something available that you might only...
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Exetel Speed Boost
I normally have 100/40 connection but just trying out Exetel Speed Boost which is 250/25 Worth doing if you have a big download or two to do...
Australian Cyber Security
Australian Gov. Cyber Security Websites with information on recommended Cyber Standards https://www.asd.gov.au/about/what-we-do/cyber-security https://www.cyber.gov.au/learn-basics...
Testing the private/protected methods of a PHP Trait
The Trait <?php declare(strict_types=1); namespace App\Lib\Help\Traits; trait HelpServiceShellExecTrait { protected function shellExec(string $cmd) { // redirect stderr so we can see the output // if the command fails return trim((string) shell_exec(sprintf('%s...
How to create a one-line Powershell command in Task Scheduler
In this example I am creating a task to restart a service without first creating and calling a batch script (.bat, .cmd) using a powershell one-liner. For example C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -command "Restart-Service -Name 'Dhcp'" rem...
Warning Unifi UDM and UDR do NOT Support PoE+
Just had a situation where a newly installed Unifi U7 Pro was plugged into the PoE port on a UDR, it worked but showed a warning message in the Unifi UI (See following quote and the image below) The access point is connected to a port, which does not supply sufficient...
Alternative to pgAdmin4 on Arm 64 Linux
I have an instance of Arm 64 Ubuntu 24.04 running inside VMWare Fusion on a Macbook Pro M1 Pgadmin4 is NOT available in an arm64 build So an alternative is DBeaver Download and untar the ARM 64 version...
Mailpit a good upgrade from Mailhog
So I've been using mailhog to catch my development emails for a few years. But noticed that some of the inline images weren't rendered in the mailhog GUI and the mailhog docker image hadn't been updated for a few years So I've switched to Mailpit which seems to have a...
Zebra Print Language – GS1 Online Testing
Go here to view the compiled results of your ZPL https://labelary.com/viewer.html Print the above to PDF / PNG and then upload a graphic of it to. To see the tokenized results of the barcode. https://www.aidecoder.com The above will not tell you if you have valid...
Template Change
Today I changed my Divi template to the "Simple" layout theme. As part of the change I removed a number of pages including web hosting and other offerings. I retained my certifications and services pages. Some services websites drive business but in my case website...