This video explains a 2 way switch with an intermediate switch in the middle very well. The key is not to get hung up on the labels of the intermediate switch but to use a multi meter to figure out the parallel or the cross over position. This is because the intermediate switch could be… Read More »
It was good to see the JIRA Service Desk team fix the order of their release notes. It may see minor but consistency and predictability is important.
Here is a neat article explaining the Slow Loris attack. Single Computer DoS – Slow Loris Attack
An interesting book about creating great content to attract business. One interesting take away is to first create great content. Then figure out what to do next.
The new year has just begun and Atlassian has kicked it off with a new release of 7.3! Check out this blog here from Atlassian on the latest version 7.3 to kick of 2017! http://blogs.atlassian.com/2017/01/jira-server-7-3-power-to-the-admins/ Here is a link to the release notes dated 3 January 2017. https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftware/jira-software-7-3-x-release-notes-861181590.html
Have you ever had an image and wanted to blur out everything except one particular area? In photoshop, there is a neat feature called “Iris Blur”. Filter > Blur Gallery > Iris Blur You can then adjust the area of the blur and also the “blurriness” along with a million other tweaks.
It’s a neat and powerful command that all *nix users should know. >> grep -rn “keyword” * This does a search for the keyword. * = all files -r = recursive (for all child directories) -n = show line numbers
I had the pleasure if installing Windows 8.1 onto a machine because I was having driver compatibility issues with Ubuntu. It was like taking a step back in time. Took almost all day to install windows 8. Then install the security updates, then upgrade to 8.1. What a mission. However, it’s good to be back… Read More »
There are basically 2 ways to set up VPN on a Raspberry Pi. There is an easy way and a hard way. Use the PiVPN installer (https://www.sitepoint.com/setting-up-a-home-vpn-using-your-raspberry-pi/) Download and install OpenVPN manually (http://readwrite.com/2014/04/10/raspberry-pi-vpn-tutorial-server-secure-web-browsing/) The PiVPN installer is very neat and very cool and saves a lot of time. The disadvantage is that you are running… Read More »
I had always used Win32 Disk Imager to create my Raspberry Pi images because I was a windows person prior to my conversion to Mac. To be honest, Win32 Disk Imager was really simple v trying to understand command line such as: sudo dd bs=1m if=path_of_your_image.img of=/dev/rdiskn I finally took the leap and gave it… Read More »