How to get the new Confluence dashboard back?

By | June 24, 2016

Do you have Confluence v5.9 or above installed and clicked on the “Give me the old dashboard” link only to wonder how to get it back? It’s a straight forward process but not an obvious one. Paste /users/darkfeatures.action to your base url. eg http://localhost:8090/users/darkfeatures.action At the bottom, click on the remove link after simple.dashboard.disabled There is… Read More »

Where does Ethereum Geth store it’s data?

By | June 18, 2016

If you are using Geth on OSX, you’ll find these locations handy. ~/Library/Ethereum (main folder) ~/Library/Ethereum/chaindata (the blockchain. At this time of writing it is about 2Gb) ~/Library/Ethereum/keystore (contains your keys) ~/.ethash (contains the DAG when mining) If you run testnet, you’ll get a testnet folder appear in ~/Library/Ethereum. Ref: https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/2114/where-are-my-config-files-go-and-cpp https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options

Quiet: Susan Cain

By | May 19, 2016

Fascinating read. The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking. One of my favourite quotes in the book was: “He who knows, does not speak, He who speaks, does not know”. Highly recommended.        

The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

By | May 17, 2016

A worthwhile documentary to watch. Summary from IMDB says it all: “The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and… Read More »

Deep Web: Alex Winter

By | May 6, 2016

This documentary touches on a lot of fundamental principles around the right to privacy and anonymity. It brings to life and joins some of the dots that Digital Gold talked about. Definitely worth a watch. Deep web at IMDB

Adding images to your comments in JIRA

By | May 4, 2016

Even though I’ve been training JIRA for years, I still learn new things all the time. The latest thing I came across was embedding images into the comments area from within a JIRA issue. The wiki markup to use is !my_image.png! Don’t try it with a word doc.

What do bitcoin miners do all day long?

By | April 27, 2016

Long story short, miners literally search for needles in haystacks. The haystack changes in size every 2 weeks depending on how fast or slow each needle is found. Let’s start from the beginning. What is a node? A node is the bitcoin software that forms the backbone of the bitcoin network. Full nodes contains the entire history… Read More »