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Aug/15

Make Windows Update Time More Often

Filed Under Windows at 31st August 2015 0:01 by

Overview Microsoft Windows doesn’t update the clock enough times in the day and when you have a motherboard with a dodgy clock it doesn’t help when the time drifts. Thankfully the time synchronization can be controlled using the Task Scheduler … Continue reading →

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Jul/15

Windows 8 Sticky Edges

Filed Under Windows at 27th July 2015 0:01 by

Similar to Ubuntu Microsoft has decided to add a bit of resistance on the edges of a multi-monitor display setup. This allows the system to popup a menu (like the charm bar) before allowing your cursor to move to the … Continue reading →

28

Jun/15

DSLR Photo Management On The Go

Filed Under Photography at 28th June 2015 0:44 by

Overview Keeping a large stack of photos on a memory card is always a scary thing in case the memory card goes back. People have created a workaround but using more (and usually smaller) cards to mitigate against the risk. … Continue reading →

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May/15

Living With Hive (Home)

Filed Under Houseware, Review at 25th May 2015 0:01 by

Overview Hive is a British Gas creation which allows remote control of your home water and heating control by replacing your thermostat and timer controls. It’s a step into home automation which we have had for over a year and … Continue reading →

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Apr/15

OpenVPN Server On Raspberry Pi

Filed Under Linux at 27th April 2015 0:01 by

Overview Having a great geek out chat with Andrew Gorton and he gave me the idea of setting up an OpenVPN server using a Raspberry Pi. A simple, relatively cheap solution to get access to resources at home. Pre-Requisites I … Continue reading →

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Apr/15

Deluge BitTorrent Client On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux at 13th April 2015 0:01 by

Overview Deluge is a bit torrent client which uses a client-server like architecture. The cool thing is you can have the server locally (like this install) or remote and just use the client to manage the queue. Install Add the … Continue reading →

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Mar/15

Communal USB Charge Point

Filed Under Blog, Hardware at 23rd March 2015 0:01 by

Overview I’m an Android user and have converted everyone in the house hold to be the same. As a convenience thing I decided to use one of the spare wall socket to USB plugs and put a micro USB cable … Continue reading →

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Mar/15

Virtualbox Stopped Working After Installing Hypervisor

Filed Under Windows at 2nd March 2015 0:01 by

I got the message when I tried to run one of my VMs and got this or similar message about 64bit support: VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit … Continue reading →