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Nov/13

(Web) Filemanager

Filed Under Linux at 4th November 2013 0:01 by

Overview I’m currently on a lookout for a simple file browser which has a web interface to managing files. This kind of software seems fairly niche and therefore not a lot of supported solutions are out there. It should have … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Using VirtualBox Shared Folders With Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Virtualization at 28th October 2013 0:01 by

VirtualBox includes an easy to user shared folder option in the settings. It allows anyone to add a folder from the host computer and share it with the guest. All that is required is for the guest OS, in this … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 4 – Maintenance And Scale

Filed Under Infrastructure at 21st October 2013 0:01 by

Overview It’s been over a full three months of running of AWS IaaS and with two consecutive months remaining largely the same deployment. (I’ll get to the third month later). Cost As you can see I’m on the free tier … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Enable Grub Menu On Boot In Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 14th October 2013 0:01 by

Edit the file /etc/default/grub and comment out the following lines by adding a # at the beginning: GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true Update grub config by running: sudo update-grub The above will generate a new grub menu based on the configuration file. Missing … Continue reading →

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Oct/13

Magnetic Spice Rack

Filed Under Blog at 7th October 2013 0:01 by

Overview I saw an article on The Kitchen about putting magnets on jars for spices and thought it was a great idea. I decided to have a go myself. Magnets I’m not a magnet expert but I know the strongest … Continue reading →

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Sep/13

energy@home With CurrentCost IAMs

Filed Under energy@home at 30th September 2013 0:01 by

It’s been a while since I’ve done a write up on the energy@home project so I thought I’d write something up. There have been few minor tweaks since the last post including some user contribution especially from systems using multiple … Continue reading →

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Sep/13

My Canon DSLR Journey Part 6 – Lens And Focus

Filed Under Photography at 23rd September 2013 0:01 by

Overview Next are lenses and focus. This will hopefully provide more information about the inner workings of a lens as well as the focusing technology inside a camera. Lens DSLR Lens Primer: Part 1: DSLR Lens Primer: Part 2: DSLR … Continue reading →

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Sep/13

Logitech G700s Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Peripherals at 16th September 2013 0:01 by

Overview I have been using a Logitech MX Revolution mouse (mice?) for the last 4 years and it has served me well. It had great laser tracking performance, fast wireless transmitter and excellent battery life. A problem that has developed … Continue reading →