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May/11

Web Server Basic Authentication = Weak

Filed Under energy@home, Security, Web Server, Website at 15th May 2011 11:40 by

I’d like to point out that I knew Basic Authentication in web servers were not bullet proof but in fact the total opposite (pointed out in the energy@home documents). This was hammered home when I was inspired to do some … Continue reading →

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May/11

Install Magento Localization Setting Problem

Filed Under Software, Website at 11th May 2011 0:01 by

I was playing with Magento and during the web install on the Localization settings page it would stay on US. I selected UK from the dropdown list but the page would refresh and go back to US. I was using … Continue reading →

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May/11

Antec Spot Cool

Filed Under Hardware at 2nd May 2011 0:01 by

Thanks to the (not so) *great* design by Asus and their fanless X58 Sabertooth I decided to make things better with Antec Spot Cool to direct some air over the heat sink. I found the found through Asus’s Forums where … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

Ergotron MX Desk Mount LCD Arm Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 27th April 2011 10:59 by

Ever since I saw the University of Westminster computer lab set up I have always dreamed of getting a flexible arm mounted monitor. The ability to move the display to more or less any position effortlessly was amazing! Few years … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

energy@home 0.5.2 Released

Filed Under energy@home at 19th April 2011 10:45 by

A minor release but fixes the issue where Apache was reporting an error due to a missing variable. The new version also contains more changes “under the hood” such as using JSON natively during GET operations (graph data) and clean … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 13th April 2011 0:01 by

Tired of my long lasting Logitech “Orb” webcam which which worked but the mechanical movement broke I decided to replace it with Logitech’s latest web cam. The old camera was pre carl zeiss lense but it did the job. What … Continue reading →

03

Apr/11

Chumby Classic Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 3rd April 2011 19:14 by

I remember seeing this gadget some time ago and thought it was a good idea but it was expensive and not available in the UK at the time. The availability changed but the price remained more or less the same. … Continue reading →

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Mar/11

Create And Enable SSL On Ubuntu LAMP Server

Filed Under Linux, Web Server, Website, WordPress at 22nd March 2011 0:01 by

Introduction SSL is used to encrypt data between the client e.g a user viewing a website to the web server which hosts the site. SSL uses certificates which are signed and verify the validity of a website. Like any vendor … Continue reading →