Just thought I’d write this very brief how to since I needed to do this tonight in preparation for starting a new computer build. I want to make sure I have a list of everything on the old computer so that I can re-install everything I need on the new computer. Open Powershell by starting…
Continue reading →Have you ever wanted your TV or monitor to have lights behind them reflecting what is on the screen, like those fancy expensive Philips TVs? Apparently they are called Ambilights 🙂 Lighting up the wall behind the screen is a brilliant way to add more ambience and makes the watching movies/TV so much more immersive….
Continue reading →Pushbullet (https://www.pushbullet.com/) is a great tool which can be used on most devices to send notes, pictures, links, etc. For our purposes we can make use of it to send notifications from our NAS to our computer and/or phones. I find this much more convenient than email notifications and have been gradually replacing my email…
Continue reading →This short guide will allow you to have your NAS send out email notifications with one command on the command line. You can then integrate this into various scripts etc to notify you when events happen (e.g. back script completes). To do this you’ll need a Gmail account (use an existing one or make a…
Continue reading →One really handy thing you can do in your Ubuntu installation is to add a custom .bash_aliases file.Some background… When you SSH into your server a number of commands and files are run. One of these is the .bashrc file which lives in the user’s home directory. This is custom for each user. So when…
Continue reading →Syntaxhighlighter (http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/) is a great tool which I use here on the blog to add in code snippets to make it easier to read. I’ve thrown together this quick guide on how to get it working in Blogger.It is pretty easy to use but the creator’s host for the SyntaxHighlighter scripts can be a bit…
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