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Mission control

Adding virtual desktops in mac mission control

Adding virtual desktops in mac osx This is a short blog post about adding virtual desktops in mac osx – virtual desktops are a cool feature that let you have lots of ‘fake’ monitors that you can use to organise your programs, and you can access them with a mouse Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years2 years ago
Wordpress

WordPress security – xss csrf base64 and sql injection protection

Bulletproof security is an excellent wordpress security plugin for your wordpress installationit provides a lot of cool features: XSS protectionSQL injection protectionhtaccess protectionwp-config protection, One-Click Setup WizardSetup Wizard AutoFix (AutoWhitelist|AutoSetup|AutoCleanup)MScan Malware Scanner.htaccess Website Security Protection (Firewalls)Hidden Plugin Folders|Files Cron (HPF)Login Security & MonitoringJTC-Lite (Limited version of BPS Pro JTC Anti-Spam|Anti-Hacker)Idle Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 months ago
Osx

Make snow leopard more like lion

Make snow leopard more like lion: you can use most of the features of osx lion / icloud right now. using google. mail: to sync all your mail on all your devices you need gmail. this first post will show you how to setup gmail in your macs mail.app this Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years7 years ago
Mail.app

Get mail account info from mail.app osx

This is a cool tip that will show you the info about your mail account in mail.app on osx click on inbox press cmd+i look at the coolness….

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 years ago
Osx

Custom keyboard shortcuts in osx

This will show you how to add keyboard shortcuts in osx lion goto system preferences > keyboard > keyboard shortcuts > application shortcuts hit the + button you can now add new shortcuts =)

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 years ago
SEO

Adding basecamp todos and milestones from email

Basecamp is an excellent tool to help manage projects. any type of project. they have an account that lets you have one project for free – this post explains adding basecamp todos and milestones from email :) one problem with basecamp is the time it takes to setup todo lists and Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years5 years ago
Ical

Basecamp calendar in iphone ical or outlook

This post will show you how to subscribe to your Basecamp calendar in iphone calendar. For instructions on how to subscribe to your basecamp calendar in google calendar please see this post Basecamp is a great way to keep track of lots of things in your projects. You can use Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years5 years ago
Development

Identify and remove unused css across entire site

This post will show you a range of ways to detect and remove unused css from your site. removing unused css will help your stylesheets load faster which, in turn will help your site load faster. there are several ways to do this. one way is to use a firefox Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Free carrier unlock for uk o2 iphone without jailbreak

Free carrier unlock for uk o2 iphone without jailbreak. this will show you how to unlock your iphone by going to the O2 website and filling in a form. its free for contract users and it costs £15 for pay as you go users. I got an email the other Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Rss reeder ipad iphone mac google reader sync

http://reederapp.com/ I have tried a lot of rss readers. ive tried netnewswire for iphone and for mac. ive tried using google reader (which I use to keep all my feeds in =) i started using reeder on the ipad because of allt he reviews around the net. i now use Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years8 years ago
Commandline

How to install rkhunter on a linux box and setup a cron job =)

This blog post is quite easy, it shows you how to install rkhunter on a linux machine and how to configure rkhunter to run periodically using a cron job. RKhunter (rootkit hunter) is a program that takes a fingerprint of installed files and directories in your machine during install and Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years5 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Syncing iphone notes app and mail app using gmail

Here are the detailed instructions on syncing iphone notes app and mail app using gmail . This will enable bi-directional syncing: you can edit the notes on any device and it will be synced to the others automatically =) After doing this you will have all your notes on your Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years5 years ago
News

My first week with an ipad

Im writing this on my ipad as I sit on the train. this is my feelings about it after a week… for general internet things it is amaising. I dont use my macbook for browsing any more; instead I reach for the ipad. ive tried a few apps (ok, ive Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years7 years ago
Development

Automatic recurring facebook status updates and tweets using google calendar

this one is excellent. I will tell you how to make automatic facebook status updates and tweets using google calendar. what you need: properly setup google calendar and ical sync properly setup iphone syncing with gmail and google calendar properly setup ping.fm account ok; so…. there are two methods here; Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 10 years5 years ago
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Nessus tutorial – Vulnerability scanning with Nessus

This is a short nessus tutorial to help you get to grips with nessus. Nessus is a vulnerability scanner. Nessus can scan your assets for network security vulnerabilities. Nessus allows you to be proactive in securing your base so that all your base belongs to you :D Nessus tutorial quick Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years8 months ago
Tasks

Note taking, todo lists synced between iphone and your mac

i will show you an alternative to using stickies and notes. it also allows syncing between your iphone and your mac simplenote iphone app (search for simplenote in the app store) simplenote client for mac (selfcoded.com/justnotes) they are simple to use, they sync with each other. its free. all notes Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years8 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Syncing all your webmail email accounts to gmail

This tutorial is about syncing all your webmail email accounts to gmail, and then sync that to your apple mail.app and your iphone the hardest part about having so many email accounts and social networking accounts is finding the time to log into them all and check for mail and Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years5 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Syncing your iphone or ipad with google

Syncing your iphone or ipad with google: Here are the detailed instructions on syncing your iphone or ipad with google gmail calendar and contacts. After doing this you will have all your google contacts on your iphone or ipad, and all your google calendars on your iphone (or your ipod Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years5 years ago
Ical

Sync your google calendar with ical

This post will show you how to sync your google calendar with ical. jump to: instructions for osx lion, mountain lion and mavericks instructions for snow leopard faq How to sync your google calendar with ical in osx lion, mountain lion and Mavericks In osx snow leopard it was possible Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years3 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Testing out some gps apps

im testing out some gps apps for the iphone – mostly so that I can track my cycling, but also cos I think they are excellent =) first im trying out everytrail – its free, and its pretty basic. it tracks you, you can save the tracks and you can Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years5 years ago
Iphone and ipad

Quick tip for cleaning out your gmail.

as its the new year its time to loose the flab. this applies to email too. I just read in one of my rss feeds an excellent way to find crap emails you dont want – search your gmail for ‘UNSUBSCRIBE’ then go through them and unsubscribe. which is nice, Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 11 years8 years ago
Addressbook / contacts

How to sync your mac osx contacts to gmail contacts.

This post will show you how to sync your mac osx contacts to gmail contacts. This will allow for a two-way sync – ie when you add a contact to your addressbook, its automatically added to google and when you add a contact to google its automatically added to your Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 12 years3 years ago
Mail.app

More on emails… migrating from hotmail to gmail

Migrating from hotmail to gmail. I’ve written before about how I like to keep everything in the one place – contacts, IM people, and email. Up until now I have been using various ways of checking my various email accounts – outlook, windows live mail desktop and thunderbird to name Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 12 years5 years ago
News

Songbird 1.0 released – and I got an advanced copy =)

So, by the time you are reading this songbird 1.0 will have been released. http://getsongbird.com Its actually the 27th November just now, and I have received an email from Ethan Bauman at songbirdsnest.com telling me that they are going to release the 1.0 build and asking me if I would Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 12 years7 years ago
Legal stuff

Newsflash – UK Govt Refusing to Back Legislation for Musicians

I got an email from the ppl this morning about the UK Govt Refusing to Back Legislation for Musicians, it goes as follows – Dear Colleagues Do performers deserve copyright on a par with other creators? We think so. So does the European Commission. So does the French government. So Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 12 years5 years ago
Social networking

More on the social networking, and a crescendo…

Well, ive been ranting on about social networking this and that recently, and ive almost cracked it. almost. there are a couple of problems with all these social networking things – the first is that you sign up to 50 of them. the second is that you have to put Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 12 years5 years ago
Social networking

Syncing all my contacts

This post is about Syncing all my contacts. Ok, so I have a lot of contacts, they are all in different places. all I really want is to have one list of names, email addresses and phone numbers.I want this list in my phone and on all the services that Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 13 years5 years ago
Albums

My new album is on itunes !!!

I got the confirmation email last week, and ive just checked the itunes store, and my new album is up !! the physical cd is available through cdbaby.com aswell =) so ive added a new slot to the sidebar and put in both of the cds with links to biy Read more…

By Jonathan Mitchell, 13 years8 years ago

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