Google Assistant WiFi LED lights
I ordered a set of cheap WiFi enabled LED light strips from Amazon. They are perfect - they stick to the back of the TV (or anything really) and the…
Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 7
By now in out Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API journey, we have a basic vuejs app which can fetch data from a Wordpress API using axios and…
Online Experimentation
talk by split experimentleaks.com use data to drive the decisions. A/B testing, multivariant - controlled experiments reduce external influences. it can allow us to distinguish from noise and real signal.…
image courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaancolen/20607701226
OS Detection Techniques
Os Detection Techniques and OS fingerprinting Os Detection Techniques - Background information This is a list of Os Detection Techniques, with explanations for all the active and passive Os Detection…
amazon prime video chromecast
How to cast amazon prime video to google chromecast
How to cast amazon prime video to google chromecast. Finally. The battle between Amazon and Google over which devices cast which services seems to be over. With the latest releases…
Adding cordova to an existing vue app
It turns out that adding cordova to an existing vue app is pretty easy. If only I'd known this before trying at least 10 different ways: First, make sure your…
Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide
I have decided to start studying towards a CISSP and / or an OSCP, as part of that I saw an excellent blog post recommending to go through a lot…
Website crawler software kali linux
Spidering a web application using website crawler software in kali linux There are lots of tools to spider a web application (an companies which are based on this tech, eg…
Stargazing
"A Coronal Mass Ejection has happened and the effects of that are expected to arrive later tomorrow evening" /me downloads skyview augmented reality star map and aurorawatch UK. Now looking…
image courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaancolen/20607701226
WordPress Security
This is a WordPress Security mega-post containing a lot of best-practice information on securing, hardening, updating and maintaining a Wordpress site.Used by more than 60 million websites, including 30% of…
Google Home Coffee Machine
We recently got a 'smarter coffee' coffee machine - it has wifi, an app, and also an ifttt integration. We also have a google home in the office - that…
How to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities
Continuing on from my original metasploit beginners tutorial, here is a slightly more advanced Metasploit tutorial on how to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities. The outcome of this tutorial…
Coding in php on android
It turns out that coding in php on android is possible (even if its not as good as on a mac, linux or even windows). In this blog post I'll…
Migrate music from itunes to google play
Migrate music from itunes to google play. 1) goto play.google.com/music 2) sign up (the free service is fine, when it asks for a payment, you can select 'google play balance')…
Google home and chromecast
After playing with my google home mini for a few days I decided I needed a chromecast (I have appletv, roku boxes, and an old android tv box, but none…
Google home mini
We just got some awesome prizes sent from google (we are a google partner and made enough points being awesome for our clients to get some google home minis) Stay…
Making a new wordpress theme from scratch
Making a WordPress Theme. From Scratch. Research + Information Architecture Introduction Making a new WordPress theme from scratch can seem daunting, but it's pretty easy if you know the steps.…
Conversation Design for Google Assistant
Conversation Design for Google Assistant with Kimberly Harvey, Voice Interface Design, Google This is an excellent presentation about designing the interface to your system for use with google assistantThere are…
Public DNS services
I joined a few older posts together (and redirected those old posts here) to create a single place for my public dns services list and instructions. Short list of IP…
Burpsuite beginners tutorial – how to use burp suite
This is a burp suite beginners tutorial. Burpsuite is a collection of tools, written in Java used to perform various network security related tasks. Burpsuite can be used as a…
Google Partners Mobile Sites Certification
Google recently announced the google partners mobile sites certification program. The Mobile Sites certification is a professional accreditation that Google offers to individuals who demonstrate proficiency in basic and advanced…
Linux commands for networking with command line
This post has a collection of Linux commands for networking. There are basic linux network commands, advanced linux network commands and some centos network configuration commands, but I've tried to…
Keyword research tools
Keyword research for organic SEO used to be easy. You didn't need any keyword research tools. Put up some content, let google index the content and watch in analytics as…
Iptables on centos7
This post will show you how to use iptables on centos7. Centos7 has moved its firewall service to firewalld, away from iptables, but if you have been running centos for…
Kali linux keyboard freeze fix
This post contains the kali linux keyboard freeze fix. Kali 2.0 is out, and I've installed it on my work pc; one thing I noticed was that the usb keyboard…
Using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server to block online adverts
This post will show you how to setup dnsmasq in order to serve dns requests for (multiple) internal domains - using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server. Using this setup…
Multiloquent 9 0 0 changelog
Multiloquent 9 0 0 Changelog 3015a81 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent a79d3a3 - Update to version number as this removes backward compatibility with the old amelia theme df0d6df -…
Multiloquent 8 0 0 changelog
multiloquent 8 0 0 changelog c41bf6f - update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes c070b3e - Documentation e64a96c - update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes 94772c5 - Docs df12467…
Plecost tutorial
This is a basic plecost tutorial. Plecost is a commandline utility that will scan your wordpress host and identify lots of information leaks that could potentially help crackers breaking in…
Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS
Jonathan Mitchell Portfolio About Me I have a BSc in Electronic Engineering, and an MSc in Advanced Computer Systems Development with Distinction. I was awarded the University Court Medal for…
Google Analytics Author Stats
Not sure how I missed this one, but there is now a google 'Author Stats' section in google webmastertools: goto google webmastertools > labs > author stats you will now…
Multiloquent theme now available to the public :)
I have released multiloquent - the theme I use for jonathansblog to the public: you can get it here: http://wordpress.org/themes/multiloquent I have a github if you want a cutting-edge version…
How to do a link audit on your competitors for fun and profit
First: why should you link audit competitors? Second: who are your competitors and how to find them. Third: doing the link audit. Fourth: use the link audit to build links…
WordPress and buffer for automatic google plus posts
Wordpress and buffer for automatic google plus posts This is a short post about setting up Wordpress and buffer for automatic google plus posts. Buffer is an excellent service that…
How to submit your site to google using a sitemap
If you have a website, then you most probably want google to index your sites content. the easiest way to do this is to submit a sitemap to google, using…
How to make reeder faster at loading new posts
As you probably know, I use reeder on my iphone (and on my mac) to fetch all my rss feeds that I recently moved to feedly from google reeder. the…
Reeder iphone app now supports feedly
reader - the awesome iphone rss reading app has now updated with support for feedly! google reader is now dead, so I moved to feedly. there was a one click…
Icloud file browser plain cloud
This is a cool app. plain cloud lets you manage the files you have stored in icloud from your mac. it shows a list of all the apps that have…
Importing google reader starred items into pocket
Importing google reader starred items into pocket. As you all know google reader is being killed very soon. there are lots of google reader alternatives. I use reeder on my…