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…
Security – Tackling the hard problems
This is a quick chat from David Irvine, CEO of MadeSafe The world forces us to change. Private and public info is everywhere now. It was fine, till the companies…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Mining monero in osx using xmring
There are a couple of things you need for mining monero in osx using xmring: 1) A monero wallet (get one from mymonero.com) 2) Homebrew (brew.sh) mining monero in osx…
How to turn off mail for every domain in plesk
Here is a little script that will turn off mail for every domain in plesk! I use it as part of an automated domain creation script to be doubly sure…
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…
Xml sitemap to html – simple bash script
I have made a simple bash script to convert your xml sitemap to html anchor tags e.g. For importing into Firefox or chrome bookmarks (or for any other use you…
How to enable iCloud keychain on iPhone and ipad
ICloud keychain is an excellent feature in osx mavericks and ios7.To enable iCloud keychain on iPhone and ipad: class="alert alert-success">If you have iOS < 7.0.3 Install iOS 7.0.3 [preferences >…
Ios7 fix iMessage not sending to your cell number
I had an issue with people trying to send iMessages to my phone number. for some reason ios7 had set iMessages to only send to my email address and not…
How to show the time an sms text message was sent on iPhone
Its not easy to show the time an sms text message was sent from your device, or sent from someone else to you. In ios7 and above its a little easier to get the…
How to encrypt your mac harddrive with filevault
Enabling encryption on your macs harddrive is easy. goto system preferences > security and privacy > filevault click the padlock in the bottom left hand corner type your password click…
How to enter a carriage return on an iPhone (new line)
This post will show you how to enter a carriage return on an iPhone. Usually with an iPhone the return key will submit the current action. eg if you are…
Quickly view and edit drafts in iphone / ipad mail.app
This is an excellent tip I saw in one of my rss feeds over the christmas break: quickly view and edit drafts in iphone / ipad mail.app open the mail…
Find new music with recommendations based on your itunes library
Beathound.com is a cool service that will send you recommendations on what music is missing from your collection. it analyses your itunes xml file and emails you recommendations based on…
Send email / imessage / facetime directly from addressbook contacts
In osx mountain lion you can send imessage messages (or google chat / facebook chat if thats setup in your messages app) directly from the addressbook / contacts app open…
How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx
How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx Once you have setup your mac and iOS device to use the same method to send and receive iMessages then…
How to send audio from mac to airplay speakers
This is an excellent feature of mountain lion. you can send your audio output to airplay enabled devices (apple tv or airplay speakers) to send the audio to an airplay…
How I fixed my mountain lion battery issues on a macbook air 2012
I upgraded from lion to mountain lion on my Macbook air 2012. This is how I fixed my mountain lion battery issues on a 2012 macbook air. As soon as…
How to show contacts list in messages app osx imessage
Imessage does not show contacts list in messages. By default when you open the imessages application it shows the sent / received window. This is ok if you are only…
Sending a tweet from safari in iOS
This short post is about sending a tweet from safari in iOS. on the page you want to tweet about, click the share icon at the bottom then click tweet…
Change order of apps in iphone or ipad notification center
This will show you how to change order of apps in iphone or ipad notification center for groups of apps in your ipad or iphone notification center. It helps when…
Change default email account address in iphone and ipad
In ios5 and above you can change the default email account - allowing you to send emails from a specified account. To do this goto: settings > mail, calendars and…
How to change the from address in iphone mail.app
This will show you how to change the from: address when you send an email in iphone mail.app compose a new mail click on the address in the from: field…
Icloud automatically send purchased itunes content to your iphone and ipad
This will show you how to download content purchased in tunes automatically in your iphone and ipad [and in itunes on your computer too] the new icloud features look cool.…
Cool useful linux and osx commandline tools
This post will show you a few of the cool useful linux and osx commandline tools that I use every day. They are mostly available for osx, but some require…
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…
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…
Using wordpress and hellotxt.com to update social networks
Automatic facebook twitter myspace linkedin and other status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic…
Is myspace still dead? and does it matter?
Myspace has been dead for a long time. for everyone except bands. whenever you go to a local gig, or see a flyer for a local gig you will see…
Using wordpress and twitterfeed to update social networks
Automatic facebook and twitter status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic status updates to…
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…
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…
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…
What the digital economy bill means for you as a copyright holder #debill
What the digital economy bill means for you as a copyright holder. I am a holder of copyright. I do sell music online. this new digital economy bill ( #debill…
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…
Using wordpress and ping.fm to update social networks
Update: ping.fm is pretty much dead. use the twitterfeed method here instead automatic facebook twitter myspace linkedin and other status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This…