Our new house came with decking, but it was in need of a coat of paint. It lasted the inter fine, but was in need of some TLC. Just before lockdown I managed to get some grey paint (our shed is grey and white too, so it should match nicely) Read more…
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 Techniques I can find for remote operating system identification – there is a massive list of sources at the end. Read more…
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 of CTF challenges from vulnhub.com. These are my Kioptrix walkthrough guides / findings and observations for each of the first Read more…
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 basic http proxy to intercept traffic for analysis and playback, a web application security scanner, a tool to perform automated Read more…
Multiloquent 10 0 0 Changelog f5ed825 – post format 268d5ef – removing old hings e59727b – cleanup dd08d38 – version bump adb1fa7 – syntax error fix 68555e5 – fixes 089c9f0 – remove api key 90426b8 – updating readme 7195e1b – version bump c7dc318 – fix for images, version bunp dbc9b9a Read more…
Altcoins exploded in 2015. Minergate is a nice little site that offers various GUI clients for cpu and gpu mining. This is a short little post about mining altcoins in centos with minergate using the CLI client. Currently on minergate you can mine: Aeon [AEON] (aeon.cash) Bytecoin [BCN] (bytecoin.org) Bitcoin Read more…
I ordered a Pibow Ninja Coupe a few days ago, and got it delivered to work this morning. This post is full of photos, unboxing the case and assembling the case with the raspberry pi inside it! The case arrived at work this morning At home, waiting to be opened Read more…
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 you can also add block lists so that your entire network doesnt get adverts :D eg you can serve a Read more…
Changelog 90f2b7e – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes 5f251e3 – mods to css to provide a bigger target on menu for mobile device clicks 0cc6afe – Updated ruleset for phpcs 5219872 – WordPress coding standards have changed 7dcb6e6 – Yoda conditions use, you must not. comparing, assigning instead Read more…
Characteristics of SOA services Granularity Size / Scope of service Encapsulation Separation of interface form implementation Modularity Business processes can be decomposed into services which can be decomposed into smaller services Loose-Coupling Minimise dependancies to increase flexibilities Isolation of Responsibilities Similar functionality / information should be grouped into services Autonomy Read more…
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 – Documentation 75fb109 – Documentation 4bb1676 – Documentation 7623c10 – comments ab69833 – documentation b93798f – Some documentation cc0a96f – Read more…
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 to your site. There is some information at iniqua labs, but its a little difficult to get to grips with. Read more…
Changelog ddc5425 – version bump for wordpress and changes to readme file 7e93cd1 – tag / excerpt renderer 3159eea – refactoring 2b4dfb0 – test 99833a3 – test 073aa11 – test 9277238 – test 51449f6 – test d3ff35e – test 8aa9d7a – test 3d8eb42 – excerpt code e13196f – refactor 496d876 Read more…
Multiloquent 7 Changelog 3412cf9 – updating readme f0905c2 – updating readme files f498de6 – version bump [major release] updating readme files eae969b – search form css fix 7602671 – search label 3dbab3c – search form mods 764ca66 – markup for label button dacb048 – nicer label and button 2d524fd – Read more…
Changelog development aff5dd1 – typo fix development 2335783 – get_header_image instead of get_custom_header development 849b69c – custom header suport changing readme development e314785 – using custom-header for the default post image (unless a specific featured image is set against that post – allows users to upload their own image) development Read more…
Multiloquent 6 3 7 Changelog development 6e0d9f5 – updates to post templates development 2064899 – version bump for wordpress development e492fc8 – removing margins development cd612d9 – h1 tag with centered background image development e56a506 – better h1 tag with image background development 3db9dea – h1 tag in white development Read more…
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 excellence twice – in my PGDIP year, and in my MSc year. I am also a professional member of the Read more…
Changelog development 1e003fc – better images in the paralax slider development 02964a8 – better way to do images development 7a08d14 – better way to do the images behind the sliders development 2e8c2f3 – better way to do the images – as css backgrounds development a2983df – effect for images development Read more…
Changelog development c59c382 – code formatting development 9b51dc2 – version bump for wordpress submit development 15b3e3b – change for text inside the wee side-links development 662767b – test development 9dcebd0 – removing everything except the header bar and side menu development 4f4ab2c – adding the wp_footer directly to the template Read more…
Oracle logical structures Oracle logical structures can be summarised by the following: Schema. Tablespace. Datablock. Redo log. Schema collection of objects (table, view, etc) owned by db user name is the same as db user mixed up (user is often used interchangeably with schema) access – user has access to Read more…
Multiloquent 6 3 1 changelog development 4f1d71d – lowercase true and false development c35fd69 – minor css fix and version bump to submit to wordpress development 8f84831 – version bump for wordpress site development 2f987cf – fix for featured posts css development a8a711f – style changes for ipad versions of Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 01 Changelog development c33c95d – fix for mce content body development 8a1cbaf – fix for background colour inside tinymce development 864c9c8 – code cleanup development 37cc370 – aligning things development d8c91b7 – alinging things development dca23c7 – aligning elements development d112d09 – code tidy development afc6101 – Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 0 changelog development 646e320 – fix for readme file adding multiloquent url at jonathansblog.co.uk development 90f0277 – revert – its easier to read development 708ca0f – fix development afdad58 – small fix for readme development 0a54442 – version bump and changes to the readme development 5f08e9b – Read more…
How to change the number of icons in launchpad – this is a great tip: change the number of icons in launchpad! if you use launchpad a lot (I don’t, because the icons are too big) then you can change the number of icons that are shown at any one Read more…
RCA-77 This microphone was commercialized in late 1933 as the RCA 77A Unidirectional Microphone. The microphone was an instant success. The RCA 77A was followed by the RCA 77B, 77C, 77D and finally the 77DX. The 77A was a huge mike which had a rounded top and a flat bottom. Read more…
There are lots and lots of stories about the ubuntu phones. at least for me they could be an iphone killer. there is an excellent article here that explains a bit more. I love the idea of having a phone powerful enough to be an actual pc. for me it Read more…
This will show you how to increase the resolution of your netbook or any other X window system screen beyond the maximum capability of its screen. I have an hp mini 210 netbook. it has 1024×600 resolution. i found a nice hack that allows me to get scaled 1600×1200 and Read more…
iPad side switch screen rotating lock. One of the things that I find frustrating when reading on my iPad is the screen orientation reacting to the orientation of the iPad. When you rotate your iPad the screen tries to change to keep the screen content vertical. It can be frustrating Read more…
This one is good if you use the finder ‘column view’ if you find the file names always being truncated then you can resize column view width. you can do it a few different ways 1 ) drag the || icon at the bottom of the column 2 ) right Read more…
Ive made some small improvements to the site – mostly to the layout of articles – ive moved the (mostly redundant) images to below the excerpts and the actual content of the posts – I did this for two reasons – one is that it keeps most of the content Read more…
Im just doing some tidying up on my site – I have the iphone / ipod touch support (which breaks compatibility with safari – ill need to fix that) and im making it work with my caching stuff. I am also changing the way my photos are displayed from flickr Read more…
changed social networking icons on individual story pages wrapped a div round the lead story boxes and gave it a min-height to make it play nice wrapped a div round the bottom stories and gave it a min-height to make it play nice changed the icons for the sidebar ‘more Read more…
So, as you can probably see I have a new timeline. it is setup to get the rss feed from this site, as well as the feeds from my twitter, youtube flickr and last.fm accounts, and put them all on the timeline, kinda like plurk does. its a bit large, Read more…
My dad got a new digital camera for christmas, so I borrowed it to have a mess around with it – its pretty decent, here are some of the photo’s I took with it plectrum, keys and stylophone in the background.. my old minidisc player, keys and stylophone stylophone and Read more…