We’ve shown you how to trigger WOL remotely by “Port Knocking” on your router. In this article, we will show how to use it to protect a VPN service. Image by Aviad Raviv & bfick. Preface If you’ve used DD-WRT’s built in functionality for VPN or, have another VPN server in your network, you might appreciate the ability to protect it from brute force attacks by hiding it behind a knock sequence....
Making and answering calls on your iPad is a little-known feature that can be pretty amazing in use, and all you need is to have your tablet and your iPhone near one another. Thanks to the magic of Apple’s Continuity features, handling calls on an iPad is one of those features that you might forget exists, but can be handy if you already have your tablet in front of you....
If you’re getting tired of looking at the same cluttered Mac desktop, it might be time to tidy things up a bit. The good news is that macOS provides several customization options to help you organize your Mac desktop icons. Organize Using Stacks If your Mac desktop looks anything like this, well, the first thing you should do is to enable the Stacks feature first introduced in macOS Mojave....
Last week we talked about how to buy and start a simple website using WordPress. Today, we’ll start customizing our WordPress site and get you off on the right foot to having a great quality, feature rich website. We’ll take a quick walk through the menus of WordPress and help to make it easier on a first time user, as well as showing you how to start your new site off with a theme and an easily updatable, customized navigation....
Kubernetes StatefulSets are used to deploy stateful applications inside your cluster. Each Pod in the StatefulSet can access local persistent volumes that stick to it even after it’s rescheduled. This allows Pods to maintain individual state that’s separate from their neighbors in the set. Unfortunately these volumes come with a big limitation: Kubernetes doesn’t provide a way to resize them from the StatefulSet object. The spec.resources.requests.storage property of the StatefulSet’s volumeClaimTemplates field is immutable, preventing you from applying any capacity increases you require....
The hardest part of compiling software on Linux is locating its dependencies and installing them. Ubuntu has apt commands that automatically detect, locate and install dependencies, doing the hard work for you. We recently covered the basics of compiling software from source on Ubuntu, so check out our original article if you’re just getting started. Auto-Apt Auto-apt watches and waits when you run the ./configure command through it. When ....
Have you ever wanted to search the site you’re viewing, but the built-in search box is either hard to find, or doesn’t work very well? Here’s how to add a special keyword bookmark that searches the site you’re viewing using Google’s site: search operator. This technique should work in either Google Chrome or Firefox—in Firefox you’ll want to create a regular bookmark and add the script into the keyword field, and for Google Chrome just follow the steps we’ve provided below....
We have already shown you the steps needed to transfer all your information to a new PS3, but for those of you who would like to see the whole process from start to finish we put together this video. If you need any clarification on the steps involved don’t forget to check out the original post with more details. How to Transfer All Your Information to a New PS3
“We should be able to access the same story beats and narrative components. Otherwise, we’re only getting half the picture and not getting the full experience. Including sign language is about enabling more deaf and hard-of-hearing people to have ownership over their gaming experience,” said Cameron Akitt, a consultant with Playground Games for sign language implementation. Microsoft described the undertaking of adding both ASL and BLS in a blog post....
Does this sound familiar? You start to watch a video on YouTube, and want to pause it. So you press the spacebar on your keyboard, but rather than pause the video, you randomly jump down the page instead. If you’re like me, then you probably find this thoroughly aggravating. As it turns out, YouTube has its own keyboard shortcuts that solve this problem–albeit a little messily. But let’s start by talking about that annoying spacebar....
It’s near the end of 2010, and we’ve put together a list of the 20 best “Explainer” articles of the year—where we answer a question and teach you a little more about the topic. Enjoy! Image by sfxeric Why Do So Many Geeks Hate Internet Explorer? It’s common knowledge that almost every single geek hates Internet Explorer with a passion, but have you ever wondered why? Let’s take a fair look at the history and where it all began… for posterity, if nothing else....
At Unpluggd they’ve rounded up 10 high-impact movie scenes that will dazzle viewers with stunning visuals and rich sound. For each of their 10 picks they’ve included the disc chapter and the minute marker so you can jump right to the scene–they also offer other notable scenes from the movies so you can get more from each disc before moving onto the next demo. Here’s a sample pick from their roundup:...
What It Means AFK stands for “away from keyboard.” It indicates that someone has left their computer or device and temporarily won’t be able to respond to messages. It can also indicate someone has gone offline entirely. Usually, though, when someone types ‘AFK,” they’re implying they’ll be back shortly. Some everyday situations in which you would use AFK include when you’re taking a restroom or scheduled break, or when answering the door....
Docker BuildKit is an opt-in image building engine which offers substantial improvements over the traditional process. BuildKit creates images layers in parallel, accelerating the overall build process. What is BuildKit? BuildKit was developed as part of the Moby project, a Docker effort to “assemble specialized container systems without reinventing the wheel.” It was announced in 2017 and began shipping with Docker Engine in 2018’s version 18.09. BuildKit focuses on improving build performance, storage management, and extensibility....
Laravel is a web framework for making custom applications. It runs on PHP, and is entirely free and open source. We’ll discuss what makes this framework a good choice, and why you might want to base your app on it. What Is Laravel Used for? Laravel is primarily used for building custom web apps using PHP. It’s a web framework that handles many things that are annoying to build yourself, such as routing, templating HTML, and authentication....
Earlier this week we asked you to share the ways you’ve enhanced your home router. We’ve rounded up the responses here; read on to see how your fellow readers supercharge their home routers. Custom firmware rules the roost when it comes to tweaking your router. The majority of responding readers highlighted the custom firmware on their routers and the benefits in provided. Kevin, for example, runs his entire extended Wi-Fi network using DD-WRT:...
Mastering the keyboard will not only increase your navigation speed but it can also help with wrist fatigue. Here are some lesser known Windows shortcuts to help you become a keyboard ninja. Image by Remko van Dokkum Global Windows Shortcuts Win+1, 2, 3, 4, etc. will launch each program in your taskbar. It is helpful then to keep your most used programs at the beginning of your task bar so you can open them one right after another....
Windows 8 comes with a new Live Tile feature that allows applications to send you information through their tile on the Start Screen. Carry on reading to find how you can individually turn off Live Tiles. Turning Off a Live Tile in Windows 8 Make sure you are on the Start Screen, if not, press the Windows key to get there. Next we need to select the tile that we want to disable, to do this we right-click on it....
Once a week we dip into the tips box and pulls out some clever tips to share. This week we’re looking at how to instantly cool your hot car down, improve your Google search results with automatic synonyms, and extending your Android keyboard. Cool a Hot Car Down by Pumping the Door Open and Closed Play Video Mark writes in with this cool down technique: Search Google with Synonyms Steve writes in with a clever search trick:...
Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and, like many SP releases, quite a few people are hanging back to see what happens. If you want to update but still error on the side of caution, reader Ron Troy offers a step-by-step guide. Ron’s cautious approach does an excellent job minimizing the number of issues that could crop up in a Service Pack upgrade by doing a thorough job updating your driver sets and clearing out old junk before you roll out the update....
