The Crypto world has changed a lot in the last few years. One new and upcoming topic is NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens). In the last few weeks, we have seen a significant increase in the volume of NFT purchases. If you follow cryptocurrency you have probably heard about NFT’s in the news. I’d like to take a few minutes to share some …
I started my journey working from home about a year ago. Our company has been 100% remote for the last 4 years, and the team has built up a great process to be able to efficiently working from home. During this COVID-19 Pandemic, I have read a lot of really good Work From Home (WFH) articles. This quick post will be …
I just realized I have been using Opera as my main browser for over 3 years. Somehow in 2017, I decided that I should give Opera a try. If you are not familiar with Opera, it is a browser similar to chrome or firefox. In fact, Opera is built on chromium the underlying components of the chrome browser. Opera is by …
I have been extremely happy with my Xiaomi Amazfit Bip smartwatch. It has been over 2 years since I discovered and purchased this inexpensive smartwatch. The key item that caused me to purchase this watch was the 30-day battery. However, I have determined that what I love the most is the alarm. Because I wear the watch to sleep, the …
I recently received this message in my browser while opening a web page I designed for a friends company. I have received this message before while going to other sites, and just refreshed the browser and continued, not thinking anything of it. “There is an issue with your connection – We had an issue while attempting to notify you about your …
2020 Blog Refresh It is a new year and my blog needed some updates. Not just small updates but some real technology love. The theme was not complliant with the new version of WordPress, I had 4 plugins that were throwing exceptions (filling the log), 2 plugins that were no longer supported, the SSL for the site was no-longer working, …
Amazfit Bip Review (used in real life) Earlier this year I purchased a Xiaomi MiBand 2 for myself and my wife. I had been looking for a fitnesss watch and someone at work showed me their miBand. If you have never heard of this device you are not alone. Xiaomi is great smart phone maker out of China. They have also …
Replace Windows Media Center with Kodi I have finally replaced my windows media center system with Kodi. I have posted in the past about windows media center and how I use it for a DVR and Live TV. I finally had to say goodbye to that setup, it was time. Windows 8 kept prompting me to upgrade, the system kept having …
Configure IIS to use – X-Frame-Options I recently had a request to update a server to correct a few audit findings. One finding was related to “clickjacking” (More info from Wikipedia and OWASP) Clickjacking is a process where a malicious link is injected on the page that takes you to what you would think is a normal page but is hijacking …
Magento Images Broken after Upload I recently updated a few sites using Magento with the new security patch 7405 (note that link is for the patch info – not a download – more on that later). After the update any images uploaded or added resulted in a broken image link. I was able to troubleshoot and while looking on the server, …
Dynamic DNS for Custom Domains I have been using dynamic dns for many years. My preferred provider was always dyndns.org. In early 2014 Dyndns (or Dyn.com) stopped offering a free Dynamic Dns solution. You can read about their decision to stop providing this service (here). NOTE: I don’t disagree with their decision, at one point I even used Dyndns as a …
There have been a series of Security issues recently. The major systems that power the web Magento and WordPress have had critical vulnerabilities (wordpress) (magento). I won’t go into the details of both, but the important part is that you need to patch your systems. In particular Magento had 3 patches that need to be added to your system. One …
Secure Your Network for Kids I have 4 children and often have family over to our home. At any given time there are around 30 plus devices on our network. My wife and I have talked to our children about safe usage of the web but I am just as concerned of malicious websites and adware as I am of my …
I love technology and I love my family. However these two have collided and we have had some challenges. One of those challenges relates to cords; yes I mean power cords. Some years ago I purchased a few portable DVD players. These great little items allowed my children to watch movies while we traveled. My parents and family live more than …
I have posted in the past about all the great things you can do with DDWRT or with PFsense. After a few years with PFsense I have changed to iPfire. If you have not heard of iPfire I would suggest reading about this awesome firewall platform. The main focus of iPfire is for Security. This is my simple review of the two systems …