Category Archives: Computing

Windows XP fix firewall that cannot be displayed

Posted on August 10, 2014 by JB

Error message: “Windows firewall settings can not be displayed because the associated service is not running. Do you want to start windows firewall/internet connection sharing service?” Issues with a corrupted firewall can sometimes be fixed by rebuilding the Windows Management … Continue reading →

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Pi – Convert Raw H264 Video Data To MP4

Posted on July 30, 2014 by JB

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y gpac MP4Box -fps 30 -add myvid.h264 myvid.mp4

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Raspberry Pi – Install FTP

Posted on July 23, 2014 by JB

Install FTP client: sudo apt-get install ftp

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Set time zone Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 18, 2014 by JB

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

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Unbrick Netgear Router

Posted on June 24, 2014 by JB

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18989/kw/wndr4500%20corrupted%20firmware%20recovery%20tool%20lost%20cd

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HTTP Compression

Posted on June 2, 2014 by JB

Test if a site has compression enabled: http://www.whatsmyip.org/http-compression-test/ Enable compression by adding the following line to .htaccess: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/plain text/xml application/x-javascript  

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Responsive Notes

Posted on April 10, 2014 by JB

Twitter Bootstrap – responsive framework.

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Mobile web dev

Posted on March 11, 2014 by JB

Viewports: CSS: Place before any media queries. @viewport { width: 480px; zoom: 1; } Meta tag (better support): <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=320″> <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width”> <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=320,initial-scale=1″> // Set zoom to full size <meta name=”viewport” content=”initial-scale=1″>

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Batteries

Posted on March 11, 2014 by JB

Lithium-ion: – Avoid complete discharge – Store/re-charge at 50%

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FTP Notes

Posted on March 1, 2014 by JB

Proftpd connections: ftptop – show current connections in realtime in a ‘top’ like format ftpwho – list current connections Restart Proftpd (Parallels Plesk/Cent OS): /etc/init.d/xinetd restart Active vs Passive FTP: A good article on this subject can be found here. MS-DOS … Continue reading →

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