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Exporting Active Directory Users Into CSV

It took far too long to find this very very useful command online so I thought I’d repost to help others find it.

LinuxTech solutions

Cheat Sheet: How to run sequential linux commands

Run sequential linux commands and more cheat sheet:

LinuxTech solutionsUbuntu

Solution: libpam-radius-auth: Sends out 127.0.0.1 as NAS-IP-Address

Symptom When authentication linux to radius using libpam-radius-auth: Sends out 127.

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Remove comments and empty lines with grep

Remove comments and empty lines with grep grep -v -e ^# -e ^$ filename

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OnePlus X vs. OnePlus One vs OnePlus 2 Specification Comparision

For full Google Sheet version go here OnePlus X vs.

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Exporting your Google Stars to CSV or KML

I’m part of the Google Local Guides and a question came up amongst our cohort about being able to export your Stars from Google maps into something useful you can then import elsewhere.

Lifehacks

How I Coloured My Life with Live Music

Some years ago now I used to live in suburbia and work in the city, 1.

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Powershell Script to Check if a Website is Up and if Not Restart a service

The below PowerShell script check the website is responding AND doesn’t returns a certain string, if either test is failed then a Windows service is restarted, forcefully if necessary after a grace period.

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Solution: Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Pressure Sensitivity in Photoshop

So in order to use pressure sensitivity in Photoshop you MUST have Use Windows Ink enabled.

PersonalTech solutions

Microsoft Disable IPv6 or Modify it’s behaviours

Handy little collection of patch files and advice on tweaking ipv6 configuration

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Google+ For the Win!

Last month Google+ introduced Collections https://plus.google.com/collections/welcome A devilishly simple way to group your posts by topic.

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Weekend Project: Battery Powered Sonos Play:1

Following this video guide and the step up booster converter from ebay below I’m going to make a Sonos Play:1 battery powered so I can enjoy some lovely music on the balcony over the summer.

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HTTP/2 Explained

Explaining the methodologies implemented within HTTP/2, this is a must read for IT staff O’Reilly Book Chapter 12 HTTP/2

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Turning the Human Firewall On – The Analogies Project

Interesting course as part of Infosec 2015. http://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en/education/training/Analogies-Project/

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Google Sheets Alternate Row Colour

You can use conditional formatting and either, or both of these Custom Formulas to colour alternate rows:

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Cisco How To Find A MAC Address By IP

From a switch that the device is plugged directly into (otherwise you’ll get the MAC of the next hop) first ping the IP address to ensure it’s in your ARP cache, then view the ARP cache, like so

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Bash How To Find and Delete Empty Directories

Useful bash snippet to find empty directories find <em>ROOTDIRECTORY</em> -depth -empty -type d

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Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology

http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology

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International Pillow Fight Day 2014 Photography eBook

So, technically I’m now a published author, albeit self published.