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[Personal Tech Solutions]

Microsoft Disable IPv6 or Modify it’s behaviours

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

[internet Personal Technology]

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.

[How To Music Tech Solutions Tips Video Weekend Project]

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.

[Technology Technology Web Web Design websites]

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

[Security Technology]

Turning the Human Firewall On – The Analogies Project

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

[Productivity Tech Solutions Tips]

Google Sheets Alternate Row Colour

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

[Cisco How To Personal Tech Solutions Technology Technology]

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

[Linux Tech Solutions Tips Ubuntu]

Bash How To Find and Delete Empty Directories

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

[Personal]

Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology

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

[eBooks Personal Photography]

International Pillow Fight Day 2014 Photography eBook

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

[Personal]

The difference answering a question that needs answering can make

At the end of November I posted a solution to an error with logging in to Spotify clearly it was an answer a lot of people needed answered as my hits for this site have leaped massively.

[Apple Mac Tech Solutions Technology Tips]

[Solved] Mac Right Click Print Selected Files

As someone who works in IT I don’t find the need to print very much nowadays, mostly just for some procedural things at work.

[Microsoft Tech Solutions Tips Windows Windows 7]

Reinstalling TCP/IP Network Stack Windows 7

Taken from [https://pandapow.co/how-to/win-reset-adapter/] – These instructions were used by a colleague recently when his network stack was b0rK3n.

[Personal]

Apologies for site outage

Mikedixson.com was migrated to a new server by my web host, who normally I’d sing the praises off.

[Music Tech Solutions Technology Tips]

SOLVED: Spotify desktop client communication failed

If you receive the message Spotify desktop client communication failed when trying to Login with Facebook to the Spotify app here’s why and how to fix it.

[Web Web Design websites]

WordPress Wrapping Long Links In CSS

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/line-break-break-long-links-word-wrap * { word-wrap: break-word; }

[Art]

Colossal: DIY Geometric Masks by Steve Wintercroft

Colossal: DIY Geometric Masks by Steve Wintercroft. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw9-rQ2Bo

[Linux Tech Solutions Ubuntu]

[FIXED] Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.052-1ubuntu3_all.deb

Problem: vim install fails during dist-upgrade and running sudo apt-get -f install gives the error below syslog:/var/syslog-ng/wcs$ sudo apt-get -f install<br /> Reading package lists.

[Linux Tech Solutions Ubuntu]

Cleaning Up Linux Headers

Make sure you’ve rebooted BEFORE running any of these commands so that you are actively using the latest kernel.

[How To Linux Security Tech Solutions]

Configuring Radius Authentication on Linux

Install libpam-radius-auth sudo apt-get install libpam-radius-auth Configure libpam-radius-auth with your radius servers and secrets

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Microsoft Disable IPv6 or Modify it’s behaviours

Google+ For the Win!

Weekend Project: Battery Powered Sonos Play:1

HTTP/2 Explained

Turning the Human Firewall On – The Analogies Project

Google Sheets Alternate Row Colour

Cisco How To Find A MAC Address By IP

Bash How To Find and Delete Empty Directories

Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology

International Pillow Fight Day 2014 Photography eBook

The difference answering a question that needs answering can make

[Solved] Mac Right Click Print Selected Files

Reinstalling TCP/IP Network Stack Windows 7

Apologies for site outage

SOLVED: Spotify desktop client communication failed

WordPress Wrapping Long Links In CSS

Colossal: DIY Geometric Masks by Steve Wintercroft

[FIXED] Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.052-1ubuntu3_all.deb

Cleaning Up Linux Headers

Configuring Radius Authentication on Linux

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