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- No matter what server-provider you are using I strongly recommend you have a hot spare ready on a different provider
- Telstra promised Fibre to the house (FTTP) when I had FTTN and this is what happened..
- Upgraded to Wordfence Premium to get real-time login defence, malware scanner and two-factor authentication for WordPress logins
- Setup a dedicated Debian subdomain (VM), Install MySQL 14 and connect to it from a WordPress on a different VM
- Why I will never buy a new Apple Laptop until they fix the hardware cooling issues.
- Set up Feature-Policy, Referrer-Policy and Content Security Policy headers in Nginx
- Setting up DNSSEC on a Namecheap domain hosted on UpCloud using CloudFlare
- Set up a whitelisted IP on an UpCloud VM and WordPress using a VPN to get a static IP address
- Creating your first Java FX app and using the Gluon Scene Builder in the IntelliJ IDEA IDE
- Adding two sub domains (one pointing to a new UpCloud VM and the other pointing to an NGINX subsite) on Ubuntu 18.04
- Upgrading an Ubuntu server on UpCloud to add more CPU, Memory and Disk Space
- How to use the UpCloud API to manage your UpCloud servers
- I moved my domain to UpCloud (on the other side of the world) from Vultr (Sydney) and could not be happier with the performance.
- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 4 of 4
- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 3 of 4
- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 2 of 4
- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 1 of 4
- How I upgraded from a standalone 1Password 6.x licence to 1Password (7+) cloud subscription on OSX
- Privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) information for WordPress bloggers.
- Setting strong SSL cryptographic protocols and ciphers on Ubuntu and NGINX
- How to install PHP 7.2.latest on Ubuntu 16.04
- Open a Windows 10 Boot Camp Installation on OSX in Parallels (like a VM)
- How to backup WordPress on a host that has CPanel
- How to free up disk space in OSX
- How to install Windows 10 Pro alongside an OSX partition with Apple Boot Camp
- Moving an Ubuntu 16.04 VM on Vultr from one data centre to another via snapshots
- Securing Google G Suite email by setting up SPF, DKIM and DMARC with Cloudflare
- Deploying nodejs apps in the background and monitoring them with PM2 from keymetrics.io
- Enabling TLS 1.3 SSL on a NGINX Website (Ubuntu 16.04 server) that is using Cloudflare
- Using Cloudflare DNS servers to speed up the internet and add privacy on OSX
- Write your first Java GUI app
- Why I am deleting my Facebook account
- How to purchase your own domain name and set up a web server from $5 a month
- Using the Qualys FreeScan Scanner to test your website for online vulnerabilities
- Using OWASP ZAP GUI to scan your Applications for security issues
- Backing up OSX or an Ubuntu server with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage from the Command Line
- Setting up a website to use Cloudflare on a VM hosted on Vultr and Namecheap
- Setting up the Debian Kali Linux distro to perform penetration testing of your systems
- Upgrading the RAM, CPU and Memory on a Vultr Ubuntu VM in the cloud
- Using Chrome 65 to measure website Performance, Progressive Web Apps, Basic Practices, Accessibility and SEO
- PHP implementation to check a password exposure level with Troy Hunt’s pwnedpasswords API
- How to setup PHP FPM on demand child workers in PHP 7.x to increase website traffic
- Using Fritzing to draw electronic schematics for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and ESP8266
- Using the free Adminer GUI for MySQL on your website
- How to upgrade a Digital Ocean Ubuntu VM and increase the vCPU or memory
- Connecting a 128×32 Blue OLED Display Module to a Raspberry Pi via IIC I2C
- How to start-up (flesh out) an app idea
- Useful Raspberry Pi Terminal Commands
- Restoring a Vultr VM from a snapshot
- Upgrade from ADSL2 to FTTN NBN (National Broadband Network) in Australia My Journey (Part 4)
- Upgrade from ADSL2 to FTTN NBN (National Broadband Network) in Australia My Journey (Part 2)
- Upgrade from ADSL2 to FTTN NBN (National Broadband Network) in Australia My Journey (Part 3)
- Upgrade from ADSL2 to FTTN NBN (National Broadband Network) in Australia My Journey
- OSX speed tested before applying Spectre and Meltdown patches in 10.13.2
- Add email alias to an existing GSuite email account
- Ubuntu 16.04: Spectre, Meltdown Security Vulnerabilities (and how to patch).
- Scanning WordPress with Gravity scan for free to detect Supply Chain Attacks and WordPress malware
- Using TG Pro to Manage Mac Book Pro Temps (and find your max working load)
- Self Managed Server – Frequent Manual Tasks
- Adding HTTPS to Apache on OSX High Sierra
- Adding a second domain to an existing GSuite account and creating an email address
- Useful OSX Terminal Commands
- The case of the overheating Mac Book Pro and Occam’s Razor
- How to upload and download files to a server with sftp (over the SSH protocol)
- Restoring lost files on a Windows FAT, FAT32, NTFS or Linux EXT, Linux XFS volume with iRecover from diydatarecovery.nl
- Speeding up WordPress with the ewww.io ExactDN CDN and Image Compression Plugin
- Building your first app on Heroku
- Connect to a remote server with ssh keys generated on OSX
- Using Platforma Web Wireframe Kit to build a website (prototype)
- Using Adobe XD and Platforma Web Wireframe Kit to prototype an iOS app
- Updating PHP 7.0 to 7.1 on an Ubuntu 16.04 Vultr VM
- Installing Android Studio 3 and creating your first Kotlin Android App
- Building faster web apps with google tools and exceed user expectations
- Security checklist for securing a self-managed Ubuntu server in the cloud
- PHP 7 code to send object oriented sanitised input data via bound parameters to a MYSQL database
- Infographic: So you have an idea for an app
- Quick guide to using Adobe XD CC to design a prototype iOS app.
- Debug an offline Vultr Ubuntu server
- Flaw in WPA2 protocol (KRACK) is a reminder of the limited life of all technology.
- Manage Social Media posts with Buffer
- Wordfence Security Plugin for WordPress
- Setting up additional server storage on cloud servers (block storage on Vultr)
- Create your first Hello World Electron app on OSX
- Setup an Ubuntu Desktop GUI on a Vultr VM Remotely
- Improving the speed of WordPress
- DIY Scheduling automatic tweets with WordPress links and hashtags
- How to setup a twitter feed API endpoint in NodeJS with NGINX, Ruby and T etc
- Setup Ruby, Rails, Gem and a command line twitter tool to query Twitter on Ubuntu 16.04 via a Twitter App
- How to use Sublime Text editor locally to edit code files on a remote server via SSH
- Run an Ubuntu VM system audit with Lynis
- Installing and managing WordPress with WP-CLI from the command line on Ubuntu
- How to optimize your sites Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and grow customers without paying for Ads
- Installing Redis 3.x onto Ubuntu 16.04
- How to setup and secure MongoDB on Ubuntu 16.04 and verify with Studio 3T
- How to be alerted after system boot on Ubuntu 16.04 with an email via Gmail
- Atlaz.io BETA Project Management Tool For Cross-Functional Teams the Trello and Atlassian JIRA Killer?
- Setting up Google Analytics on your website
- How to backup an Ubuntu VM in the cloud via crontab entries that trigger Bash Scripts, SSH, rsync and email backup alerts
- How to send email via G Suite from Ubuntu in the cloud
- Deploying WordPress to a Vultr VM via command line
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