I’ve been using Ubuntu as my primary operating system for a couple of years now, but choose to support the default Unity shell which has recently been announced to be ending. This guide documents the simple steps I’ve taken to install GNOME without reinstalling Ubuntu. To install GNOME itself: sudo apt install gnome gnome-shell During […]
My job title is a magnet for spam, and the predictable format of email addresses across companies means I have to work my way through a load of targeted spam everyday. Spam filters do a great job, but targeted spam is difficult to identify, as it’s sent person to person, it’s just unwanted direct e-mail. […]
Summary I hate poncy cooking! This recipe is simple, healthy, and delivers an addictive tasty soup with minimal effort, and no fancy ingredients. Please leave a comment if you enjoyed this (or not). This is the first time I’ve posted a recipe, so am keen to know whether to do more simple recipes! Ingredients 650g […]
This is a quick post to hopefully help others suffering with this issue. I setup DDNS (Dynamic DNS) on my Zyxel router, connected to a no-ip.com hostname that I had setup. No matter what I did with the configuration, I couldn’t get it to work. In the end, I setup what I thought was right […]
Are you stuck in an infinite reboot loop with Startup Repair? I recently suffered this following a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) after initiating xbootmgr. This article aims to use my experience to offer a fix. The Issue You are unable to access Windows. Every reboot results in a “Windows Error Recovery” boot menu offering […]
There are many out there hacking into WordPress sites and defacing them. This post seeks to help anyone who’s got the “HACKED+BY+CELLATREIS” or similar message. This one is simply encoded text in the wp_options table of the database. To check this is the cause: 1. Goto the wp-options tables in your WordPress database 2. Find […]
When your car key battery starts to fail, your garage will be happy to offer to replace the battery for a fee. Mine quoted me £25 (circa $30) for this insanely simple task… crazy! I thought I’d do a quick guide for others who may be cautious of just diving in with a screwdriver! I’ve […]
Car washes like the popular ARC / IMO drive-throughs are a quick and easy way to stay on-top of cleaning your car. Whilst the results don’t match up to a decent hand car wash, I thought I’d take a video of the car wash experience to help inform those that are nervous of using them. […]
Over the last few years, I’ve stopped being so hard on my shoes though my brother is apparently 10 times worse than me at this. Having discussed this recently with him, I thought I’d write a quick post for others who find themselves buying new shoes regularly, and constantly frustrated by the seemingly short life […]
Having just spent a frustrating hour trying to trace the reason why my websites were no longer displaying Google Adsense ads, I thought I’d share in-case others have the same issue. The issue I had was that ads weren’t displaying at all, or so I thought. The odd thing was that my revenue suggested some […]