Overview
In this article we’ll look at how to configure your Synology NAS to backup your data to the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Shane Bartholomeusz
Geek and lover of all things tech related
Category: Miscellaneous (page 3 of 4)
Problem
I’ve been using a Samsung Fast Charge wireless charger with my Samsung Galaxy S8 for a while now, and really love the convenience of it.
After using the wireless charger for several months, all of a sudden, one day it stopped working …
I put my phone down on the wireless charger and it would start charging for a few seconds and then stop with the message “paused” on the screen. This cycle would repeat endlessly and the phone would never charge.
Some Background …
All modern spinning hard disks and SSD drives contain S.M.A.R.T technology which enables the monitoring of various hard drive parameters, as a means of checking drive health and predicting failure.
Ordinarily, this information isn’t visible to most end users through the OS, you can however access the S.M.A.R.T metrics of your drive using a tool such as SmartMonTools.
SmartMonTools can be used to monitor hard drive health and also to run various built-in hard drive self-test operations…
Overview
I recently had the requirement to count the number of lines of code for each application that we maintain.
Obviously I didn’t want to do this manually … it would have been way to time consuming … so I began searching for solutions.
While looking around I came across a fantastic command line tool called CLOC (Count Lines of Code) on github. This utility does exactly what it says on the tin – it parses your code file to counts the lines of code.
ITIL is a well-known and established framework that provides a set of best practices for managing IT services. The ITIL Foundations exam is the entry level exam which aims to provide a general overview of key concepts and terminology of the ITIL framework.
Having just passed the ITIL Foundations Exam I wanted to share my thoughts and tips in this ITIL Foundation exam study guide to help you pass the exam.
Continue readingProblem
While recently setting up a Google Chromecast (2nd generation) I was unable to successfully complete the setup process.
My Chromecast could not be detected on the network by my devices even though it had successfully connected to my wireless network and I could cast to it through the Youtube Android app.
What is Topshelf?
Many of you probably have experienced the pain of debugging Windows Service applications. A nice alternative is Topshelf Windows Services.
Topshelf allows developers to write Windows Services which can operate as regular Console applications. This is a great open source product that deserves more recognition in the community and that’s why I decided to write a quick post about it. It makes the overall development experience a much, much better one!
Continue readingWhy use one?
In my case I was installing an Oracle database within a self-contained virtual machine environment. I didn’t necessarily want to expose it to my local network, though needed to bind it to the local server IP address.
I created a local loopback network adapter on the local machine. This adapter provided an IP address for the local server even though it wasn’t connected to the local network (much like the 127.0.0.1 address).
Hooray, I passed the Microsoft 70-486 exam!
To help others out there I thought I’d share my thoughts and experiences in this blog post.
To be honest … this is probably the most challenging Microsoft exam I’ve sat so far. I spent a lot of time preparing for the exam (probably because I had limited real-world experience at the time).
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Wireless Access Point Not Working
Recently the wireless access point on my Billion 7300N modem / router failed.
Having checked and verified that the wireless settings in the router config were correct. I turned to Google….
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