Google Home device users in US, Canada and now UK (as of 7th March 2018 ), can use their smart speakers to make free, voice activated calls. Just say something like “OK Google, call Mum” and after a brief message about emergency calls a free internet call will be started to your mum. Well that’s […]
Buying Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies in the UK is not a straightforward process. This guide will walk you through the basic steps of buying Bitcoin, DASH, ETH or other cryptocurrencies in the UK. Register With a Trading Platform Before you begin trading, you’ll need to register with a Cryptocurrency exchange platform such as Coinbase or […]
Start ssh Sessions Start an ssh session to your source website host and change to the user home directory. ssh host.server.com cd ~ Repeat the above steps on the destination website host server Create an archive folder. Make a new folder to store your backup files with the command… mkdir archive Repeat the above step […]
I’ve put this Git Cheatsheet together to help me with my ageing memory. Git is a software tool designed to keep track of changes to files using a process known as version control. Version control tools such as Git allow you to work on files whether they be documents, computer source code or web pages […]
If you have an old Wi-Fi router lying around, you can make good use of it as a Wi-Fi access point. For example, I have connected my old O2 Wireless Box to my Virgin Media Broadband network to create a hotspot way down at the back of my garden. Over the years, you may have […]
Creating links to folders and files in Windows helps with the management and organisation of your files. In Windows, links to folders and files are known as symbolic links, they allow you to access files on the PC using an alias file name, folder name or path. For example, if a file you update frequently […]
After updating to Windows 10, version 1703, my Scarlett Focusrite 2i4 1st generation stopped outputting sound. When I attempted to play the test sound, a Device In Use error message was displayed with the text, “The device is being used by another application. Please close any devices that are playing audio to this device and […]
If you ever need to access files on your Samsung Galaxy Tab, it’s sometimes quicker and easier to do so via your PC. With most phones and tablets, when they are connected to a PC with a USB cable, a file manager window usually appears on the PC screen, displaying the contents of the mobile […]
When using a webcam with the Windows Camera app, you may find that the image is being mirrored. Webcam mirroring makes sense if you wish to see an image of yourself as you would in a mirror. When taking a picture of an object, you wouldn’t want the image to be reversed, especially if there’s […]
In a previous article I described how to restore your website files from a backup using the LINUX command line, this time I’ll explain how to restore a database from backup using MySQL from the LINUX command line. The process is really quite simple and is achieved in just 2 main steps. Locate the backup […]