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Mechanical Keyboard and Mouse combo for around £40

Have you fancied one of those mechanical keyboards that click, like all the hackers in those hacker movies. Ever since…

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Useful checkpoint commands

fw ctl zdebug drop Shows all dropped connections cpstat fw Show various connection stats (accepted,denied,logged) with a breakdown. fw tab…

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Convert .wav files to .mp3

If like me you like to have the highest source quality, you may download you may like to download your…

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Bathtub Curve

The bathtub curve is the likely hood of a physical product to fail over time. Engineers should set their procedures…

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Don’t upset your techies by comparing HAProxy to NGINX for loadbalancing

I made this mistake today and wish I hadn’t:- Here’s Why:- NGINX vs HAProxy – a bit like comparing a…

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UK Mobile Phone SIM Only Deals

The best £10 mobile deals that I can find at the moment are:-   GiffGaff https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-plans This is a network…

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Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality Links https://nofakeinternet.org/

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Convert an ALBUM from FLAC to .mp3

First ensure that you have FLAC and LAME installed apt install flac lame Then in the directory of FLACs, run…

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Failed to backup LVM/MD configuration

Have you experienced “Failed to backup LVM/MD Configuration” which has been happening since early September 2017 on CloudLinux, when you…

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Mobile Networks and who Piggybacks

Provider Piggybacking firm EE Major players: ASDA Mobile, BT Mobile*, The Phone Coop, Virgin Mobile* Minnows: Axis Mobile, Delight Mobile,…