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consumers rely on search to move between devices

If it’s true that consumers rely on search to move between devices (like mobile phone to desktop – http://www.scribd.com/doc/104313542/Multiscreenworld-Final slide 25) it seems to me there has to be a better way to streamline and improve the customer experience. Why can’t we make it so that if a consumer is researching something on their mobile […]

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disable or enable an ethernet interface

I’ve been using the linux command line for enabling or disabling an ethernet interface for so long now, I’m having trouble remembering the difference on Mac OS X. Linux is handled as follows: sudo ifup eth0 sudo ifdown eth0 The Mac OS X equivalent of this is: sudo ifconfig en0 up sudo ifconfig en0 down

Fix Issues with Networking for Ubuntu VirtualBox Server

Networking stopped working for my Ubuntu VirtualBox Server (running on Mac OS X) and it couldn’t seem to get it working again. Tried running: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart only to get errors about “Failed to bring up eth0…” until I found a workaround on howtogeek.com, which worked to solve my issues like a charm!  Thanks How-To-Geek […]

Permissions required to run ISAPI_Rewrite with Plesk and WordPress

Parts of this post are taken from: https://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/security.htm – these worked to resolve issues I was having with Plesk with custom sites but not with WordPress sites, which also required the plugin listed below. Automatic installation of ISAPI_Rewrite on a clean default Windows system does not require any permission tweaking. But installing of some other […]

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Automated SSH Authentication using OpenSSH

Generate a key on your local machine ssh-keygen -t dsa or ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 hit enter at the prompts and specifying a strong password Copy the key to a remote machine cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh username@hostname ‘cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys’ or cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh username@hostname ‘cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys’ This should work whether you’re using […]

Show ALL Folders and Files in Finder on Mac OS X

As a web developer it’s often handy to be able to actually see all the unix related filesystem folder’s from within Finder. By default these are not displayed as a feature of the OS, but it’s quick and easy to turn this feature off to see all folders on the hard drive in Finder. to […]