Gandi and Ghost SMTP settings
Although all the information is out there using Gandi’s simple hosting, its scattered and despite the name not that simple or obvious! Here is a code snippet...
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Netgear ReadyNAS Security Tips
Here are three ways to improve the security of your Netgear ReadyNAS generally. That is not to say that the ReadyNAS is insecure these tips improve it even f...
Avoiding ReadyNAS Time Machine Problems
Often when using network attached storage (NAS) devices that are not official Apple Time Capsules errors seem to appear. Although I don’t have absolute concr...
Fixing Ghost / Nginx Redirect Loops
In Ghost (0.7.4) if you try to deliver your whole website over TLS (a.k.a SSL) you often get a redirect loop as below:
Setting up Ghost with Gandi Simple Hosting
The Gandi guides on using NodeJS and MySQL seem to be outdated and it fails on Gandi simple hosting without some tweaking. Here is a simple guide on how to d...
Simple way to clear Linux History
A really simple way to clear terminal history in either linux or mac is to use this command:
Yubikey with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I have recently got a Yubikey. A yubikey is a security token. A yubikey is a security token. There are two variations. One is a simple U2F (universal second ...
Changing a Primary Domain in Google Apps
Until fairly recently it was impossible to change your domain with Google Apps for work (formally known as Google Apps for business). Its clunky but its now ...
Wordpress Visual Editor not displaying properly in Nginx
I have decided Ghost is not for me and recently gone back to WordPress. A guide on coming back to wordpress to follow. One weird issue I found was the visual...
MySQL Root Password reset
There are loads of ways to reset a forgotten MySQL root password. Here is my favourite method.