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Fixing “ERROR: Error 35: error:14077458:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:reason(1112)” 13 Aug 2013 | 02:21 pm
So the other day I came across the error “ERROR: Error 35: error:14077458:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:reason(1112)” when using the munki configuration tool for mac. After a bit of digging I fo...
Sort top command by cpu usage and set to default in OS X 4 Jun 2013 | 08:37 pm
As I come from a linux background but seem to spend more and more of my free time using OS X I keep noticing little differences in the way the command line works on a mac. One difference which as been...
Why is there no space in the MySQL password parameter? 31 May 2013 | 04:55 pm
After troubleshooting a MySQL issue with a colleague we began discussing a “feature” of the MySQL command line which insists that you don’t put a space in the password parameter when using the short p...
Using the AddThis Share Buttons wordpress plugin in a custom theme 18 Mar 2013 | 12:24 am
There is an undocumented function for adding a custom AddThis widget to your theme so I thought I would document it here. Usage: Parameters: $the_permalink (string) (optional) The url you want to shar...
Convincing Paypal Phishing Email 2 Mar 2013 | 06:45 pm
So I woke up yesterday morning to find a receipt from Paypal for $149.49 on my iPhone. I haven’t bought anything for $149.49 so right away I was worried that my Paypal account had been broken into. Th...
Has Stack Overflow been hijacked? 27 Feb 2013 | 02:44 pm
Something funny seems to be happening with Google and Stack Overflow. I first noticed this last night when on my Macbook Pro at home. I went to www.google.co.uk, typed in “stackoverflow” and was prese...
SSH without a password on OS X with ssh-copy-id 25 Jan 2013 | 12:30 am
Perhaps like me you’re used to using ssh-copy-id on linux to set ssh keys on a remote server so that it stops asking for a password, you may notice that if you try the same thing in OS X that command ...
Album Review: Muse – 2nd Law 11 Oct 2012 | 05:22 pm
Well I just got “2nd Law” by Muse and as I’m a big Muse fan I thought I’d write a quick review of it. Up until now I’ve enjoyed all of Muse’s albums with the exception of album 5 “The Resistance” whic...
Using ‘background-position’ and sprite sheets to stop icon hover flicker 18 Sep 2012 | 04:56 pm
While updating the theme on this blog I added some links to my social websites. I made these links in the form of images which were black and white and become coloured when hovered over. To create the...
Incorrect Gmail password when using exchange on iPhone 12 Sep 2012 | 08:00 pm
Recently I’ve tried playing around a little with the email account settings on my iPhone to try and get as much to sync as possible with some of my other accounts. One thing I did was to change Gmail ...
