The geek.
45 posts. Everything tech-adjacent that isn't strictly code — hardware, reviews, opinions.
Amazon Prime Day Fail
So yesterday was Prime day on Amazon. Billed as more deals than Black Friday we all eagerly made our way to Amazon to fill our baskets with wonderful, reduced...
CentOS 7: ifconfig command not found
So if you do a fresh "minimal" installation of CentOS 7 you might run into this issue when trying to run ifconfig. bash$: ifconfig: command not found The...
Howto Install PHP 5.4, 5.5 or 5.6 on CentOS 6 and CentOS 7
I still use CentOS as my distro of choice on any new server and whilst things are getting better CentOS and RHEL still don't have up to date versions of PHP...
Here's to 2015
So 2014 was a fairly slow year on my site, in fact only 7 new articles were published. I want to do a lot more in 2015 regardless of work load so here's what...
Holiday Offer from WPEngine
I talked a while back about the great WordPress hosting available at WPEngine. Well to tempt you to their dedicated WordPress hosting solutions this holiday...
Higher Screen Resolution in Ubuntu on VirtualBox
He's a little tip for you. Took me a while to work this one out so thought I should share! If you install a fresh install of Ubuntu inside VirtualBox you end...
Moving from iCloud to Google
For years now I have been using Google Apps for business, but being an iPhone user I always kept iCloud for all my personal emails, contacts and calendars. It...
How to install and configure LEMP (Linux, nginx, MySQL and PHP) on CentOS 6
Fellow developers have been on at me for the last couple of years to ditch Apache and move to nginx. If you know what nginx is then you know why, if not let's...
I'm not dead....
Howdy all, I just wanted to post a very brief update to say I'm not dead and neither is this blog. I've been extremely busy over the past couple of weeks and...
Finding the right balance
I recently asked my followers what they would like to see me blog about and I was pleasantly surprised to get a response. Well it would be rude of me not to...
Learning GIT the hard way
I love GIT, I use it all day every day and it has saved my ass on more than a handful of times. I couldn't help laughing at this though. Sure we've all seen...
Quick Tip: Rename your iOS Device without iTunes
Today my shiny iPad Mini arrived. It is lovely, light and small, but that isn't the point of this. When I was setting it all up I was restoring from a iCloud...
WP Engine, WordPress hosting done right
It's been about a month since my last quick blog post. The only thing that has been keeping me away has been trying to get my blog to stay online for more than...
Mountain Lion and Kernel Panics after sleep
I have recently upgraded to a new 15" MacBook Pro (without the Retina Display). I then upgraded to Mountain Lion, all my programs were working fine what could...
Coda 2 is finally here!
In 2007 Panic released Coda, a revolutionary tool for web developers and designers who for years were forced to use multiple tools to get the job done. Coda...
Make your own OS X Lion USB Boot Disk
So now OS X is completely digital, the kind folks at Apple will let you buy a USB stick for $69, alternatively do it yourself for free. This little application...
CakeFest 2012 is Booked!
After a great conference in Manchester last year the kind folks at the Cake Software Foundation have decided to return to Manchester for a second year! If you...
Alesis DM10 X Kit Review
When I got my DM6 I really did love it, as I posted on here. I was so excited when Alesis agreed to send me a DM10x Kit to review and was looking forward to a...
Alesis IO2 Express Review
I just wanted to post a quick review of the Alesis IO2 Express, a super portable, compact audio interface for your Mac or PC. A 2 channel USB (and USB Bus...
Still working on the look!
A little while ago I posted about a new theme for the site. Whilst I was happy with the look I wasn't very happy with the amount of JavaScript and other crap...
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.3 Review
In a previous blog I talked about hooking an Alesis DM6 USB Kit up to Logic Pro and Superior Drummer, as someone fairly new to edrums I thought a little review...
Alesis DM6 USB Kit Review
Over the past few weeks I have been busy building my home studio up, replacing or purchasing some key elements that have been missing. One thing that has...
A super shiny new look!
So it's been a fairly busy few weeks and I've seen a massive amount of traffic to this site since launching my plugins. Thanks to all who have got involved and...
A very Merry Christmas to all
Just wanted to wish anyone who does actually stop by here a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
PHP Mcrypt on CentOS 6
Yay, CentOS 6 still doesn't by default include mcrypt in it's distribution on repositories. There is hope, EPEL to the rescue again: rpm -ivh...
Skipping characters whilst using nano over SSH from OS X Lion 10.7
Ever since upgrading to OSX Lion 10.7 I've been pulling my hair out. I spend a fair bit of time connected via SSH to remote servers using Terminal, ever since...
1and1 Dynamic Cloud Server Disk Allocation
I have a Dynamic Cloud Server with 1 and 1 which should have 100GB of disk space. Imagine my surprise when after a few days I was getting alerts telling me...
Create SSH Keys from your Mac
I spend a lot of time in Terminal connected to remote servers via SSH, I'm by no means an expert and have come across using Key pairs in the past, but never...
Geek heaven at the new house
I am officially the king of home media geekness. Airport extreme hooked up in 2 separate rooms to stereos. Mac mini server busting iTunes with remote on the...
Moving House!
I get to start the year with all the fun of moving house! At the end of January I'm moving to a nice little place that actually has decent broadband and mobile...
xbox live update issues 2010
Another year and another dashboard update for the xbox 360. Another year of issues! Mine has been dropping out whilst updating, not being able to connect to...
New Mobile Me Calendar Launched
Taken from the Apple website: The new MobileMe Calendar is now out of beta and available to all members. We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the beta...
Medal of Honor on route
Although the UK release date isn't until the 15th October I was pleasantly surprised to find it in stock and available for order on play.com It is ordered and...
The end is nigh for .Mac Homepages
Received a sad email from Apple this afternoon: .Mac HomePage viewing will be discontinued on November 8, 2010 Dear MobileMe member, Over a year ago, we...
Everything Everywhere - Orange/T-Mobile Unite
Last year it was announced that Orange and T-mobile would be merging to create the largest mobile network provider. This of course didn't mean anything in real...
BBC = Epic FAIL
Just a very quick post. Tonight is the season premiere of Spooks on the BBC. Great I have been looking forward to this for ages, took my Sky+HD to BBC HD, 9pm,...
Apple's iTV Set for September Launch With iAd-Supported Channels, iPad as Remote? - Mac Rumors
Apple's iTV Set for September Launch With iAd-Supported Channels, iPad as Remote? - Mac Rumors. In a blog post over the weekend, Digg co-founder Kevin Rose...
It’s here! Say Hello to Techi.com
A great site that has just been launched from the guys over at WebDesignerWall. Definitely one to watch! And it’s finally out! Please meet our new site:...
Brand new laptop full of crap!
Just got back from Pcworld with a new Windows based laptop (I know but Sage Accounts only works on Windows and I'm fed up of not being able to have my Mac on...
How not to advertise your product
Apple seem to have the world under a mystical spell. No matter what they release, it sells. It sells millions! On the train the other day it was iPhone central...
Think about your end-user!
One of the things that is often overlooked in webdesign and development is the importance of how your end-user is actually going to use the site. To often it...
iPad=iPooooo
I haven't had chance to make a proper post in quite a while but the big announcement from Apple last week deserved a quick note. Apple, what are you doing you...
Windows 7 First Thoughts
Popped along to PC World yesterday and bought a copy of Windows 7 Professional (didn't seem to be any benefit to going for Ultimate). Now I was a little...
Next-Generation Mac Pro to Receive Temporary Exclusive of Six-Core 'Gulftown' Processor?
Hardmac reports that an early 2010 revision to Apple's Mac Pro may see the inclusion of Intel's forthcoming six-core "Gulftown" processor as a temporary...
Another New site!
I know I keep doing this, get a site, like it, hate it, delete it. It's hard being a perfectionist! So bear with me whilst I get this going hopefully this time...