I’m Bryan Ross, and This Is How I Work
5/01 2013 Posted in Productivity | 2 comments
LifeHacker has an interesting feature where various people (mostly entrepreneurs) are asked to answer a few questions that give an insight as to how they might work. Correlation does not imply causation, and I’m not sure you’d want my mediocre “success” anyway, so you shouldREAD MORE
How to Manage Your CrashPlan Server Remotely
3/01 2013 Posted in Technology | 4 comments
In my previous posts, I’ve explained how to Install CrashPlan on a Headless Linux Server and then how to use SSH port forwarding to manage it from a Windows desktop. In this post, I’ll show you how to control your headless CrashPlan server without the need forREAD MORE
Using RemoteApp with VMware ESXi in 7 Easy Steps
18/01 2012 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
Have you tried XP Mode in Windows 7? Or VMware Unity in Workstation? Quite cool isn’t it! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have the same seamlessly integration of applications running on a remote computer or from a virtual machine running on a VMware ESXi host?READ MORE
Enabling NTLM Authentication (Single Sign-On) in Firefox
1/11 2011 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
If like me you use Firefox within a corporate environment, you perhaps repeatedly get prompted for your username and password when you use internal web applications whereas Internet Explorer just lets you log right in using Single Sign-On (SSO). Some people don’t realize it, butREAD MORE
Logitech Squeezebox
27/10 2011 Posted in Technology | 4 comments
Here at Liquidstate, we have a growing family of Logitech Squeezebox devices. For those that don’t know, Squeezebox is a range of network music players originally from Slim Devices, who were aquired by Logitech. Much like their more expensive and arguably more popular Sonos counterparts, theREAD MORE
Supercharge your website with CloudFlare
20/09 2011 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and distributed Domain Name Server (DNS) service aimed at enhancing the performance and security of websites. According to CloudFlare, on average, a website using their service will load twice as fast, use 60% less bandwidth and will stopREAD MORE
How to restart Windows 8 from an Remote Desktop Connection (RDP)
Here at Liquidstate, we have a home server running Windows 8. It might seem like a simple thing, but today I drew a blank when trying to restart the server remotely from a Remote Desktop Connection (RDP). If you try the normal routes, then theREAD MORE
My HP MicroServer (N40L)
I’ve been using an HP ProLiant MicroServer (N40L) as my home server for about 3 months now. It’s been a reliable little work horse and has ticked along quite happily. I thought it was maybe time for me to share some of my thoughts onREAD MORE
Task Management is only half the story
Most people have a task management system of some description, even if its just some very high level goals scribbled on a scrap of paper. However, writing a to-do list is only half the story. No matter how good the task list, many people willREAD MORE
How to quickly convert Mbps to GB per day
I’ve been working on a few data centre migration projects recently and a common question is “given x Mbps network throughput, how many gigs of data can we transfer per day?” And, the same question in reverse, “what is the minimum bandwidth required to transmitREAD MORE
Become an Outlook Searching Ninja!
In my previous post about Stop Filing Emails, I suggested that tools like Outlook Instant Search (and GMail Search) were not sufficiently reliable to allow you to simply store all your emails in one big archive and use search filters to recall on-demand, rather thanREAD MORE
A more efficient you!
One of the things I pride myself on at work is my productivity and organisational skills. Its not something that comes naturally as I have a tendency to become distracted by the latest new thing. I’ve tried various methods of organising my workload and overREAD MORE
SSH Two Factor Authentication
Here at Liquidstate, we have a few Linux systems that have their SSH daemons exposed to the Internet. In this post, I’ll show you how we’ve used the Google Authenticator App to enable Two Factor Authentication for remote (SSH) logins.
Once enabled, your Linux system will require aREAD MORE
Dropbox Two Factor Authentication
You’ve no doubt wondered how secure your password is; the short story is that it isnt! Two-factor authentication has been used for online banking for years, but it is now an increasingly common option for logging in to online services like Google and Dropbox that requires something theREAD MORE
Using the Windows CrashPlan Client to manage a headless Linux server
If you’ve followed my post about backing up your home file server and how I backup my own server, then you’ll know I’m a big fan of CrashPlan. My only complain is that CrashPlan was built with the assumption that the GUI would reside on the sameREAD MORE
Installing CrashPlan on a headless Linux Server
Installing CrashPlan is really easy. The installer has its own (text-based) installation script that will fetch a copy of the latest software and pre-requisites, like a compatible Java Runtime Environment. Once installed, the CrashPlan agent will automatically update itself when a new version becomes available.READ MORE
