Windows 10 and how it sucks

I was just working on fixing a laptop with Windows 10 installed and learned a lot about how Windows 10 operates - and fails to operate. The device in question is an HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14 TS.  It was unusable with these problems: The built in wireless network interface connector didn’t work The battery didn’t …

Coding / Sysadmin Resources

Development Environments  Cloud 9 - https://c9.io/ Koding - http://www.koding.com/ Python Anywhere - https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ Eclipse - https://eclipse.org/ Komodo IDE - http://komodoide.com/ Language Reference Python Tutorial - https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/ PHP Net - https://secure.php.net/ Clojure - https://clojure.org/ React Slideshow - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FU-cMFjs9BXJ_73QthfPzHIknhIXZePPPi2B59Ua4ZE/edit#slide=id.p W3Schools - http://www.w3schools.com/ Java Ranch - http://javaranch.com/ Javascript - https://www.javascript.com/ Bash - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Ruby - https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Sysadmin Tools 80 Linux Monitoring Tools - https://blog.serverdensity.com/80-linux-monitoring-tools-know/ Linux apt Command Examples - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lts-debian-linux-apt-command-examples/ Linux BPF - http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2016-03-05/linux-bpf-superpowers.html Nix …

Infosec resources

I decided to organize my infosec related bookmarks and here it is. Fragmentary, incomplete and often updated. Enjoy News Sites Hacker News - http://thehackernews.com/ Norse Live Map - http://map.norsecorp.com/#/ E-Hacking - http://www.ehacking.net/ SigInt, ComSec, Info Classification - http://electrospaces.blogspot.ca/ Trend Micro - http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/ Inforsec Island - http://www.infosecisland.com/ Google Security Blog - https://security.googleblog.com/ Malware Must Die - http://blog.malwaremustdie.org/ SecTechno Information Security - http://www.sectechno.com/ Security …

Big Data Info & Resources

I'm picking up some Big Data skills - here are some useful links. Training Big Data University - Covers a lot of material, but material includes lots of IBM propaganda 🙂 http://www.datasciencecentral.com/ MapReduce Tutorial Cassandra Database Tutorial for Beginners http://hadooptutorial.info/ http://www.datasciguide.com/ Writeups How Not To Use Cassandra Pig Vs Hive Vs SQL Spark and Hadoop on …

Making Drupal Work

A friend asked me the other day why I prefer to use Drupal over the many other Content Management Systems (CMS) on the market. I decided to write out the answer since it’s a question I get often.   Because of its internal architecture, which provides a framework for extension and allows scalability Drupal is …

Migrating Drupal on Cloud9

I decided to revive my old website and upgrade it from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 in order to see how the migration process was coming along. I want to automate the process in order to help my clients and discovered a real shortcut by using  Cloud 9. Cloud 9 is a company that sells …

Fixing Windows

A friend asked me for advice on installing Windows on a Toshiba laptop so I did some checking around - these are just notes. If you can't get a free copy of Windows 10 (no existing 7 or 8.x install but you do have a copy of XP then you can pick one of these …

Block US Politics on Facebook

I love my American friends dearly but the election craziness is dialed up to 12 right now so I found a way to filter out political stuff on Facebook. Install Social Fixer, click on the wrench, select Edit Social Fixer Options, select Filters and paste this string into the matching text box in the Other …

Lists of Free Services

There are a lot of free services, documents and other resources out there but it's often hard to separate the signal from the noise. Here are two links to curated lists of development and security related  services. Software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other services for  developers that are either free or have a free …

Toronto Hacker/Maker Spaces

Some links to Hacker / Maker spaces in Toronto. I'm putting these here so I can access them while I'm using my tablet. Toronto - HackerspaceWiki hacklab.to - Toronto's hacker collective Icewire Makerspace | Toronto makerspace InterAccess | Where art and tech meet Site 3 coLaboratory - HackerspaceWiki 3D Design & Printing : Digital Innovation …