In previous articles we have looked at getting started with TrueCrypt in Windows and we have also looked at a work around for installing TrueCrypt in Ubuntu EdgyEft. TrueCrypt on Mac OS X TrueCrypt is a free utility that will allow you to encrypt your data, be it on a USB drive or your computer’s main drive, on the fly. This allows you to keep data hidden; be it grades, patient files, that new patent you are working on, or embarrassing vacation photos you just can’t bring yourself to delete....

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled a list of products with the “Powered by Raspberry Pi” certification. This logo is shown on product packaging to help customers know whether a product is using a Raspberry Pi for its guts or not, but we didn’t have a comprehensive list of these “licensed” devices. The list itself isn’t very extensive, but it shows an interesting range of applications for different Raspberry Pi products....

Why Does My TV Use Power When I’m Not Watching? Unlike many other electric devices around your home like, say, a lamp or a window fan, your TV doesn’t have a true on/off state toggled by a switch. Instead, your TV, and many other similar electronics like cable boxes or video game consoles, has a standby mode. At the bare minimum, your TV needs to maintain a “phantom load” of enough power to ensure it can respond to the remote and maintain basic functionality....

We previously looked at how to use comments in Word 2007 and it allows you to make comments in Word documents easily. Here we take a look at how to do it in Word 2010 which is essentially the same concept but a bit different. Insert Comment To insert a comment in a document, highlight the area of text where you want to comment on. Click the Review tab on the Ribbon then click New Comment....

The Ubuntu operating system can be expanded by installing packages from additional repositories, like the Universe, Multiverse and Restricted repositories. Installing these will allow you to install additional applications. Find out how to do this and more. Additional Repositories in Ubuntu Ubuntu, the popular Linux operating system, comes by default with it’s own Main repository. If you install simple packages, which normally form part of the Linux operating system, or are closely related to it, it is somewhat likely that it will be present in the Main Ubuntu repository....

Note: there’s almost never any reason to change this, as Windows does a good job of choosing the right connection. Still, if you want to tweak it to work differently, this is how you would do it. How to See the Current Network Card Priority You’ll need to open up a new command prompt window and type in the following command: The | more part of the command will make sure that it doesn’t go flying off the screen, requiring you to scroll backwards—speaking of which, you should read our article about how to scroll backwards in the command prompt with the keyboard....

Running static analysis on your code saves time by uncovering hidden issues. PHPStan is a static analysis tool for PHP that helps you increase the quality of your codebase. Here’s how to run PHPStan within your GitLab CI pipelines. It’s good to run PHPStan regularly while you’re building out new features. Using it locally only takes you so far though. You’re reliant on your other team members being as disciplined as you are....

Finding Your Friends From Twitter Mastodon is mostly designed as an alternative to Twitter, so most of the “migration” tools are built around Twitter. The most useful search tool is Debirdify, which scans the profiles of everyone you follow on Twitter for a linked Mastodon account — in the bio, name, somewhere else. It’s an automated method of looking at everyone you follow to find their Mastodon username. Fedifinder is another tool that works similarly....

QR Codes are two dimensional square barcodes that contain data such as URLs, phone numbers, and other text. Many phones can scan and interpret this data using the built in camera and barcode scanning software. Software developers often include QR codes on their website, so users can install their app easily by scanning the QR code on the computer screen. What You’ll Need to Scan QR Codes with your Android Phone...

Let’s say you discover critical business data in a legacy DOS spreadsheet file, and Excel can’t read the file. If the legacy program originally ran on DOS, you might boot a copy of FreeDOS, and install the legacy program there to extract or export the data to a common file format, like a comma-separated CSV file. You can follow our instructions to install and boot FreeDOS using the QEMU virtual machine....

If you’ve got servers running at home, you won’t be able to route a domain to them without a static IP address. Instead of paying for a dynamic DNS service, you can build your own using AWS Route 53. Dynamic DNS Isn’t Complicated Dynamic DNS is fairly simple in concept. A daemon runs on the client machine, and regularly checks the public-facing IP address for any changes. If the IP address changes, the daemon sends an update to the DNS provider, which changes the record....

Elasticsearch indices can quickly fill up with gigabytes of data, especially if you’re logging from multiple servers many times a second. To manage data, Elasticsearch Deleting Using The “Delete By Query” API Elasticsearch offers a “Delete By Query” API, that will remove all documents matching a query. You can use this to match timestamps greater or less than a certain date, albeit a bit crudely: However, this query is really slow....

Coding Before Open Source Once upon a time software developers wrote everything from scratch. Then code libraries, toolkits, and other add-ons started to appear. You could get a leg up by using a toolkit to provide some functionality, such as a reporting module or an interface widget. You could pop these into your project as ready-made fully formed components and use them straight away. The alternative was to waste time, money, and development effort reinventing the wheel....

In recent years, serverless has become one of the most talked-about technologies. Though not truly serverless, serverless options abstract the management away from the user to a managed and hosted service. One of the most exciting abilities is that of writing code to then run on serverless instances. Azure Functions offers several runtimes, languages, and even Docker container support. You merely pick the language you want to write in, deploy the code, and consume the results....

For Emergencies Only Before we explore how you can use your car to power appliances and electronics, we have to emphasize that this is not a practice meant to replace more permanent or purpose-built backup power solutions. Drawing power from your car’s battery with the engine off can wear it out, and if you discharge it too deeply, you can damage it in a single session. Typical car batteries can only be discharged to 50% of their capacity before permanent damage can occur....

Intel has yet to introduce its full 13th gen CPU lineup, codenamed Raptor Lake. But ahead of its announcement, the company shared some key details of its upcoming CPU range at the Intel Tech Tour in Israel. Raptor Lake CPUs will be 15% faster than Alder Lake (12th gen) chips in single-threaded tasks, and up to 41% faster in multi-threaded workloads. Of course, this is according to Intel’s own metrics, so we should take the data with a grain of salt until the chips are out and real-life testing can be performed....

By default, Word will keep the formatting of text and other content you past into a document, including links, colors, size, font, and more. This can be annoying at best and at worst, can mess up the other formatting in your document. If you copied a large amount of text or images from a site, or if your internet connection happens to be slow, Word may even freeze temporarily while it’s retrieving and pasting the content....

IAM allows you to give out managed access of your AWS resources to your employees, AWS services, and programs running on remote servers. IAM groups is a useful organization tool that allows you to define permissions for multiple users at once. IAM’s Organizational Tools First off, a quick breakdown of IAM’s different tools: IAM Policies group together individual permissions to form a cohesive object that can be applied to users, roles, and groups....

Thanks to a new partnership, Nanoleaf RGB lights can now be synced with Corsair’s iCUE tuning software, which is supported by several Corsair peripherals as well as gaming PC parts such as power supplies, cases, and AIO coolers. If you’re using Corsair RGB-equipped products and you want to sync them up with your Nanoleaf lighting, that’s something you can now do. Likewise, you can also use the iCUE software for only your lights....

Google Pixel 6a For $349 ($100 Off) The virtually brand new Google Pixel 6a has been on sale more than it hasn’t since the device launched in July, but while past deals came with an activation caveat tethered to the best price, that’s not the case this time around. For $349 ($100 off) with no strings attached, you get a sturdy mid-tier phone with Google’s first generation Tensor chip, a Pixel-perfect 12 MP camera, and IP67 water and dust protection, plus you’ll enjoy the latest versions of Android for years to come....