Redirecting domain.com to Google Sites

Google makes it clear that it doesn’t support the redirection of naked domains (domain.com is a naked domain, www.domain.com is a subdomain). However, you can do it. I host some sites with Enom, so there were simple instructions to follow. Summary: change your @...

[Fixed] Google Authenticator fails on CM7

The new version of Google Authenticator (excellent provider of two-factor authentication for your Google accounts using your mobile as a secure key generator) force closes on open on CyanogenMod 7. You can fix it at a simple ADB prompt: # adb remount # adb shell # cd...

Priv3: don’t let them track you

Every time you visit a site with Like / +1 / whatever buttons on them, you tell Facebook / Google / whoever what page you are visiting before you even think about clicking the button or not. You may or may not care about this, but if you do and browse with Firefox,...

WordPress staging and live sites on WHM/CPanel

I have found a nice plugin called DeployMint which allows WordPress to run in a staging / live deployment manner. It needs a fair bit of work to get it running on WHM/CPanel based on an existing site, so I’ve started trying to document it.

MusicMonkey Auto DJ stops working

I had an odd thing where MusicMonkey 4 AutoDJ (essentially shuffle) stopped working: it would not add random tracks to the Now Playing list. After a bit of hunting I discovered that deleting all the files in the now playing list reset it and it suddenly kicked off...

Unrar on QNap

UNRAR for QNAP 439 Pro II+. Worked for me: /opt/bin/ipkg update /opt/bin/ipkg install unrar