What are the credentials to your AirPort Time Capsule
There is something I keep forgetting time and time again: the credentials to my AirPort Time Capsule. It serves as my router, Time Machine Backup disk and even as shared storage for internal use, thanks to an attached USB drive. All our Macs connect to both drives automatically and without fail – but every once in a while we want to access something on the shared drive, either via Windows or another app like GoodReader. And every time I forget what those credentials are – particularly the user name. Because there just isn’t...
read moreHow to use File Sharing in Plesk 12
In this screencast I’ll show you how to use the File Sharing features in Plesk 12. File Sharing allows you to upload files and give links to others, or let others upload files to the server. You can do this with or without password protection and you can even map folders from your server to your desktop computer – so file sharing can be as easy as drag and drop. I’ll show you how to share files via email, how to map folders from Plesk on Mac and on Windows, and how to setup additional users so that you can allow others to...
read moreHow to add Icons and Banners for your Plugins hosted on WordPress.org
WordPress 4.0 introduced a new way to browse Plugins in the admin interface: beautiful icons show up that make Plugins looks like Mini-Apps. When a user clicks on one they get a description right there and then without the need to browse to the WordPress site in a different tab. This gives easy and instant access to important info without disrupting the user experience. Simply put: it’s beautiful! With the help of 1DayBanner, it’s very simple to add your own icons and banners to this experience and stand out from the crowd. Let me show you...
read moreInstalling legacy versions of WordPress in Plesk 12
In this screencast I will show you how to install an older version of WordPress in Plesk 12. This is useful if you’d like to test drive the WordPress Toolkit on a spare server before going live with its many new features. You can’t use the APS installer for this as it will always install the latest version of WordPress. I will explain where to download an older version of WordPress from and how to install it manually by creating a database first and then running the WordPress installer manually. In total I’m installing three...
read moreCommodore Plus/4 Screen Memory Map (Display RAM)
The Commodore Plus/4 – like his other brothers – has memory areas in which screen characters and colour values are stored independently from each other. Because it uses the TED chip these memory addresses are different from the C64 and C128. Each character from the top left corner to the bottom right corner occupies one byte of memory, 40 columns across in 25 rows. Screen Memory starts at 3072 (decimal) or $0C00 (hex) ends at 4071 (decimal) or $0FE7 (hex) You can POKE screen display codes into each position using this formula:...
read moreThe evolution of Flow Control in Commodore BASIC
When I had a C64 back in the days, the only IF/THEN statement we could create in BASIC v2 was just that: IF and THEN. There was no ELSE, and everything had to be on a single line. It was the only flow control we had back in those days, and it was a severe limitation compared to what we can do with higher level languages today. Here’s an example: 10 input x 20 if x=1 then print"x is one" : goto 100 Such constructs weren’t very convenient when you wanted to react to anything other than the tested value. Instead you had to...
read moreHow to map your Commodore Keyboard in VICE 2.4
VICE on the Mac isn’t without it’s vices (har har) – and one of them is the way the keyboard is mapped. There are two ways to choose from: positional and symbolic. Positional means that the Commodore keyboard is mapped into the physical positions of your “contemporary” keyboard. So no matter what language keyboard you are typing on, the key next to the L will be a colon, the key next to that will be a semicolon, and so forth. Symbolic attempts to map your current keyboard’s characters to the ones you expect...
read moreHow to use the WordPress Toolkit in Plesk 12
In this screencast I’ll show you how to use the WordPress Toolkit in Plesk 12. I’ll demonstrate how to update WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes selectively and across the entire server directly from within Plesk. Among many other features I’ll also show you how to secure WordPress instances, install and remove themes, and how to exclude WordPress instances from mass management.
read moreHow to use SD2IEC: a quick command reference
I’ve ordered an SD2IEC a few weeks ago from Nic over at http://sd2iec.co.uk. It’s an SD card reader for Commodre computers and emulates many features of the 1541 Floppy Disk Drive. I went for the Limited Edition made from authentic recycled C64 plastic – so this little critter used to be a real C64! This has to be one of the coolest gadgets for any Commodore fan in the 21st century. Nic and several other sellers on eBay build the hardware, while the software was developed by Ingo Korb with contributions from others. In this article...
read moreWhat is the End-of-Life (EOL) for CentOS Distributions
The End-of-Life (EOL) for CentOS Distributions is as follows: More under Section 21 in this article: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General
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