Stream is a free WordPress plugin that allows you to remain informed of what goes on with your website. If you have multiple authors or contributors to your site, it will be even more powerful. The activity log can give you a picture of what has been going on with your site such as plugins being enabled, posts being created or updated, and attempts to login. You can set what … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
XKCD, when it comes to updates…
Today's XKCD comic may ring true for many people. When it comes to updates, even important ones, they just don't rank that high in the priority list. Alt text: I have a bunch of things open right now. I know I had a SSD brick on me after I failed to apply a firmware update. That was more because you had to burn the update to a CD (which I was out of blank CD-Rs) and boot to … [Read more...]
Grab the latest HP server firmware updates while you can
HP published a facetious post yesterday to their Technical Support Services Blog. In it, they try to spin their decision to stop providing firmware updates to customers not under warranty and belittles those criticizing their decision. Besides the marketing speak, we learn that HP says this change will take effect February 19th, 2014. Despite the fact that I saw it blocking … [Read more...]
Using Meraki’s free MDM tools for the mobile devices in your household
Meraki, a network company, was acquired by Cisco in late 2012. Together, they are putting out cloud-managed switches, access points, and security appliances. One of Meraki's strengths is its online management tools. In order to allow others to experience this dashboard, Cisco Meraki actually provides free Mobile Device Management (MDM) to anyone. I decided to take them up on … [Read more...]
HTTPS Everywhere makes its way to Firefox for Android
The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced the availability of the HTTPS Everywhere add-in on Firefox for Android. HTTPS Everywhere helps secure communications by automatically escalating the website you are using to the https version instead of the unencrypted http traffic, where available. This can make your web traffic much more secure and less prone to prying eyes. The … [Read more...]