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Two years ago, I updated my website to incorporate a modern responsive web theme. The menu, though worked just fine, wasn’t quite mobile themed enough on mobile screens. It was something I wanted to fix in a later update. ...
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My latest LAMP project, is to put together a stack that comprises Apache 2.4.18, with HTTP/2 support and Google PageSpeed, running on top of Ubuntu 16.04. Ubuntu 16.04 isn’t due to be released until next month, so it ...
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One of the benefits of using a Nexus device is that you get the latest Android updates as soon as they roll of the press, in a manner of speaking. The problem is that Google’s press seems to move really slowly. So while ...
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You probably already know that you can do Google web search by typing keywords directly in the Chrome web browser’s address bar. The address bar is officially known as the Omnibox, and it can do other sorts of searches ...
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Android 6.0.1 has been released, but it may still take a while yet, like another week or two, even for an official Nexus device, to actually receive the OTA update. If you’re impatient, like I am, it’s possible to ...
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Google latest Nexus smartphone devices, the Nexus 5X and 6P, has generated quite a bit of buzz. Unlike the Nexus 6 of 2015, the new devices are priced much more affordably, and should prove to be more popular. I can just ...
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It came to my attention, recently, that people were still struggling with wireless configuration on their Linux, or Raspberry Pi, to connect with the NUS wireless network. Linux isn’t that well supported on campus, but ...
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Of late, I’ve been backing up my Retina MacBook Pro to a WD My Cloud EX4100. The EX4100, which I had reviewed earlier this year, has become a permanent fixture in my workspace, thanks to Western Digital. It supports Time ...
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I’m a command-line sort of person. Yes, even though I use a Mac with all its pretty GUI. At the same time, it’s precisely why I use a Mac too, because it has a perfectly functional command-line shell. I’m ...
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Ten years ago, or even five years ago, using a Mac in NUS may prove to be a bit of a challenge. Things are quite different these days, and its not just because the Macs have become so commonplace, but the recognition of diverse ...