Author: robwillisinfo
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Android IP Security Cam with Motion Detection and Recording!
So I recently switched carriers (Sprint is awesome!) and picked up a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Surprisingly my previous phone, a Motorola Droid 3, made it the whole 2 yrs and still worked perfectly. Normally I just sell my old phone on ebay or something and use that money to pay for my new phone.…
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IIS 7/7.5 – Configuring PHP via FastCGI on Windows Server 2008 R2
PHP is a fantastic dynamic programing language which runs great on IIS, but can be a bit slow at times. Traditionally PHP runs on IIS either as an ISAPI extension or as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program, running PHP via FastCGI can be a great way to improve performance depending on your application. In…
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Steam’s Big Picture
With all the talk to Steam’s new SteamOS and the possibility of some console style hardware, I thought it is time to give Steam another try. So in this video I wanted to give a quick demo of Steam on Windows 7 and show their Big Picture mode, which is more of a full screen…
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IIS 7/7.5 Hardening SSL TLS – Windows Server 2008 R2
One of the first steps you should do when deploying a new public facing web server is hardening your server’s SSL/TLS connections. Disabling vulnerable protocols, ciphers, hashes and key exchange algorithms can help mitigate the now more common exploits like the BEAST attack. By default many weaker technologies are enabled, leaving IIS traffic vulnerable and…
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What is ESXi? (Video)
I often find myself talking about VMWare’s ESXi and how useful it can be in lab and production environments where you need to make the most of your hardware. For those who aren’t familiar with ESXi or virtualization in general, the first question usually is “What exactly is ESXi?”. The answer however isn’t exactly all…
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Manually unlock a Trailblazer lift gate, fix stuck gate! (Video)
The Issue I come out to the Trailblazer unlock it twice, pull the handle to the life gate or hatch and it just does not open. I try unlocking it again from the inside switches, same thing. Well now, what do you do with that? There is no manual lock for the rear, or at…
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Customizing Minecraft with Texture packs! (Video)
Have you ever seen someone’s Minecraft gameplay online and wondered how they got that awesome looking sword or pick? Texture packs are the answer and I show you how to download and load them up in this video! Texture or Resource packs are freely available for download on a few sites like minecrafttexturepacks.com/ and minepacks.com/.…
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Free DEDICATED Minecraft 1.6.2 Multiplayer setup! Windows 7 (Video)
Running your own Minecraft server is a great way to share your games and connect with friends. In this video I cover some of the basics how to configure and get a Minecraft server up in no time. The server itself is small java applet that can run on Windows, Linux and Mac. Since the…
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Samsung Note 2 Mobile Desktop with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and MHL
The Note 2 is the first phone that I have had that I can honestly say is impressively powerful. With its Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 and generous 2 Gb of RAM, speedy performance while multitasking is not an issue. Although that coupled with Samsung’s built in multi-window display is what really takes it to an…
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Samsung Note 2 – HDMI/VGA out to a TV/Computer Monitor via MHL, no or blank output fix!
Android on the big screen Sharing out the screen of an Android device can be a very useful thing to have, allowing you to share video, presentations or even just because you want a larger screen for easy viewing. Most higher end Android devices come with some sort of HDMI out (often Micro-HDMI), making this…
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