For reference if anyone comes across the same issue. I’ve been trying to install QPKG on the device (to install a Dropbox client on it) but found a lot of obsolete information. There is a post on a qnap forum here (https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=99196) that hints at an alternative option called Entware-ng. To install it, download it from the previous link. Then in your QNAP management page, go to the App Center, click on the cog wheel…
Category Archives: Things
Considerations with HSTS and storing website assets on Amazon S3
With SSL getting pretty cheap through some providers and many guides offering easy instructions to get going on setting up, be sure to approach with caution. Aral Balkan has a pretty well written set of instructions on this website on how to setup SSL with the best practice configuration. It’s all very good information available there. There is one line that you should be very cautious about understanding properly: # Add HSTS add_header Strict-Transport-Security “max-age=31536000;…
phpMyAdmin showing a 500 error after a WHM/cPanel upgrade
I did an upgrade to WHM/cPanel server today. Moved it to the latest cPanel software and did an easyApache upgrade to the latest php 5.3. All worked smoothly until I launch phpMyAdmin. No worky, dang. This one had me puzzle for a while. The crazy part is that I couldn’t find an error in the log. Turns out.. that when the upgrade happened, because it’s now php 5.3, the phpMyAdmin config file doesn’t set a…
Got a Raspberry Pi
My Raspberry Pi just arrived in the post on Friday (bought from Element14). Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet. Pretty sweet little device; even tinier than I had it pictured. Check it out on www.raspberrypi.org
Building a custom ITX HTPC computer with wooden case mod – Part 3
Welcome back for yet another riveting post on my computer building adventures. If you haven’t read Part 1 or Part 2 of this excellent writing exercise, well you oughta! So now I have the box for the case. What I’m going to do next is making some measurements and working out how everything will fit in, then I will start on cutting and drilling process. To do this though, I am going to need a…
Building a custom ITX HTPC computer with wooden case mod – Part 2
Welcome back. If you haven’t read Part 1 of this excellent writing exercise, well you oughta! In Part 1 I briefly outlined the choice of hardware for the system. In Part 2 I’ll present the design aspects of the case. The Case I’m not 100% crazy, I do not have the skills, nor the tools to build a wooden case all from scratch. My initial idea was to find an old wooden box, from a…
Building a custom ITX HTPC computer with wooden case mod
I’ve wanted to do this for quite some time now. I have been custom-building my own desktop computer for a long time now. It pretty much just comes down to picking the right components and placing them in a good ATX case. Building an ITX/HTPC computer is kind of the same, except everything is smaller and therefore a bit more challenging. Trying to do this in a custom case ramps up the difficulty level even…