Anyone who has seen the screen below would exactly know what I’m talking about. Like everyone, I googled for answers, and most suggestions were to reset the iPhone and load using a backup. Here is an alternative way of successfully retrieving the passcode without involving a reset. First, make a backup of your iPhone or iPad using iTunes and make sure you backup locally, i.e. to the computer …

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I joined the cult of Steve Jobs with an early 2011 MacBook Pro. Mac OS X comes with a host of default apps that do a great job for normal users. But if you are edging towards a power user, this app might come in handy. Most of the apps noted below are free, and I use them often. If you have any apps you would recommend, leave a comment.

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I came across this project and managed to successfully use it to install a minimal Raspbian installation. If you are like me and looking to skim the fat out of the original SD card installation of Raspbian, then this blog walks you through how to go about doing it. Pre-installation step Prerequisites SD Card of at least 4GB in size Familiarity with the OS you are using to execute the steps below …

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In my earlier blog DNS: All you need to know, I had penned down my thoughts about how DNS services are generally sliced in the industry. This blog is a continuation of it, detailing how the Dynamic DNS service could be utilised between three different service providers. Previous setup ISP BT (British Telecom) is my ISP. Since I’m a residential broadband customer, I don’t have a choice …

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I have been a long-time user of the Dynamic DNS service provided by DynDNS. I had no issue with using their service until they stopped their free offering. I have continued with them for about a year, and since it’s coming up to renew, I started looking at alternatives and here is a brief blog about my learning in the hope that it could be beneficial to someone in the same boat.

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Keytool is a secure socket layer certification management utility included in JDK and manages Java KeyStore (JKS). JKS is a repository of security certificates, either authorization certificates or public key certificates, used for instance in SSL encryption. It also allows the user to manage their own public/private key-pairs and certificates. KeyStore You might hear an alternative name called …

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Hope this blog helps anyone looking at running through Sun/Oracle JNDI tutorials. I had to troubleshoot to get the samples running, and hence putting this blog to help anyone in a similar situation. I was running the samples on the ApacheDS LDAP server, hence I had to make a few changes before the tutorial.ldif loaded correctly. Below are the exact steps I had to follow to make it work. Download …

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If you are boxed into thinking about installing a VNC client for Mac, then this post is for you. I was exactly under the same impression until Google explained it a bit more. The good news is that OSX comes with a built-in application to access a remote desktop over VNC. But to access the application, you have two choices. Assuming your VNC server is running on server 192.168.8.15 Using Finder

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Below is my experience of migrating the Nexus 1.9.2 to 2.7.0. This is my instance of Nexus, and if you are planning to do this on a production environment, take more caution. Nexus had moved on a lot from the last version I had installed. I was forced to look at the migration as the Nexus wasn’t starting after the target box was upgraded to Java 1.7 from 1.6. I went through this link on the …

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I have been a Debian user for more than 10 years now and, like many others, Linux/alternative OS enthusiasts have tried, retried many other OSes and always return to my Debian home. Below is my experience of setting up a minimalistic desktop environment for productivity and ease of use. Disclaimer: I’m assuming the following bits about the reader, i.e. you’re good at or at least …

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