by Dean | Mar 22, 2014 | Crazy Idea, General IT, IT, Misc, PHP, Programming, SAAS (Software as a Service), Tutorial, Virtualisation
So my web hosting is coming up for renewal shortly and I have been considering what options I have in terms of renewing it given the creation of My Book It. I need something fairly flexible and considered the option to migrate to a VPS type solution. But before I move...
by Dean | Jan 8, 2014 | General IT, IT, monitoring, Tutorial
Just say you want to audit domain log on and log offs within your network. This is always a good idea to ensure that you know who is logging into what and when. I have used this method in a number of places and it has always proven to be useful for both monitoring...
by Dean | Oct 9, 2013 | General IT, Home Media, IT, Tutorial
Now that we have what we want all designed and ready to install we can start the installation of the back end software. Most of the front ends will just work once the server is setup correctly. Software download First things first is to get the software you need...
by Dean | Sep 22, 2013 | Home Media, IT, Tutorial
Now that we have the hardware all sorted out it is time to review the software for the media network. There isn’t much to this one so it should be over pretty quickly. You will need software for the back end and the front ends. This one I am going to do in...
by Dean | Sep 14, 2013 | Home Media, IT, Tutorial
So we have the plan for the home media network, now we need to get stuck into how we are going to set it up and what we are going to use. One thing that I think is important in these types of setups is to be able to get the most amount of value from your hardware. It...
by Dean | Sep 8, 2013 | Crazy Idea, Home Media, IT, Tutorial
I have embarked on setting up my very own home media centre. Over the next little while I will cover the setup and maintenance of the system from start to finish. The requirements of the system that I wanted are Must be cheap Must not use pay TV Needs to run on old...