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Laravel 8: Unknown column ‘uuid’ on failed_jobs table

Laravel 8: Unknown column ‘uuid’ on failed_jobs table

I recently upgraded a project of mine to Laravel 8 (from Laravel 7). Everything seemed to go really well with just a few snags here and there. I then noticed however a number of errors were getting logged when the system tried to record failed jobs. I turned out that Laravel 8 introduces an additional column in to the ...
Bob McKay 68 views 2 likes Feb 20, 2021 Laravel Share
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Splatoon 2 Abilities Cheatsheet (Printable PDF)

Splatoon 2 Abilities Cheatsheet (Printable PDF)

So myself and the kids are addicted to Splatoon 2 at the moment but don’t really know what all of the abiltiies (power ups) do, so I decided to try and find a cheatsheet we could print off and keep next to the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately all of the cheatsheets I could find were on solid black backgrounds and s ...
Bob McKay 75 views 1 likes Feb 20, 2021 Software Share
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Installing Dropbox on Kali Linux 2021

Installing Dropbox on Kali Linux 2021

UPDATED Jan 2021: A few tweaks required for Kali 2020.4 distribution I’ve always found installing Dropbox on Kali linux a bit hit-and-miss but the more recent distributions of Kali linux seem to handle it a bit better so I thought I’d write a quite guide now its become a more predictable process. Prerequisi ...
Bob McKay 4455 views 18 likes Jan 5, 2021 Business, CISSP, Ethical Hacking, IT Support & Networking, Security Share
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Solved: Dell Mouse Freezes After Seconds of Inactivity

Solved: Dell Mouse Freezes After Seconds of Inactivity

I recently got a which I love and I paired it with a basic . Unfortunately, an issue that seems to come and go is the mouse freezing when it isn’t used for over 5 seconds.  This is long enough that it appears to be an intermittent issues with the mouse but is actually completely repeatable (just hold the mouse st ...
Bob McKay 1496 views 4 likes Oct 12, 2020 Hardware, IT Support & Networking, Windows Share
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Creating a Security Honey Pot with Thinkst Canary & a Raspberry Pi

Creating a Security Honey Pot with Thinkst Canary & a Raspberry Pi

I always liked the idea of a cost-effective honey pot that could be dropped on to a physical network with the minimum of fuss.  As is cost-effective host which, combined with a and the OpenCanary software, makes a great little drop-in. Prepare the SD card Donwload and run the Raspberry PI Imager software available here ...
Bob McKay 2748 views 5 likes Sep 14, 2020 Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, IT Support & Networking, Tech & Gadgets Share
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Using OpenVAS on Kali Linux 2020

Using OpenVAS on Kali Linux 2020

After a few months off, I decided to update my Kali laptop today and return to some ethical hacking shenanigans and also to see if the frustrating bug present in OpenVas 8 was still there (where you couldn’t specify a range as a target either in the GUI or Command Line). After a few round of updates and clean up, ...
Bob McKay 2365 views 10 likes Sep 7, 2020 Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Security Share
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Solved: Dell Wi-fi 6 AX201 Device Cannot Start

Solved: Dell Wi-fi 6 AX201 Device Cannot Start

I recently got a at home and was so impressed with it, when I needed a new one for work, I asked for the same model (though a lower spec). When it arrived, everything was as expected except for one thing: there were no wifi networks visible.  When I dug in, it became apparent this is because there were no functioning n ...
Bob McKay 2387 views 9 likes Sep 6, 2020 Hardware, IT Support & Networking Share
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Outlook’s Simple Missing InfoSec Feature

Outlook’s Simple Missing InfoSec Feature

As we all know, one of the biggest threats/risks to an organisations security are its users – every presentation you see has the ‘surprising’ statistic of just how many breaches start with – or are entirely caused by – actions by a user. Building on this, one of the most common causes of a ...
Bob McKay 1488 views 13 likes Jun 16, 2020 Cyber Security, Office 365, Outlook, Security, Software, Windows Share
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Delete the OneDrive – Personal folder from Windows Explorer

Delete the OneDrive – Personal folder from Windows Explorer

When I deploy OneDrive for Business on Windows 10 PCs, for some reason I’ve never understood, Windows 10 continues to show a OneDrive – Personal folder in Windows Explorer even though I don’t have one setup, for example: This is confusing and a little annoying, taking up valuable space in the left Qui ...
Bob McKay 1765 views 9 likes Jun 3, 2020 Business, IT Support & Networking, Office 365, Software, Windows Share
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Solved: PC or Mouse freeze on Windows 10 with DCom DistributedCOM Error (Event ID 10016)

Solved: PC or Mouse freeze on Windows 10 with DCom DistributedCOM Error (Event ID 10016)

I recently purchased two new with distinctly different base systems (one is an and the other an ) yet I’ve been seeing some odd behavior from both whereby the mouse cursor freezes or disappears and the system becomes unresponsive for a moment.  I saw lots of posts around changing registry permissions but this did ...
Bob McKay 1309 views 11 likes May 30, 2020 Hardware, IT Support & Networking, Software, Windows Share
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