Technology Galaxy and Amazon’s A-Z Guarantee Fail
I pulled this article together more to provide a central location for the nightmare I’ve had with ordering some equipment from Technology Galaxy via Amazon.com and then the subsequent failure of ...
Author Archives: Bob McKay
Custom Backgrounds in Microsoft Teams
With more and more people working from home, we find ourselves in on Teams conference calls in some strange settings (I work in my loft!) which can be distracting to say the least. Earlier in the year ...
Solution: Can’t Paste in to Outlook Search Box
UPDATE: June 2020 Please note that if you can paste in to the search bar using the shortcut CTRL + V and not right click, the chances are you are simply on the newer version of Outlook and at present ...
Using the Hikvision Vandal Resistant Doorbell with a Synology NAS
As part of home improvements I was on the lookout for a video doorbell to use on the outside gates of my home, I had a few pre-requisites: It needed to be powered by POE, no batteries to replace It sh ...
How not to store passwords
I came across a product on Amazon today that I clicked on for entertainment because I assumed it was satirical but much to my dismay, it turned out to be 100% real. It’s a product called the , b ...
Synology NAS: Video Station Media Server (Review & Tips)
As part of my ongoing project to retrofit our old stone house with a fast, multi-purpose network, I purchased a for the primary purpose of providing a destination for my IP cameras to record to via th ...
SOLVED: Windows 10 Keyboard Typing Random Characters
UPDATE 30 Dec 2019: After visiting family and finding they had the same issue with random characters in the save dialog box, I realised the only common software we had on our systems other than the Wi ...
Tidal Vs Spotify Vs Amazon Music – A Comprehensive Review & Comparison
To give this review some context, I thought I ought to explain my goals when reviewing/comparing the streaming services Tidal, Spotify and Amazon Music. Firstly, I love to listen to music – jus ...
Basic Kali Linux Setup
So you want to tinker with Kali Linux huh? This aims to be a (very) brief quick start guide and it assumes you have installed Kali on a machine, on a bootable kali USB drive or in a virtual environme ...
Create a Bootable Kali Linux USB Drive (2019)
I thought I’d write a quick update guide on installing Kali Linux from USB as I’m hoping to encourage more friends to install an instance and start playing. This guide assumes you’re ...