Substitution Cipher Decoding Utility
Somewhere along the way in delving in to cyber security, I’ve also gained an interest in encryption. While this might seem obvious, I’m more interested in the classical cryptography such a ...
Category Archives: Life
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Google Familiy Link Location Sharing Not Working or Offline
I recently purchased a phone for my eldest, making the decision to stick with Android for the Google Family Link platform which allows me to lock down the device and monitor where it is (for safety an ...
Sideload Synology DS-Video App on to Amazon Fire TV Stick
UPDATE: 25th February 2019 Despite the DS-Video app now being available in the Amazon Fire TV App store, I have updated this because it seems that the Fire TV version of the apps has problems with SSL ...
Caesar Cipher Wheel Printable PDF
My daughter recently made up her own cipher at school, inventing 26 characters of her own to write secret messages but she found the complex symbols tiring to write after a while. We started talking a ...
Connecting Ubiquiti Unifi USG to Azure via VPN
As a self confessed Ubiquiti fanboy that wants to learn the Microsoft Azure platform (just well, because), it made sense to attempt to create a Site-to-Site (AKA Site-to-Cloud) VPN connection between ...
Running Ubiquiti UniFi Controller on a Raspberry Pi
UPDATE: 25th Sept 2017 As per my previous article, I’ve now deployed a network at home and its working wonderfully, the speeds are good and already wireless roaming work pretty well. I decided h ...