/me Famous
Well, it does not happen often that you get a mention in N4G – lookse here What is all the hype about? Sony has acknowledged me as one of their super-customers and I have sofar participated in every single beta:...
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iBurst: Fix your broadband
There is no doubt that iBurst is one of the worse broadband providers out there. Look at the over 500 complaints in the last 12 months on HelloPeter or HellBurst. While most users complain about incorrect debit orders and the...
NAS: Display Squid cachemgr
In a previous post I detailed how to install Squid on a Synology DS107+. This post explains how you are able to include Squid’s cache-manager UI. This post is for advanced users and I am not going to re-explain how...
NAS: Create your own caching proxy
There you are, with that 1TB NAS and you surf mostly the same websites and in the process waste plenty of time waiting on downloads. So why not install your own Squid-proxy server on your NAS? With the Synology and...
OSX: Garmin Roadtrip released
Formerly known as Garmin Bobcat, Garmin has now released RoadTrip. RoadTrip allows you to transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes between your Mac and Garmin device and manage your data using your Garmin maps. RoadTrip provides the ability to search for...
PS3: Sony give us our own server
There we are, a 2000 member strong PS3 community, with an average of 2000-3000 PS3 selling in South Africa per month, but Sony refuses to provide us with a dedicated regional server for online gaming and purchasing content. It is...
PS3: Whoop Whoop – Resistance 2 beta invite….
lucky me. Sony is really spoiling me, got now the beta invite for Resistance: FOM-2 – awesome!!!!
NAS: Boot your NAS…
In a previous article I showed how to make the Synology reboot a router via a cronjob. There are many more options – such as automatically rebooting your Synology NAS thereafter – you would just extend the script by another...
NAS: Boot your router….
Having the Synology DiskStation hooked up to the UPS I have avoided any sudden problems when Eskom decides to load-shed again. Over the last few days I did notice (especially since now my iBurst modem and WLAN-access point is on...
PS3: Whoop Whoop – Home invite
By the sounds of it I seem to be the first South African to have received an official Playstation Home invite: PLAYSTATION Home (also marketed and referred to simply as Home) is a community-based service for the PlayStation Network which...
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