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Speeding up a Synology rebuild
After purchasing a Synology NAS I inserted a bunch of drives and left ‘expanding’ overnight. When I came back in the morning it had gone from 2% to 5% complete – about 95% less than what I was hoping. I discovered that you can SSH into the box and check the status of the rebuild…
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Clearing Chrome’s DNS cache
If you ever need to point a domain name at an IP address, for sandboxing during development, or for whatever reasons, then Chrome can be a real nuisance. It seems to cache the domain name and refuses to use your new IP address. Recent versions supposedly monitor /etc/hosts, and if you view the DNS cache…
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MacOS terminal cursor navigation with a mouse
File this under ‘I can’t believe I didn’t know this sooner’. Ever had to edit a long command in a terminal window? Certainly you can set things up so you can jump back and forward using the keyboard. But you can also option+click to move the cursor instantly – really handy for some commands. Also,…
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What’s Warming The World?
If you can get over the slightly annoying scroll thing this is a fascinating explanation of climate change. What’s Really Warming the World? Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
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American Gods
I’ve been very much enjoying American Gods on Amazon Prime. It’s been a few years since I read Neil Gaiman’s book, but the adaptation seems incredibly accurate to the point where I feel like I’m having flashbacks to reading it. From my understanding the first season is only a fraction of the book, so there’s…
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