Category: Technology
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Let me off this crazy AI train!
Over the last year or two, we have inundated with AI tools and slowly over time, new tools have been developed. More specifically, in the last couple of weeks, we have seen leaps in this technology, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o that had a fairly impressive demo: While the tech is cool, I am just not happy…
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Bluesky is now available to all!
Bluesky, the social media site that launched into an invite-only beta about 2 years ago, is now accessible to the public without the requirement of an invitation code. The platform was initially a project of Twitter before being spun out to be its own thing. Bluesky are not part of the Fediverse that Mastodon, PeerTube,…
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No longer shackled to Google
(mostly) Last week I asked whether Fastmail was a good alternative to Google Workspace and while the sole response was a ‘Yes’, I did my research on it before signing up. I set up a free trial account with Fastmail and got to importing my emails from Google Workspace. Maybe it was just fate, but…
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Side Note: How to Enable DevTools in Discord
I currently have a ticket open with Discord and they required me to get the Build Number for the client that I was using. Of course, this information would mainly be in the ‘User Settings’ at the bottom but they wanted the [BUILD INFO] more specifically But when I attempted to do ⌘⌥+i on my…
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EU Instagram Users Denied ‘Threads’ Access? Embrace the Fediverse Alternative
On Thursday last, Instagram’s newest product, Threads launched. It is a new microblogging service set to rival Twitter which has been steadily hitting every branch while falling off the social media tree, while services like the Fediverse and Bluesky have sprouted leaves. But as Instagram is owned and operated by Meta, you know that there…
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Getting Started with Mastodon
If you are joining Mastodon for the first time, you may have some questions about how to use the platform, what the shiny buttons do, etc. This page has everything that you need to get started. ⁉️ Missing or incorrect information? A feature that should be covered in this guide? Let me know @padraig@mastodon.ie 👆…
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Swap from SQLite to MySQL 8 for Ghost
Whenever Ghost released 5.0 back in May, they made a change so that Ghost no longer supports SQLite3 or MySQL 5. I didn’t mind running SQLite until the recent 5.9 changes on the Docker image for Ghost changed all of that. So now, if you try to run Ghost via SQLite3 on your Docker container,…
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Quick Tip: Restore the older Volume Mixer in Windows 11
Recently Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 that doesn’t allow you to open the older version of the Volume Mixer. To restore the old Volume Mixer, go to: Start >> Type into the search box sndvol.exe and press enter. This will open it up. Once it’s open, Right-click on the icon on the taskbar…
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How to upgrade Ghost 5 on Plesk Obsidian
This is a follow-on to my previous post about installing Ghost 5 on Plesk Obsidian. Please check it out! 🚨 I am not an expert in Docker, npm, node.js or related technologies. What I am documenting here is what worked for me. YMMV This is actually really simple, but, we want to be protected first!…
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How to install Ghost 5 on Plesk Obsidian
This is an update to the Ghost 4 install guide from March 2021. The instructions are pretty much the same. UPDATE: 20th December 2022 – This guide has been updated to include instructions on implementing Ghost with MySQL 8. Yesterday, May 23rd, Ghost released Version 5 to everyone which contains support for new custom premium…
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