Over the last week, some the major social media sites and services have banned the outgoing President of the United States, Donald Trump due to incitement of violence and hate speech. With people deciding to leave Twitter, Facebook and other social services, some are turning to alternative sites and services.
Category: technology
Remove joe(.)ie “noscroll”
For a while now, every time that I got to a joe (.) ie article, (A site I don’t particularly like), they have a “noscroll filter” which prevents you from scrolling. This is more than likely due to the adblocking and tracking being disabled by default on the site. (Thanks Vivaldi) So, I created this… Continue reading Remove joe(.)ie “noscroll”
Facebook’s ‘Page Transparency’ & How to know when to spot fake pages!
Back in April of this year, to combat ‘Fake News’, Facebook introduced a new feature on all pages called “Page Transparency”.It allows everyone who vists the page the ability to see various metadata.
Backup & Update WordPress to 5.0
The following is a video guide on how you can back up your WordPress site with Blacknight and update it to 5.0 Apologies if I am stumbling over my words a little bit in this video. If you have any further queries about this, please leave a comment on this post or tweet me @PadraigFahy
Protect & secure your Instagram account!
Over the last few days, I have come across friends’ Instagram accounts being compromised. I would know that they are compromised when there is multiple advertisements being added for the same brands/items eg. Ray Ban’s, Adidas etc. Here is a couple of tips on how to protect your Instagram account. Have a strong password. Do… Continue reading Protect & secure your Instagram account!
Attending WordCamp Dublin 2017!
Hey everyone! Just a quick note to let you all know that I will be in Dublin next weekend (October 14th & 15th) for WordCamp Dublin 2017! It is the first WordCamp conference to be held in Dublin. If you are in the area on Friday evening or attending on Saturday, find me (I should… Continue reading Attending WordCamp Dublin 2017!
Sendmail, please don’t break Postfix
As I look after most of the services that run on my server (Titan), I experiement around with new scripts, plugins and other bits and pieces. But there can be times where it does more damage than good. I wanted to install a CMS (Which I will not name), but it decided that it wanted… Continue reading Sendmail, please don’t break Postfix