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Today I enabled 2-step verification in Google Apps

Today I enabled 2-step verification in Google Apps. This means that if you want to you can use 2 factor authentication when logging in to Google Apps services such as GMail. You can’t force your users to use 2-step verification, they must opt-in themselves. Anyway, I did opt-in with my account and downloaded the Google Authenticator to my Android that is used for generating codes. It all work well and now I’m using 2-factor authentication for my Google account.

Posted by peter on Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Added a second monitor to my laptop with Ubuntu

I decided to move my 21″ monitor from my desktop computer to my laptop that runs Ubuntu. Since I have a DVI interface on my monitor and a HDMI interface on my laptop I had to buy a adapter. I bought one at Clas Olson and it worked perfectly. Ok, now I had to switch my primary monitor so my external monitor holds the panels instead of the built in monitor that is the default monitor.

Posted by peter on Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How to find the uptime

Now and then I need to find out for how long the server has been running. And it’s easy. Linux Just run the command uptime Windows Just run the command net statistics server

Posted by peter on Thursday, November 11, 2010

More disk capacity

Bought 2 new 1.5TB hard drives in the US and they are now installed in my NAS. How easy it was to upgrade, replace disk #1and repair and then replace disk #2 and repair, DONE. I just love my Sonology 🙂

Posted by peter on Wednesday, July 14, 2010

I bought a new router today

Ok, I had problems with my old router so I decided to buy a new one. Didn’t I have warranty left on my old router? I couldn’t remember when I bought it so I had to search for my invoice. I know I bought it in an on-line store but didn’t remember which one and when. I found the invoice in my mailbox and it was InWarehouse and I bought it the 10th of June 2008.

Posted by peter on Saturday, June 12, 2010

Having big trouble with my broadband router

Please wait...<br /> The gateway is currently measuring your network connection.<br /> Accessing this web page might have an effect on the measurement.<br /> This page will refresh shortly.<br /> The last couple of days my broadband connection has gone up and down. I have a D-Link DIR-655 that has worked perfectly until a couple of days ago. It seems to reboot itself now and then and it makes the whole family go crazy.

Posted by peter on Saturday, June 12, 2010

I’ve got a Rdio invite

I finally got an invite to the new streaming service Rdio. I was invited by Refe Tuma Creative Deconstruction (:-)). Ok, time to evaluate and compare it with Spotify. Update, I have no invites left. /Peter

Posted by peter on Friday, June 11, 2010

Google Wave is finally available in Google Apps

Google Wave is finally available in Google Apps. Google has promised to release other services such as Reader, Picasa etc. in Google Apps.

Posted by peter on Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The blog software is now updated

I have updated this blog to the latest and greatest version (2.8.4a). We where running WordPress on version 2.7.1 and there was some security issues with that version so it feels good that the upgrade is done. If you encounter any problems just send an e-mail. /Peter

Posted by peter on Sunday, October 4, 2009

Updated my phone to Android 1.6

Today I updated my ADP1 to Android 1.6. I flashed the device using an updated recovery image (read more). The process is simple, this is how I did it. First we need to download the radio image and the recovery image from HTC. After the files are downloaded it’s time start the update. This is a two step process, first we will install the radio image and then the recovery image.

Posted by peter on Sunday, October 4, 2009

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