When you enable SSL on a Synology Diskstation, accessing it over the local network will throw up a selection of security warnings on browsers. There are 3 choices here for the LAN user: Ignore the warnings and click through Register an Internet FQDN to your local IP Create a self-signed SSL and root CA to […]

The Synology DiskStation is a great tool for backing up your files and acting as a central media storage device. Since it will host so much important data — family photos, documents, backups of all your devices — securing it properly is critical. Out of the box, a Synology NAS is reasonably secure, but there […]

Two-factor authentication or 2FA is a way of making your logins more secure, by not only requiring a username and password when signing in, but also a special extra code that can either be received as an SMS or else generated by an app or device. Most of you will already have used 2FA, perhaps […]

You sit down at a cafe, connect to the free WiFi, and start working. Twenty minutes later, the connection drops — there’s a 30-minute session limit. Now you have to wait, reconnect, or move on. This is common at airports, hotels, cafes, and public spaces that offer time-limited free WiFi. Here’s how to get around […]

  A while back I wrote a guide to backing up one’s important digital assets. In that post, I mentioned that I decided to go for Synology instead of the Drobo, specifically the Synology DiskStation DS916+. Apart from the negative comments on the Drobo, I had also begun to understand the potential of NAS technology in […]

Fax machines should have died years ago, but some businesses, government offices, and institutions still require faxed documents. If you need to send or receive a fax and don’t have a fax machine (like most people in 2026), online fax services solve the problem cheaply or for free.

Backups are essential both on a personal level and perhaps even more within a business context. My work and play are fairly intertwined, so for the purposes of backups I can’t really distinguish the two. What I will explain in this post can be used by someone to backup personal data but will also be […]

I recently decided to migrate one of my brands’ email accounts from Zoho Mail to Gmail. Google Apps has many more features than just Gmail and we were also having some spam issues with Zoho Mail so the move was a no-brainer really. The only disadvantage is that Gmail is not free for business use […]

Apple’s iCloud ecosystem has grown significantly over the years, but it can still be confusing — especially if you’re trying to understand how backup, storage, photos, and file sync all fit together. Here’s a clear breakdown of what each component does and how to use them effectively.

Update October 2019 – Switching to 1Password Subscription I’ve since switched to the subscription version of 1Password as it is more convenient to make sure everything works well in sync and eliminates the need for Dropbox. It is also much easier to make sure everyone in my family and business has an updated version of […]

We all have private content stored on our laptops or external drives. Would you like that content to fall into the wrong hands? I sure don’t want that to happen, so I hide and protect my private files and folders. Hiding Files and Folders There are two main methods of hiding files and folders in […]

I love reading about all sorts of topics and a good chunk of my life is spent online. Logically I’m thus processing a ton of information, and unfortunately, my brain doesn’t always absorb all the information I feed it. Hence I needed some software to help me store all the important tidbits such as links, […]