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  • Samsung Galaxy S4 – DCIM Camera folder appears empty

    Issue When Samsung Galaxy S4 is connected to a Windows PC, DCIM\Camera folder appears to be empty. But when browsing on the actual phone with an Android File Manager (or via Gallery app) you can see that there are hundreds of images in that folder.

  • Email relay via Office 365 / Exchange Online

    This is a quick tutorial to setup Email Relay using Office 365 or Exchange Online services. Requirements: Office 365 / Exchange Online Account Static IP address at your site (from where emails will be sent)

  • Microsoft knocks down my NO-IP subdomains

    This morning I tried to connect to some devices on my home network remotely only to find that they appeared to be offline. My first thought was that there was an issue with my home Internet connection, but after quick troubleshooting it appeared that all of my no-ip.org subdomains were not resolving. I logged on…

  • Installing BMW Alpine Stereo upgrade (BMW 3 series E90)

    I’m not an audiophile, but standard BMW stereo system sounds pretty bad to my ears. There are obviously very fancy (and expensive) audio system upgrades possible, but I decided to go with an official BMW Alpine kit. Mainly for two reasons: 1 – sound quality is considerably better than standard stereo (I’m not really interested…

  • JComments – can’t disable CAPTCHA

    Issue Not possible to disable CAPTCHA for Public user group in Settings > Permissions > Public (JComments 3.0.0). After saving the changes “Enable CAPTCHA” check-box gets checked again. Resolution The issue is a bug confirmed by JComments developer “smart” here.

  • Incorrect MTU causes websites not to load at all or load incomplete

    Issue A small office reported an issue with their Internet connection – some websites wouldn’t load at all, some load incompletely, and others work absolutely fine. The office had a SonicWALL NSA220 firewall connecting to the Internet via BT OpenReach VDLS modem (over PPPoE). Standard network / Internet connectivity tests didn’t show any problems. 

  • Godaddy SMTP server randomly rejects emails

    I have a few websites that run Joomla and send some notification emails via Godaddy SMTP server smtpout.europe.secureserver.net. Godaddy only allows 250 SMTP relays per day for free, but for this particular purpose this was more than enough. One day I noticed that I was not receiving all notification emails I was supposed to receive.…

  • Keep Bluetooth tethering always enabled on Samsung Note 3

    I own a TomTom Go 500 SatNav that automatically pairs with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 over a Bluetooth for live traffic updates. For this to work, you must have Bluetooth and Bluetooth tethering options enabled on the phone.

  • Joomla! doesn’t detect latest updates

    Noticed that few of my Joomla websites were still on version 2.5.11 when the current version was 2.5.19. Joomla auto-update page was misleadingly saying that Joomla was up-to-date.

  • How to turn old Android tablet into high-end picture frame

    A little while ago I was looking for a 10” – 12” digital photo frame. Just couldn’t find what I wanted. Even most expensive frames were old models with low quality, low resolution screens. I suppose not many people buy these things anymore so manufacturers just stopped bothering with them… Then I had an idea…

  • Force mp3, pdf and other files to download (Apache)

    If your website visitor clicks on a URL that links to a file, such as mp3, mp4, doc, pdf, etc., the file will be displayed/played inside the browser if the browser supports that particular format. This is inconsistent across different browsers as not all browsers support the same file formats. To make experience more consistent…

  • Joomla native captcha (reCAPTCHA) not working

    Issue Integrated Joomla captcha (reCAPTCHA) does not appear in the front end.