Remove the WordPress logo from the admin bar

Want to make your WordPress site more “white label” to users who are logged in? Originally I was just going to remove the icon, but there is a whole wordpress menu under there. Let’s just remove the whole lot! If you have a child theme in use, you can add the following code snippet to …

Incorrect wifi password in iOS

My kids are always playing in areas of the iPad or iPhone that they really shouldn’t be. Unfortunately Apple have never allowed us to have a truly restrictive setup for kids in this way. Every now and then they muck up the wifi and have tried connecting to someone else’s wifi and then they can’t …

Windows Update in Virtual Machines

I use virtual box to run a number of virtual machines. Tonight when trying to update a recent install of windows I found the update stalled and kept searching aimlessly doing nothing. It turns out you need to enable “promiscuous mode (always allow)” on the network adaptor of the virtual device for the update to …

Here’s Where Google Hid Chrome’s SSL Certificate Information

Tonight I wanted to know where a particular site had their SSL certificate issued. Upon clicking the green padlock in Chrome, I found that there were no certificate details to be found anywhere. After a good minute or two of not being able to find it, I did what any other reasonable person would do. …

changing hostname in ubuntu

I cloned a virtual server and late realised they had the same hostname. No problem. change the hostname in /etc/hostname: sudo nano /etc/hostname change the hostname in /etc/hosts: this file will contain localhost and your old hostname. eg, 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 <new-host-name> edit this file to suit. Finally, change the hostname in the current session: …

symbolic links in linux and Ubuntu

I always seem to have a tough time getting symbolic links right and often finding myself either Googling them or running test link after test link until I nail it. Normally I follow the mantra: command {something} {somewhere} such as: mount /dev/sda1 /media/mydrive /dev/sds1 being the “something” and the /media/mydrive being the somewhere But with …