The more you know, the better you will be able to make the right decision. This maxim when applied to business expresses the necessity of collecting a lot of data, that we are well aware of today. But simply having a lot of data is not everything and by itself does not guarantee success. Even more important than quantity is the quality of data. To extract the most value out of data, businesses...
How an External Cyber Security Audit Can Help Your Business
In this time and age, you can never be too safe. No matter how big or small your organization is, cybersecurity is essential. Primarily because hackers and criminals nowadays can be less picky. For your business’s safety, systematically reviewing your data, device security, and network can be crucial. It can allow you to learn about your business’s potential security risks –hopefully...
How to access a Website when it is Down
Recently, I needed to access some important information from a web page which was down. Actually, the whole site was down as the domain owner had forgotten to renew the domain. Things like this have happened very rarely in my experience. But its an frustrating experience when you come across an important piece of information not to be found anywhere except on the web page which is down. Websites...
How to Record your Computer Screen Video for Free
A few years down the memory lane, there were lots of freeware and open source screen recording tools available for windows. Today most of the free screen recording tools for windows are available as a free limited trial. One has to pay for these to be able to make use of all the features. Most screen recording tools are offered as trial-ware, limit the duration of screen recording or add a logo...
Upgrade WordPress to PHP 7.4 on Apache running on Ubuntu
WordPress now displays a “PHP update required” warning on the dashboard if the PHP installation is not up to date. I saw the same warning in the WordPress dashboard for one of my sites. The site has been running PHP 7.2 for more than a year and it was only recently i saw the warning for the first time. Coincidentally, the site had also been down in performance for a few months. So I...
Decrease WordPress page load time by reducing number of comments per page.
Recently I started receiving notifications in the google webmaster tools dashboard regarding slow loading time of some of the pages on my blog. The blog was running on WordPress on a Ubuntu with Apache as the server. On my end, most pages were loading fine with a average loading time of 2-3 seconds. In order to increase the performance, I switched the web server from Apache to Nginx. It did bring...
How to fix Incorrect Table Definition error in Laravel
SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1075 Incorrect table definition; there can be only one auto column and it must be defined as a key If you faced the above error in Laravel, I will show you the reason why it happened and how it will be fixed. The “Incorrect table definition” error can occur in Laravel due to many issues. I came across this error when I ran the php...
How to Increase Download Speed on Steam
After you purchase a game on steam, the only thing that’s delaying you from playing the game is the download speed. The size of games have become monstrous in comparison to the size before a few years. Albeit this has been compensated by hard disk prices going down and the affordability of fast internet connections with high bandwidth. However in spite of having a high speed internet...
How to enable Small Mode on Steam
Steam is the most popular game video game distribution service for windows. Developed by valve, steam has the highest market share for a digital distribution platform for PC gaming. By default, the steam client on PC is based on a full fledged browser. The steam client allows users to manage games purchased from steam and receive updates for them. It also allows one to browse the games available...
How to disable cursor highlighting letters while typing
Generally when typing, the cursor appears after a letter. But in rare cases, sometimes the cursor highlights the words instead. This is a common issue with anyone who types regularly using a text editor or word processor. The first time this happened with me, I had no clue how it happened and It took me a while to figure out how to switch to the normal cursor highlighter. It did cause me a...