The sound of our regular doorbell isn’t heard everywhere in the house. Also, sometimes you know that somebody has been at the door but you don’t know who. I found the article below in which especially Pushingbox.com took my interest. Pushingbox is an online service which you can trigger from an Arduino microcontroller very easy. […]
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No excuse for not having a backup
This morning I read a magazine in which an article was written about home burglary. One of the remarks made by people who had experienced a home burglary was that it was terrible to happen because they lost so many private belongings. So far I completely agree! Then the remark was made: “my notebook was […]
Backup strategy and Synology Online back...
I’m happy to see that more users are starting to use NAS devices (Network Attached Storage) to store and share their data, music, photos and videos within a household. Many people choose for a setup with a RAID 1 configuration which means that they have installed 2 harddisks that hold a copy of each others […]
LastPass – The last password you’ll have
LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Although I’ve never been enthousiastic about using a password manager, I’m completely convinced now! My main concerns were usability and reliability of the application. One of the main benefits of using a password manager is that you are able to use unique […]
Backup (and restore) your photos using F...
Flickr is a very popular photosharing site. Basically you can use it to store your pictures and share those with your friends and/or family or make them available to the rest of the world. A free account offers you 100 MB of photo uploads a month and you can view the last 200 uploaded photos. […]
2.8mm~16mm Fixed IRIS Lens Set for Webca...
Possible nice upgrade for your (IP)Cam. Exchange the standard lens with another focal length to adjust the view of the camera. My Foscam came with a standard 6 mm and I tried the 3.6mm lens. It did gave a wider view but recognizing faces became to difficult in my situation. Also I have the impression […]
Foscam FI8904w WiFi IP Camera
Looking for a networked IP Camera to watch your property? I’ve been looking around for several camera’s which offer a reasonable quality and are not too expensive. The professional cam’s start at about 500 euro’s. I’ve found a nice IP camera with Infrared nightview, wired and wireless (wifi) network connection and it’s compatible with Synology […]
How to add a SSL certificate to your syn...
This post describes how to add a SSL Certificate to the synology NAS device. (tested on DS207+ and DS209 II) I was amazed how many post on the internet can be found, but none of all are a complete description on how to do this ! – Make sure that Telnet access is enabled (Management […]
Open DNS, make your network more secure ...
Make your network safer, faster, smarter and more reliable by simply modifying your DNS Settings. Look at www.opendns.com. It also offers you a way to limit access to websites not suitable for your kids.