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Sunday, August 28, 2016
dcpromo demote Win2k3 server Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested
dcpromo demote Win2k3 server Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested
Heres the full text of the error received:
the operation failed because:
Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested.
"The wait operation timed out"
and in the dcpromo.log is the following:
07/07 09:02:24 [INFO] Informed NETLOGON to deregister records
07/07 09:02:24 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
07/07 09:04:24 [INFO] StopService on NETLOGON failed with 258
To fix:
Change the first DNS setting on your network card to point to your new DNS server, not the server you are currently demoting. Once you change the DNS setting to the new DNS server you will be able to demote the server without this issue.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
First look at the WeMos D1 Arduino compatible ESP8266 Wifi Board from Banggood com
First look at the WeMos D1 Arduino compatible ESP8266 Wifi Board from Banggood com
This video take a look at the WeMos D1: a Wi-Fi enabled Arduino compatible board based on the ESP8266 chip. The price of it is so tempting, less than 9$.
The ESP8266EX chip that the WeMos D1 board uses offers:
• A 32 bit RISC CPU running at 80MHz
• 64Kb of instruction RAM and 96Kb of data RAM
• 4MB flash memory! Yes that’s correct, 4MB!
• Wi-Fi
• 16 GPIO pins
• I2C,SPI
• I2S
• 1 ADC
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CODE OF THE PROJECT
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http://educ8s.tv/arduino-esp8266-tutorial-first-look-at-the-wemos-d1-arduino-compatible-esp8266-wifi-board/
Cut the Rope Magic V1 0 0 Cra ed Apk
Cut the Rope Magic V1 0 0 Cra ed Apk
Setelah lebih dari 750 juta kali download dari para penggemar game ini, akhirnya Cut the Rope mengeluarkan versi magical terbaru yaitu Cut the Rope: Magic!
Permainan dengan cara memotong tali, dan diujung tali tersebut terdapat permen yang harus termakan oleh si katak. Entah katak atau apa karena binatang tersebut berbentuk seperti katak berwarna hijau. Butuh kecermatan juga dalam memainkan game ini. Terdapat bintang-bintang yang harus kamu dapatkan ketika memotong tali. Gampang-gampang susah.
Features
- Tampilan dunia magic yang baru, suara, dan element gameplay
- Terdapat 5 cara untuk mengubah karakter Om Nom menjadi makhluk ajaib sepanjang stage
- Semakin tinggi level, semakin sulit. Butuh keterampilan dan kecermatan untuk memotong tali
- 100 all-new puzzles, dan akan hadir dengan lebih banyak lagi
Whats new
Secara ajaib mengubah bentuk Om Nom ke bentuk baru;
- Bird form (bentuk burung) - membantu Om Nom untuk terbang menghindari rintangan dan perangkap
- Baby form (bentuk bayi) - memungkin Om Nom untuk melalui ruang kecil
- Fish form (bentuk ikan) - membantu Om Nom untuk menyelam dan mengambil permen
- Mouse form (bentuk tikus) - memberikan Om Nom penciuman yang tajam untuk mencari permen
- Spirit form (bentuk roh) - tak akan terhadang oleh rintangan apapun
Video trailer
Screenshot
Download
Cut the Rope: Magic V1.0.0 Cra**ed Apk
Size 40 Mb
Size 40 Mb
Friday, August 26, 2016
Exchange 2010 The WS Management Service Cannot Process The Request
Exchange 2010 The WS Management Service Cannot Process The Request
PROBLEM: The WS-Management service cannot process the request. The user load quota of 1000 requests per 2 seconds has been exceeded. Send future requests at a slower rate or raise the quota for this user. The next request from this user will not be approved for at least XX milliseconds.
This can happen if a certificate on Exchange expires (SSL or UCC) and the IIS service has not been restarted since.
All you need to do is open a command prompt (Run as Administrator if using UAC) and the type in IISRESET. Press ENTER and wait.
Now you should be able to login to the Exchange 2010 EMC with no issues.
Really simple fix.
Good luck!
Building Arduino Projects for the Internet of Things
Building Arduino Projects for the Internet of Things
This is a book about building Arduino-powered devices for everyday use, and then connecting those devices to the Internet. If youre one of the many who have decided to build your own Arduino-powered devices for IoT applications, youve probably wished you could find a single resource--a guidebook for the eager-to-learn Arduino enthusiast--that teaches logically, methodically, and practically how the Arduino works and what you can build with it.
Building Arduino Projects for the Internet of Things: Experiments with Real-World Applications is exactly what you need. Written by a software developer and solution architect who got tired of hunting and gathering various lessons for Arduino development as he taught himself all about the topic, this book gives you an incredibly strong foundation of Arduino-based device development, from which you can go in any direction according to your specific development needs and desires.
Readers are introduced to the building blocks of IoT, and then deploy those principles to by building a variety of useful projects. Projects in the books gradually introduce the reader to key topics such as internet connectivity with Arduino, common IoT protocols, custom web visualization, and Android apps that receive sensor data on-demand and in realtime. IoT device enthusiasts of all ages will want this book by their side when developing Android-based devices.
What Youll Learn:
- Connect an Arduino device to the Internet
- Creating an Arduino circuit that senses temperature
- Publishing data collected from an Arduino to a server and to an MQTT broker
- Setting up channels in Xively
- Setting up an app in IBM Bluematrix
- Using Node-RED to define complex flows
- Publishing data visualization in a web app
- Reporting motion-sensor data through a mobile app
- Creating a remote control for house lights
- Creating a machine-to-machine communication requiring no human intervention
- Creating a location-aware device
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Configure Two Ironport C Series Devices Where the Backup Hosts the Quarantine
Configure Two Ironport C Series Devices Where the Backup Hosts the Quarantine
These steps come straight from Cisco and it works like a charm. This allows the primary device to focus on email filtering and the second device to take care of the quarantine work. I have another post on how to sync the SLBL on these two devices since users will be getting their information from the backup IronPort.
How to configure two C-Series devices where the backup hosts the Quarantine
Question: How to configure two C-Series devices where the backup hosts the Quarantine Answer All-in-one-plus-one IronPort Spam Quarantine Configuration
Note: This approach will not work if using Centralized Management.
Many sites will run two IronPort appliances, one that is designated as the "Primary MX" server and processes the majority of mail, and a second appliance as a hot spare that is designated as the "Secondary MX." If the Primary MX should become unavailable for any reason, then the normal SMTP protocol will redirect traffic to the Secondary MX until the primary is available again. For sites that wish to deploy the IronPort Spam Quarantine feature for their end-users but do not have enough traffic to justify a dedicated M-Series appliance, we offer the below configuration hints to allow you to configure the Secondary MX system to act as a centralized quarantine for both appliances, and to tell the Primary MX that messages detected as spam should be sent to that central quarantine on the Secondary MX system.
Please note that this configuration should only be used by sites that are not at or near the peak performance throughput on their Primary MX server, or doing equal-weighted load balancing between two appliances, as the additional load of processing end-user quarantined messages could result in reduced throughput in the event of a Primary-to-Secondary fail-over. For high-volume sites whose multiple appliances are running at or near peak throughput, we recommend deployment of the M-Series appliance to offload quarantine duties from your C-Series appliances.
The second IronPort MGA that will contain the IronPort Spam Quarantine, must be able to identify messages coming from the Primary MTA and force the messages to the Quarantine. This can be accomplished by using an X-Header once a messages is identified as spam.
To avoid having two IronPort C-Series MGAs scanning the same message be sure to perform the following steps.
Procedure overview:
1. On the Primary
1. Ensure messages received from Primary MX MGA are scanned for Anti-Spam filtering
2. When Spam Positive and/or Suspect Positive, send to the IronPort Spam Quarantine and add X-Header: X-Ironport-Quarantine
2. On the Secondary
1. add a Mail Flow Policy which by-passes Anti-Spam scanning
2. Add a new Sender Group called "Quarantine_From_Primary", set the order # to 1.
3. Configure this Sender Group to accept messages from the Primary appliance
4. Configure this Sender Group to use the Mail Flow Policy created previously
5. Configure the local quarantine on the "secondary" MGA
6. Edit Log Global Settings to monitor the X-header: X-Ironport-Quarantine
3. Test
If this is not setup correctly one message will actually be scanned by both MGA’s before ending up in the quarantine.
(The following example is using a Sender Group on the secondary MX MGA called "QUARANTINE_FromMail2")
Primary Server
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: New SMTP ICID 1348 interface Mail (192.168.1.2) address 1.1.1.1 reverse dns host pproxy.gmail.com verified yes
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: ICID 1348 ACCEPT SG SUSPECTLIST match sbrs[-2.0:-0.5] SBRS -1.4
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: Start MID 1661 ICID 1348
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 ICID 1348 From:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 ICID 1348 RID 0 To:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: Start MID 1661 ICID 1348
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 ICID 1348 From:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 ICID 1348 RID 0 To:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 Message-ID <16ac64320604271305o755483cdx28677153c5e4032@mail.spammer.com>
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 Subject Fwd: Impotenc-e hellp no doc visilt
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 ready 13559 bytes from
Thu Apr 27 15:05:45 2006 Info: MID 1661 matched all recipients for per-recipient policy DEFAULT in the inbound table
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: MID 1661 using engine: CASE spam positive
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: EUQ: Tagging MID 1661 for quarantine
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: MID 1661 antivirus negative
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: EUQ: Tagging MID 1661 for quarantine (X-Ironport-Quarantine)
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: MID 1661 queued for delivery
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: Delivery start DCID 4789 MID 1661 to RID [0] to offbox IronPort Spam Quarantine
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: Message done DCID 4789 MID 1661 to RID [0]
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: MID 1661 RID [0] Response ok: Message 22017 accepted
Thu Apr 27 15:05:51 2006 Info: Message finished MID 1661 done
Secondary Server
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: New SMTP ICID 121070 interface Mail (192.168.1.2) address 192.168.1.2 reverse dns host unknown verified no
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: ICID 121070 ACCEPT SG QUARANTINE_FromMail2 match 192.168.1.2 SBRS rfc1918
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: Start MID 22017 ICID 121070
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 ICID 121070 From:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 ICID 121070 RID 0 To:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:55 2006 Info: ICID 121070 close
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: Start MID 22017 ICID 121070
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 ICID 121070 From:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 ICID 121070 RID 0 To:
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 Message-ID <16ac64320604271305o755483cdx28677153c5e4032@mail.spammer.com>
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 Subject [SPAM] Fwd: Impotenc-e hellp no doc visilt
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 ready 13907 bytes from
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 matched all recipients for per-recipient policy DEFAULT in the inbound table
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: EUQ: Tagging MID 22017 for quarantine (X-Ironport-Quarantine)
Thu Apr 27 15:05:50 2006 Info: MID 22017 queued for delivery
Thu Apr 27 15:05:54 2006 Info: RPC Delivery start RCID 10882 MID 22017 to local IronPort Spam Quarantine
Thu Apr 27 15:05:54 2006 Info: EUQ: Quarantined MID 22017
Thu Apr 27 15:05:54 2006 Info: RPC Message done RCID 10882 MID 22017
Thu Apr 27 15:05:54 2006 Info: Message finished MID 22017 done
Detailed Steps for Primary Server
1. Ensure messages received from Primary MX MGA are scanned for Anti-Spam filtering
1. Ensure that Anti-Spam scanning is enabled
2. Configure the appropriate Anti-Spam policies on the Incoming Mail Policies page to send Positive and/or Suspect spam to the IronPort Spam Quarantine (now hosted on the Secondary MX appliance)
1. (Mail Policies -> Email Security Manager -> Incoming Mail Policies)
2. Configure the default Mail Policies: Anti-Spam settings ; Positively-Identified Spam Settings actions also to include additional X-header:
1. Header Name: X-Ironport-Quarantine
2. header Text: offbox (any text value will work)
3. If desired, repeat the above for Suspected Spam Settings
4. Setup an External Quarantine
1. Designate the Secondary MX appliance as an External Quarantine host by navigating to Monitor -> Quarantines -> External Quarantines
2. Click the "Add Quarantine..." button
3. Enter a descriptive name so you know you are routing to your Secondary MX appliance
4. Enter the IP address of the Secondary MX appliance
5. Change the default port from 6025 to 25
6. Submit
7. Commit changes
Detailed Steps for Secondary Server
1. On IronPort that will host the Quarantine (Secondary) add a Mail Flow Policy
1. Select the Mail Flow Policies, beneath the HAT Overview
2. Click the Add Policy, button
3. Name the policy, example: SpamQuarantine
4. Connection Behavior set to Accept
5. In the Security Features, turn off Virus Protection and Spam Protection
6. Turn Off Sender Verification
7. Select Submit
2. Add a new Sender Group called "Quarantine_From_Primary", set the order # to 1.
1. Open the HAT Overview, add a new Sender Group
2. Click Add Sender Group
3. Name: Quarantine_From_Primary
4. Set Order to 1
5. Add comments
6. Select the new Policy created, example SpamQuarantine
7. Leave other fields, unchecked
8. Click the Submit and Add Senders, at the bottom right.
9. Enter the IP of the Primary IronPort.
10. Add comments
11. Check Submit
12. Configure Local Quarantine
13. Enable Local quarantines
14. Monitor-> Quarantines-> Local Quarantines
3. Edit Log Settings
1. System Administration > Log Subscriptions -> "Global Settings" box,
2. click "Edit Settings..."
3. In the "Headers (Optional)" text box add: X-Ironport-Quarantine
4. Test
1. Send messages that have spam (use X-header: X-Advertisement: spam)
2. Send messages that do not contain spam
3. Review the logs
Beginning C for Arduino Second Edition Learn C Programming for the Arduino
Beginning C for Arduino Second Edition Learn C Programming for the Arduino
Beginning C for Arduino, Second Edition is written for those who have no prior experience with microcontrollers or programming but would like to experiment and learn both. Updated with new projects and new boards, this book introduces you to the C programming language, reinforcing each programming structure with a simple demonstration of how you can use C to control the Arduino family of microcontrollers. Author Jack Purdum uses an engaging style to teach good programming techniques using examples that have been honed during his 25 years of university teaching.
Beginning C for Arduino, Second Edition will teach you:
- The C programming language
- How to use C to control a microcontroller and related hardware
- How to extend C by creating your own libraries, including an introduction to object-oriented programming
What you’ll learn
- The syntax of the C programming language as defined for the Arduino
- Tried and true coding practices (applicable to any programming language)
- How to design, code, and debug programs that drive Arduino microcontrollers
- How to extend the functionality of C
- How to integrate low cost, off-the-shelf, hardware shields into your own projects
The book is aimed at a complete novice with no programming background. It assumes no prior programming or hardware design experience and is written for creative and curious people who would like to blend a software and hardware learning experience into a single, enjoyable endeavor.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Arduino Microcontrollers
- Arduino C
- Data Types
- Decision Making in C
- Program Loops
- Functions in C
- Storage Classes and Scope
- Introduction to Pointers
- Using Pointers Effectively
- I/O Operations
- The C Preprocessor
- A Gentle Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
- Arduino Libraries
- Arduino I/O
- Appendix A - Suppliers
- Appendix B - Hardware Components
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Arduino Meets Linux The Users Guide to Arduino Yún Development
Arduino Meets Linux The Users Guide to Arduino Yún Development
The Yún is one of the most powerful and flexible hardware development boards in the Arduino range. It combines the ease-of-use of the Arduino platform, with the power of a 400 MHz Atheros AR9331 Wi-Fi system-on-chip (WiSOC) that runs Linux.
But if you are not experienced and confident in working with Linux-based operating systems, it may be difficult for you to use the Yún to its full potential.
Bob Hammell is the author of popular Arduino learning resources, such as Connecting Arduino: Programming and Networking with the Ethernet Shield. In this book, he guides you through all of the Arduino Yún’s features and explains how to make use of this unique board.
Using interesting and fun examples, in Arduino Meets Linux: The User’s Guide to Arduino Yún Development you can learn how to:
- Connect your Arduino Yún to your network, using built-in support for Wi-Fi and Ethernet;
- Work with OpenWrt-Yun Linux through the command line;
- Use the Bridge Library to communicate and share data between both of the Yúns chips;
- Write Python and shell scripts to automate tasks and use the power of the AR9331 in your Arduino projects;
- Work with Temboo and third-party APIs to access popular web services;
- Host your own websites and application programming interfaces (APIs) on the Yún;
- Use USB devices, such as audio interfaces and gamepads from Microsoft Xbox 360® and Sony PlayStation® games consoles;
- Build Arduino projects that act as a keyboard or mouse when you plug your Yún into a PC or Mac;
- Add voice recognition and speech to your Arduino projects;
- Download source code, view demo videos, and access extra projects from the books companion website, ArduinoMeetsLinux.com;
- And much, much more.
With the Arduino Yún, you can take your Arduino projects to the next level. This book shows you how.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Exchange SP2 Install Error This Server Role Cant Be Installed Because the Following Roles
Exchange SP2 Install Error This Server Role Cant Be Installed Because the Following Roles
Mailbox role
Error: this server role cant be installed because the following roles arent current: AdminToolsRole MailboxRole
Heres the fix for it:
Open REGEDIT
1. HKLMSoftwareExchangeServerV14AdminToolsConfiguredVersion
Change ConfiguredVersion from 14.1.218.5 to 14.2.247.5
2. Repeat this process for the other keys labeled TRANSPORTROLE or MAILBOX role as needed. The different versions on those numbers are the source of the problem.
3. Restart server and then start Exchange 2010 SP2 setup again.
Good luck!
Monday, August 15, 2016
Feedly vs Inoreader Part 4 The End
Feedly vs Inoreader Part 4 The End
This will likely be the last installment of a 4-part series Ive done on the pros/cons of Feedly and Inoreader for my own personal needs. This is Part 4. You can also see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 if youre interested.
This week was a milestone week for me in my agony over whether to commit to Feedly or Inoreader. A few days ago, I cleaned out my Feedly account and deactivated it. Today, I signed-up as a paying customer with Inoreader, under their "Plus" plan ($29.99/year).
I dont even need all the features that accompany the Plus plan. I could have done with the Starter plan. But over the last few months, Ive come to love Inoreader so that I wanted to support them with a higher payment plan. From someone as notoriously tight-fisted with money as me, let me tell you, there is no higher vote of confidence.
If youre reading this, youre probably wondering why exactly I finally made my choice to go with Inoreader. There were three main areas I considered:
Reason 1 - Feed Parsing
If you read the earlier parts of this series, youll know that I tended to have trouble with Feedly capturing smaller feeds, particularly from Reddit subreddits, Reddit searches, and message boards. While this has improved greatly in Feedly, with most Reddit subreds now having all posts pulled-in, the issue remains for some Reddit Search feeds and for Reddit personal feeds. Im a big fan of the Reddit. I love the openness of the platform. I just prefer sorting through the information with an RSS reader, then taking action if necessary (commenting, reading comments, voting) on the site later. I find this to be the most efficient way of keeping up with a variety of my interests. So if a reader has problems parsing Reddit, its a red flag for me. Here are some examples of that.
Case Study 1 - Reddit inbox feed
For example, I receive my Reddit inbox comments/replies/messages via a personal RSS feed provided in the Reddit account preferences. I find this to be a better way of tracking conversations, especially when people PM me important information/links I need to file away in an organized way for later.
The problem is: Feedly shows the most recent item of this feed being 424 days old. Somehow, from that point onward, Feedly stopped parsing the feed. A look at the XML (which I wont post here, for privacy reasons) shows many new recent items since then. Inoreader, meanwhile, lists the most recent post at 3 days ago, and in fact its listings do match up with the XML feed. It works.
Thus, I can receive all my Reddit inbox comments via Inoreader, but if I had relied on Feedly, Id be left in the dark. This is particularly so since Feedly doesnt offer a warning/indication that a feed has not been updating. In Inoreader, it is clear to see, either on the main Dashboard or in the Subscription Manager, how inactive a feed has been and whether there are any problems with it. For reliability then, Inoreader wins.
Case Study 2 - Reddit searches: George Takei
Heres another example. In a prior post I talked about how to get Reddit search results via an RSS feed. I used a search for George Takei as an example. Lets say you had gone ahead and subscribed to that feed. How would it look in Feedly and Inoreader today?
Here are some screenshots, all taken today. Lets take a look.
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| Reddit Search for "George Takei" at http://www.reddit.com/search?q=george+takei&sort=new&t=all Notice the most recent result was 1 day ago, titled "Season 2 of..." |
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| XML feed for this search (using Firefox, as the feed display looks better) at http://www.reddit.com/search.xml?q=george+takei&sort=new&t=all Note again, the most recent new entry (ignoring the recommended subreds) is titled "Season 2 of..." and dated 1 day ago. |
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| Heres the feed in Inoreader. Most recent item: "Season 2 of..." and dated 1 day ago. Looks good. |
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| Heres the feed in Feedly. "Oh, My!" as Mr. Takei would say. Most recent item is dated 124 days ago. Oops. |
The takeaway message here is pretty clear. If you needed your daily dose of news and commentary about that great Japanese-American treasure, actor and social activist George Takei, which feed reader would you rely on?
Sure, these are very specific examples. I doubt many people (sorry George) would subscribe to these feeds. But whether the feed has 10,000 subscribers or 1, the beauty of RSS is that all content should be treated equally, unlike with a mysterious algorithm like Facebook. The truth is that I have nearly 2,000 RSS feeds in all, many for very specific things (a comment thread I want to follow, a message board category, my Feedburner personal alert feeds, etc.) I need the feeds to just work, pure and simple. And if they dont, I need some indication that theyre not working right. Inoreader checks both boxes for me.
Reason 2 - New Features
The second reason I committed to Inoreader is their breakneck introduction of new features over the last few months. Take a look at their blog and youll see what I mean.
One of the best, for me, was their integration of Twitter. True, Feedly integrates your Twitter timeline in a separate space, but it does not interact as would a real RSS feed. I love being able get my Twitter timeline in Inoreader as if it were just any other feed, and apply rules/filtering to it to better organize and integrate with my workflow. In Feedly, Twitter is just a side-thing. In Inoreader, its essentially a feed. Its the best thing since Twitter removed RSS feeds.
Thats just one of their new features though. Let me highlight another now, that I feel a personal connection to.
Let me tell you a secret. This might be coincidence, or might not be. But let me show you just how responsive they are. Here is the text from an email I sent to Inoreader on 25 June 2015:
This is just a suggestion / idea:
It would be great if Inoreader had its own built-in feed filter. Something like "Feed Rinse"
This can be done with an IFTTT recipe (IF a feed item contains XXX) but this only works to filter-in, not to filter-out.
Maybe Inoreader can do this with "Rules" right now, but it would require multiple rules; and the payment plan has only 15 rules. I think Rules could work better with other uses anyway, not for this.
Anyway just an idea! I really like the idea of Feed Rinse but that website is often unreliable.
Just an idea! I love Inoreader!
A day later I received this reply:
Hello,
Thank you for the feedback and good opinion for our service.
Your suggestion will be considered, but cant give you clear answer or ETA about some implementation at this stage .
Regards
-- InoReader Team
Then, on 14 July 2015, Inoreader announces on its blog a new feature:
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| Inoreaders "Filter Feed" menu option |
Our newest feature - feed filtering. It enables you to remove all the content you’re not interested in from a specific feed. Filtered Feeds only show articles from the past month. You can always delete the filter you’ve created to see all articles from your subscription and you can also edit the filter to refine or completely change your filtering.
Now that is responsive! I wasnt just being a kiss-ass either. I genuinely was hoping for this type of service. The one problem with RSS is the firehose effect. Some sites offer only a single feed for all content, instead of automatically offering category-specific feeds (as Blogger/Wordpress-based sites do). Thus the ability to remove certain types of articles is great.
With my upgrade to the Plus plan, I can filter up to 30 feeds, use unlimited term highlighting, and add a variety of additional Twitter feeds (Twitter searches will be the best use of this, for me).
Inoreader has just not stopped innovating since their launch, introducing new powerful features at a rate of nearly once a month. Feedly users, what new features have you seen lately?
Reason 3 - Price
Lets continue with innovation and connect that to price. Over on the Feedly blog, their most recent post was 5 months ago, not even to announce a new feature set but to celebrate their paid customer base. Youve got to ask yourself: what are those customers paying for, exactly?
Feedlys "Pro" plan is $45/year, compared to my Inoreader "Plus" plan at $30/year.
Here are Feedlys Pro offerings as of July 2015, with my commentary added.
- Power search (included in Inoreader basic/free plan; extendable with upgrade)
- 10x faster polling (free plan includes limited "boosted" feeds, but here is, I think, a highly overlooked but powerful feature: community boosted feeds "boost" the feed for all users. In essence, this means many of my popular feeds, assuming they dont update in realtime already via PubSubHubbub, get faster polling simply because one other user "boosted" it. The community benefits from each users "boost".)
- 1-click save to Evernote (included in Inoreaders "Send to" menu)
- LinkedIn integration (included in Inoreaders "Send to" menu)
- HootSuite integration (included in Inoreaders "Send to" menu)
- OneNote integration
- Scheduled sharing via Buffer (included in Inoreaders "Send to" menu)
- Dropbox backup
- App integration via IFTTT (Yes)
- Workflow automation via Zapier
- Craigslist and Google Alerts (These rely on basic RSS; how can these be called "Pro" features?)
- Support via email (Ive never waited more than 12 hours for a response from Inoreader, even with a free account)
I just have to ask again: what are Feedlys customers paying for? For $15 less each year (the price of a "Starter" plan, coincidentally), I get essentially all of Feedly Pros features, plus all that amazing Inoreader innovation like:
- Twitter timeline integration
- Facebook Page subscriptions
- RSS feed export / HTML clippings
- Mail 2 Tag
- Active searches
- Rule-based automatic sorting/actions
- Highlighted search terms
Heres the full list of Inoreader features under their various plans:
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| Inoreader paid plans |
Now I dont want to seem like a crazy evangelist. There could be a lot that I dont know about. Maybe behind the scenes, Feedly is working on some amazing new features that are top-secret right now. And in their defense, lets not forget that they came to the rescue for a lot of people (including me) when Google Reader retired. That must have taken a lot of infrastructure upgrades. I admire them for that. And Feedly is still, I think, ahead in design. Its a product that, to me, looks better through its careful use of font, whitespace, and transitions. Im not a Feedly hater, by any means.
I think the fact that its the most popular RSS reader is a fact that itself keeps customers coming. That could be good for its long-term survival. But I really wonder: if more people were aware of Inoreader and what it has to offer, would that still be the case? Inoreader suffers from being a bit "late to the game" in my opinion. But this shouldnt detract you from giving it a shot. Ive been using it for over a year now, moving more and more to using it exclusively over Feedly, and this week marks the official turning point for me.
In price, in feature set, in feed reliability, Inoreader wins for me. Im happy to say Im their paying customer, and even though I have no skin in this game, and am just a totally unrelated third-party here, I really cannot recommend Inoreader enough at this point.
Final Thoughts
So there you have it. Feedly customers, if youre satisfied with Feedly, its service and its product, by all means, stay there and stick with what makes you happy. If you are looking for a more simple service, focused on the major blog and news sources for your own pleasurable reading experience, I suggest just sticking with Feedly. It is a nice, functional, beautiful reader, and will likely be a big name player for a long time to come.
But if keeping up is important, and if youve really come to rely on RSS/Twitter for daily news and information, and if you consider yourself a "power user" of blogging, social media, or information management, then Inoreader is what you want. To be fair, Inoreader can appear a bit overwhelming to a new user, with its plethora of options, customizations, and features. It was a bit overwhelming for me at first too. This could be a reason to stick with the simple, clutter-free Feedly. But as I found myself using Inoreader more and more, I began to really appreciate those little customization touches and detailed settings, and the power it gave me to make my experience exactly how I wanted it to be.
And hey, at the end of the day, Im a bastard. If Inoreader starts to suck, and Feedly looks better, Ill gladly jump ship when my yearly subscription is up. I have no problem going back to Feedly, if need be. And in that case, if I do, you can be sure Ill add a Part 5 to this series.
But for now, and for the next year at least, Im a paying Inoreader supporter, and I couldnt be happier about it.
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Thanks for reading, and for more of my comparisons, see this series Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 if youre interested.
Thanks for reading, and for more of my comparisons, see this series Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 if youre interested.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Abusing the Internet of Things Blackouts Freakouts and Stakeouts
Abusing the Internet of Things Blackouts Freakouts and Stakeouts
A future with billions of connected "things" includes monumental security concerns. This practical book explores how malicious attackers can abuse popular IoT-based devices, including wireless LED lightbulbs, electronic door locks, baby monitors, smart TVs, and connected cars.
If you’re part of a team creating applications for Internet-connected devices, this guide will help you explore security solutions. You’ll not only learn how to uncover vulnerabilities in existing IoT devices, but also gain deeper insight into an attacker’s tactics.
- Analyze the design, architecture, and security issues of wireless lighting systems
- Understand how to breach electronic door locks and their wireless mechanisms
- Examine security design flaws in remote-controlled baby monitors
- Evaluate the security design of a suite of IoT-connected home products
- Scrutinize security vulnerabilities in smart TVs
- Explore research into security weaknesses in smart cars
- Delve into prototyping techniques that address security in initial designs
- Learn plausible attacks scenarios based on how people will likely use IoT devices
Thursday, August 11, 2016
“IoT The Struggle for Meaning” by Massimo Banzi
“IoT The Struggle for Meaning” by Massimo Banzi
Massimo Banzi explores the Internet of Things during an Arduino Day 2016 talk in Berkeley, CA.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Getting Started with the Arduino Genuino 101
Getting Started with the Arduino Genuino 101
~ Getting Started with the Arduino/Genuino 101
Monday, August 8, 2016
Getting Started with Intel Edison Sensors Actuators Bluetooth and Wi Fi on the Tiny Atom Powered Linux Module
Getting Started with Intel Edison Sensors Actuators Bluetooth and Wi Fi on the Tiny Atom Powered Linux Module
The Intel Edison is a crowning achievement of Intels adaptation of its technology into maker-friendly products. Theyve packed the dual-core power of the Atom CPU, combined it with a sideboard microcontroller brain, and added in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and a generous amount of RAM (1GB) and flash storage (4GB). This book, written by Stephanie Moyerman, a research scientist with Intels Smart Device Innovation Team, teaches you everything you need to know to get started making things with Edison, the compact and powerful Internet of Things platform.
Projects and tutorials include:
- Controlling devices over Bluetooth
- Using Python and Arduino programming environments on Edison
- Tracking objects with a webcam and OpenCV
- Responding to voice commands and talking back
- Using and configuring Linux on Edison
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Group Policy Object to Block the Office File Validation Add In
Group Policy Object to Block the Office File Validation Add In
This "update" from Microsoft caused a lot of issues with files being opened (12 minutes for a 25K Excel 2003 spreadsheet) across a network. Once the issue was isolated it wouldnt have made sense to go to all of the machines on every network affected and manually remove it. Well youre in luck because heres a group policy template you can create and apply to your networks to prevent this update from causing you any problems.
msoffice2003validation.adm
CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Microsoft Office Validation Add-In"
CATEGORY "2003"
POLICY "Enable in Excel"
KEYNAME "SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice11.0ExcelSecurityFileValidation"
VALUENAME "EnableOnLoad"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
POLICY "Enable in PowerPoint"
KEYNAME "SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice11.0PowerPointSecurityFileValidation"
VALUENAME "EnableOnLoad"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
POLICY "Enable in Word"
KEYNAME "SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice11.0WordSecurityFileValidation"
VALUENAME "EnableOnLoad"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Getting Started with 3D Printing A Hands on Guide to the Hardware Software and Services Behind the New Manufacturing Revolution
Getting Started with 3D Printing A Hands on Guide to the Hardware Software and Services Behind the New Manufacturing Revolution
Make: Getting Started with 3D Printing is a practical, informative, and inspiring book that guides readers step-by-step through understanding how this new technology will empower them to take full advantage of all it has to offer. The book includes fundamental topics such as a short history of 3D printing, the best hardware and software choices for consumers, hands-on tutorial exercises the reader can practice for free at home, and how to apply 3D printing in the readers life and profession. For every maker or would-be maker who is interested, or is confused, or who wants to get started in 3D printing today, this book offers methodical information that can be read, digested, and put into practice immediately!
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