Author Archives: Owen

Whilst browsing Facebook one evening in May, I noted to my family how there seems to be so many ads on Facebook of late. My mum replied saying she never sees ads. I laughed, and said they will appear as promoted or sponsored posts, and that maybe she is just not noticing. She was adamantContinue reading “How many Facebook ads are on your Feed?”

One month ago, my wife’s laptop died overnight with no sign of life. Both my wife and I have been using MacBook Air or Pro for the last 5 years. She usually gets a hand-me-down when I upgrade every 2 years. The most recent set up prior the incident was my wife using a 2013 MacBookContinue reading “I switched from a MacBook Pro to a Surface Pro 3 – One Month In”

I needed a way to quickly get all email addresses out of a Google Apps account. I found a solution by Helge Klein, Extracting all Email Addresses from a GMail Label. His Google Sheet has a Google Apps Script that:

I recently tried to bulk resize several hundred large photos in OS X Preview. This repeatedly failed (spinning wheel of death). In search of a method to resize these images, I found an easy way using Terminal. Open up your Terminal app (can open Spotlight and search terminal). cd into the desired image directory (e.g. ifContinue reading “Bulk Resize of Images using Terminal in Mac”

I recently needed a quick indication of the used and refurbished mobile phone (cell phone) market size in the United States. To get a quick indication, the easy answer is to check the number and value of transactions on eBay for used and refurbished phones. This would give a very quick estimate of what is actuallyContinue reading “Used & Refurbished Mobile Phone Market Size in the USA”

Update to the latest software and reset your GoPro Hero 3, Hero 3+ or Hero 4 just by using your microSD card. Simply download the file, unzip and copy to your microSD card to update and reset the software. Files:

Here is how to simply redirect your domain to always use https:// with no www. This htaccess file will redirect: http:// to https:// http://www. to https:// https://www. to https://

Gmail icons in multiple colours are useful for multiple reasons, but if you use Fluid App to to create multiple independent Gmail “apps” for all your accounts, it is great to have different colours for each email by using Gmail icons. Finding high quality app icons in multiple colours took some time, but here isContinue reading “Gmail Icons in Multiple Colours Ideal for use with Fluid App”

Caffeine, a free app (or on the Mac App Store), allows you to prevent your Mac from going to sleep. A very handy when you are stepping away from your MacBook and don’t want to disconnect from downloads, chats, or similar. The problem is that the icon looks terrible, especially on a Retina display. Luckily, itContinue reading “Caffeine App Icon Replacement”