Want to know where all the Intune Data Centers are located? Here’s a handy link http://intunedatacentermap.azurewebsites.net
Author: Merill Fernando
PayID
Have you tried PayID yet? Given that you can only have one PayID identifier for each account and bank it doesn’t seem to make much sense to use your telephone number. Instead I’ve opted to use [email protected] (eg [email protected]) thanks to the domain catch all feature in Google Apps. With gmail you could use the + alias (eg. [email protected]) or use the Outlook Alias feature where you can have multiple email addresses mapped to each account.
Thanks to PayID I can now keep all of my income in the offset account and only transfer to my checking account at the very last minute. I tried transferring from my NAB account to ING and it come through even before I could switch between the two banking apps.
Looking forward to shaving a few years off my mortgage.
What approach have you come up with for PayID?
The battle of the speakers has begun. My conundrum, one HomePod for $499 or two Sonos Ones for $349
A good summary of 2017 status of the tech http://avc.com/2017/12/what-happened-in-2017
I have been thoroughly enjoying the BigBash game over the holidays. It’s a step up from Stick Cricket and the daily challenges make you keep going back. https://www.bigbash.com.au/news/big-bash-game-app-android-itunes-free-phone-mobile-bbl06/2016-12-01
Setting up WordPress as your micro blogging platform
Deciding on WordPress as your source of truth for your micro blog is all good but how do you avoid spamming your RSS readers with your status updates meant for micro.blog, twitter, linked in et al?
The simplest way to target WordPress posts for micro blogs is to use a specific category (I call mine status). You can then configure WordPress to not include posts from this category in the default feed.
One way to exclude a category from the default feed is using a re-write rule in your .htaccess file as shared by Manton in this gist https://gist.github.com/manton/f8b6f8b391a2f3d9b419
I wanted something a bit more robust that wouldn’t break when the url format changed. Instead I wrote a custom filter that would hide the category from the default feed. To get this set up you can use the excellent ‘My Custom Functions’ plug in https://wordpress.org/plugins/my-custom-functions/
Once you have this set up you can now use the url to your feed as the feed source at https://micro.blog using the following format http://<<domain>>/category/<<category name>>/feed/
In my case this is my feed url http://merill.net/category/status/feed/
❤️ the magical window of time during sunsets #nofilter #brightonbeach #iphone #amateurphotographer
Google really wants to get as many Minis as it can into Australian homes before Alexa launches locally. The twin Google Mini packs are currently at $78. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/google-home-mini-black-2-pack-sygmi2pkb
Take back
Take back your voice in 2018. I love the whole idea around micro blogs. This feels like the early days of RSS and web logs. Find out more at https://micro.blog
Fix for MacOS Jittery Dock
Is your MacOS dock jittering and driving you nuts? In my case this was being caused by some apps that were ShareMouse and/or Synergy. Removing all the unnecessary apps from System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility should fix the issue.
The issue is most probably being caused by the last app you added to the list (in my case it was Synergy).
