If Orwell could see the world now one can only wonder what he would have to say. The current cell phone monitoring and computer monitoring practices kick his Big Brother all the way to oblivion, take for instance the episode with the FDA which has everyone talking. FDA’s debacle isn’t particularly surprising, considering we’re living in a world where people …
Read More »Article: Migrating From One QNAP NAS to Another
Migration should be on the minds of anyone owning a NAS. Let’s face it, you aren’t going to keep the same amount of data forever and most of us like to hang on to what we have. Let’s say you didn’t think ahead, or that your wallet had a few too many cobwebs in it before you made your initial …
Read More »Add Move to Trash Button on WordPress Admin Bar
If you are frequently making changes to your WordPress blog, you have have become tired of having to go through a bunch of menus to delete an out of date or irrelevant post. With a simple edit to your functions.php file, you can add a “Move to Trash” button to your WordPress Admin bar for simple deletes.
Read More »Article: What’s Behind The Name of All Thecus® NAS
A lot is behind a name. Sometimes the meaning of a name makes for most of its beauty. For example, “Thecus” comes from the Latin for “storage”. For its future line of products, a new system will take place in naming the NAS that will hit the market. And just to make sure everyone is on the same page, here …
Read More »Review: LaCie 2big NAS
Let’s face it, the world of storage has changed dramatically over the last few years. The increasing size of media has brought new need to the market and those needs are no longer being filled by CD’s, DVD’s, or external hard drives anymore. The limitations behind such media in a connected world have brought about a storage revolution of sorts. …
Read More »QNAP vs Thecus
We all love our NAS. If you don’t have one yet, you will love your NAS. Sometimes picking the right one for you may be difficult. Really, it all boils down to what you need. In the last showdown, we matched QNAP vs Drobo, in this NAS Showdown we are going to pit QNAP against Thecus in a cage match …
Read More »Article: Force Disk Usage Refresh on QNAP
I can’t tell you how many times I have looked at the resources page of my QNAP NAS only to be left wondering how much space I have left after some large transfers. Unfortunately, QNAP did not build in a manual refresh option for the storage on your NAS. As always, there are a couple of ways you can do …
Read More »Remove Unused Post Tags From the WordPress Database
If you have been using WordPress for a while, you may notice that you have some Post Tags that could have gone unused or removed from posts as you edit them. Instead of looking through each post tag to determine which are assigned and which arent, just run this Query to remove the unused post tags and then enjoy a …
Read More »Display a QR Code for Your Post Pages
Have you been looking for an easy way to add a QR code to your WordPress pages? This little code snipped will allow you to add the QR code to your pages just like you see here on C.O.D.
Read More »Article: Better Power Management for your NAS
Having a NAS for your business or your home means that you have around the clock access to your data. The drawbacks to this constant availability of data is consumption. Do you really need your NAS running at non critical times? Managing your NAS more effectively can reduce your consumption and increase your sense of environmental sustainability. Whether you have …
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