Jonas Carlsen Kjær

NordVPN on Synology NAS

I've changed my VPN provider to NordVPN, and therefore wanted to setup my Synology DS414 to connect through it. Here is how you can do it too. First, i found that NordVPN offers a "recommended servers" tool on their site. You can find it

VSTS

Change Visual Studio Team Services date and time format

If you're like me and use VSTS, you might also be like me and use a different time format than the standard US format. To change this to one that fits my normal use i did the following: First, go to your profile by

Java

Java websocket server in IntelliJ IDEA

I'm creating a new websocket server in Java just to see what it takes, and for that I will be using IntelliJ IDEA by JetBrains. Follow along if you wish to experiment with WebSockets in Java EE, and need a place to start. First

VPN

Private Internet Access VPN on Synology NAS

I own a Synology DS1414, and wanted to set it up to connect through PIA's VPN. I looked around to see if anyone else did this, but I couldn't find a conclusive way to do it. So I ended up just doing it myself.

csharp

Sending UTF-8 JSON through TcpClient in C#

I recently had to sent a HTTP request containing some JSON in UTF-8 format. However, when I received the text it seemed to be cut short. This is a simple recreation of my code: // I already have 3 variables: // string socketIp, integer socketPort and

windows

Windows "Best Match" for CMD search not opening standard command prompt

For a long time I've been accessing CMD in Windows by pressing the Windows button, searching for "cmd" and pressing enter. Suddenly this didn't work anymore. Instead of opening CMD and usual, Windows decided that "MySQL Client" for MariaDB was