How can I safely format hard disks?

To delete data on a hard disk safely, a normal formatting is usually not sufficient. Data fragments can often be recovered afterwards. Programs like Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN for short), which is also free of charge in the normal version, are better suited for this. Here you can set how often a disk should […]

Emails: How does the inline embedding (Base64 encoding) of images work?

Due to the wide variety of e-mail clients and providers, creating an e-mail is quite cumbersome. If logos are to be sent as a signature, the recipient sometimes receives them differently than expected. One possibility is to merge the logo with the e-mail using the inline embedding method. To do this, the image or logo […]

How can I back up e-mails?

With the free program MailStore, emails and accounts can be backed up without any problems, regardless of which provider or client is used. Besides the general backup, this is an easy way to back up one’s previous emails before a domain move, especially if they were retrieved via IMAP protocol and would be automatically deleted […]

Linkedin: How can I rescan thumbnails?

Analogous to Facebook, a previously read link can also be re-read at linkedin.com if its content has been changed. This is done at: https://www.linkedin.com/post-inspector/

Facebook: How can I rescan thumbnails?

If you post a link to a website, Facebook generates a selection of possible thumbnails from the existing links. If you are not satisfied with the selection or the correct image is not displayed, there are two solutions. 1. if the image on the website has already been corrected, but Facebook has not yet adopted […]

WordPress Plugin Collection (free plugins)

WordPress offers for almost all needs different plugins, free as well as paid and these can usually be found quickly. Below is a list of helpful plugins, for which I had to search longer, but fulfilled exactly what they were needed for. Furthermore all listed plugins are free of charge. Phoenix Media Rename – With […]