Category Archives: General

Anything that doesn’t fit anywhere else

Two Factor Authentication and Server Update

I’ve decided to add 2-Factor Authentication to this site to strengthen security. While I don’t use this site much any more (this may change) I haven’t been letting it go stale and have been keeping everything on here up to … Continue reading

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Cookie Compliance

I’ve reluctantly added Cookie Compliance notices to the site because WordPress was nagging me to do so every time I logged in. If it wasn’t for the stuff I’ve already posted here being of interest to me I’d just delete … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 173

This took a while. Due to shifts where I’m only likely to see a lot of traffic in one direction and for some reason it being relatively quiet on the roads I’ve only just got enough footage to make uploading … Continue reading

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Clock Project

When I was recovering from a hernia operation I designed a clock around an Arduino, real time clock board and temperature/humidity sensor. This was built onto breadboard and was as flaky as hell due to poor connections. Recently I decided … Continue reading

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Is Anyone Reading This?

Given the prevalence of social media these days, blogs like this are not getting much attention any more. For this reason I’m not going to be posting much here unless it’s something I really want to keep archived. If anyone … Continue reading

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Updating My 9 Year Old Code

Warning, lots of geeky words in this article! New links for the next few months at work have been published. I tidy up the spreadsheets and make them available to all drivers at the depot. I then port the sheet … Continue reading

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Goodbye LBRY Hello Odysee

What started as LBRY is now Odysee. It’s still the decentralised system it started out as and all accounts have been transparently transferred but (and this is the reason for this post) all my past lbry embeds are now invalid. … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 157

I thought this was going to be another Deliveroo special but it seems other things took over. I normally take primary position (middle of lane) and wait in traffic queues. There’s no rush and patience is more relaxing than trying … Continue reading

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Pinter

My wife bought a Pinter home brew system for my birthday. It arrived today. I started following the instructions online and quickly realised I’d screwed up. I used water from a jug that hadn’t been washed out after using it … Continue reading

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LEGO™ International Space Station

Some years ago I submitted this to LEGO™ Ideas but it was rejected. Imagine my surprise when a short while back I saw it released. I had nothing to do with the actual release but I was still happy. I … Continue reading

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