How hard can it be?
Sometimes, I wonder if it's me getting old or large corporations failing to shut up and take my money. Or in this case, somebody else's money. Although this ...
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Bytemark bought by iomart
And so, after sixteen years, Bytemark has been bought out. In common with rather a lot of other customers (if Twitter is anything to go by), I was a bit sadd...
Third time lucky
So the debacle finally came to an end - on the third attempt (one full month after the original order), OnePlus managed to ship me a 5t which did not disappe...
DHL and the disappearing smartphone
Apparently the top line is wrong My OnePlus 2 has served me well, but the battery is starting to show its age, and it lacks certain features like Android Pay...
I hope USB-C catches on
A small connector for a lot of power and data New laptop, new docking station. But not the proprietary plastic tray of olden times; we've been trying out the...
Lenovo T470s
Do your keys glow in the dark? Mine do. I've just been issued with one of these as my new work laptop. So far, I have to say I'm impressed - it solves the po...
Saturday night car maintenance
Spot the difference After my success last year with the side repeater, I was defeated by the door lock module (the garage I gave up and paid a large amount t...
CrossCountry trains: a badly communicated shambles
So I'm catching the train south from Macclesfield to Oxford - something I've done plenty of times over the past eleven years. I don't usually go for the last...
Giving things up for January
2018 should be an interesting year - I turn 30 (just two more years until a really significant round number). To kick it off, I'm giving up a few things for ...
SSH rate limiting vs check_by_ssh - oops
Now that I've once again got reliable notifications from my monitoring system, being woken up by them at 6.30AM on my first day off for the Christmas break n...