When my beeper goes off
As regular readers will know, I run a co-located server with a few friends. I'm also responsible for things like the WiFi network at church. Inevitably, thes...
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Windows and SSDs
So, having had such good results with the SSD I put in my ageing desktop, I decided to get one for my ageing laptop too. I did the copying a bit differently ...
Down the rabbit hole: OAuth, service accounts and Google Apps
I have quite a few small programs which use Google's APIs for one thing or another: Updating pages on Google Sites automatically Reading a Google Docs sprea...
Solid State Disks
For my less geeky readers, a Solid State Disk (SSD) is similar to the mechanical "hard disk" which has traditionally been the storage in most PCs and laptops...
Hive active heating
I had the horrible old boiler in my flat replaced recently, with British Gas doing the work. As part of it, they installed a Hive smart thermostat. This has ...
Thunderbird Autoconfiguration
If you're a diehard like me who still runs their own e-mail server - perhaps for a few friends and family as well as yourself - you might find Thunderbird's ...
Raspberry Pi network boot server
I've been erasing and reinstalling a few machines lately - some for sale on eBay, some to set them up for friends. And I've finally reached the point where I...
Linux Capabilities and rdiff-backup
Hazel Smith gave an excellent talk at FLOSS UK's Unconference in London last weekend about Linux Capabilities and using them to run a backup system with mini...
FLOSS Unconference 2015
I had a good time at this in London yesterday - some interesting talks in the morning including one about Linux Capabilities which I'll definitely be lifting...
Sometimes it’s just too easy
My church, being a modern and forward-looking organisation, keeps its rotas in a spreadsheet on Google Docs. Last week, I was asked if it was possible to sen...