Contributing to POI
I was privileged to become a committer and PMC member of the Apache POI project earlier this year. And on Christmas eve, I managed the release of 3.14beta1. ...
Recent Posts
Yubico Yubikey 4: PGP, U2F and other things
I recently bought myself a Yubikey 4, as previously mentioned. Here's what I've managed to do with it so far ... General observations Since this is very new ...
Making the Yubikey 4 talk to GPG on Debian Jessie
I've just bought myself a Yubikey 4 to experiment with. The U2F and OTP features are of some interest, but the main thing I bought it for was PGP via GnuPG. ...
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...
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...