Political postcodes

How to get an MP name from a post code? I fancy doing this, Obviously “they work for you” have this? Could I write a script or copy their code? I had a look and on first review their database is obfuscated. Can I build my own and how and where to host it? I…

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One Protocol to Rule them all

I say, can tech vendors meets the coming EU messaging systems interoperability requirements. A white paper “One Protocol to Rule Them All? On Securing Interoperable Messaging” by Jenny Blessing (U. of Cambridge) and Ross Anderson (U. of Cambridge & Edinburgh)

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GNUplot

I have some data series I want to plot on my linux systems and so I am pointed at gnuplot and eplot. Here are my notes, …

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Modals & NWN Test

This page was built to test the required code to get the hint modals working on The Harp & Chrysanthemum page. It contains the three modals, which do not display until racked up and down. This has been tested on Firefox and is usable, and on Opera, which behaves oddly, and still requires to be…

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Central Bank Digital Currency

The Govt have issued a consultation on how to implement a Central Bank Digital Currency. I say, that it seems to make as much difference to what we do today as a fart in a hurricane. Have I got it wrong? Consumers, that’s you and me will still pay using a card or a phone…

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The economics of the ERDF

In considering the recommendations of the CoFoE on digitsation, I came to consider how economies innovate and how competitive the EU is in the technology industries. The key programme may be the EU Regional Development Fund. See also their factsheet. This of course has relevance due to the announcement of the UK’s levelling up grants…

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Making a searchbox

I made this in January as I sought to make a search page for my Hugo site. I have made a search page for this site, using a jetpack widget, although with the new theme, a search bar is now offered on every post and index page. I found another use case to make a…

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Imagemagick

I am playing with the Introduction Theme for Hugo and needed to see if I could change the pictures used to decorate it. I didn’t want to learn how to use GIMP anymore than I already do so I installed imagemagick. This article links to three articles that talk about greyscale, lightening and resizing and…

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