While writing my error warning routines, I was pointed at zenity. Here are my notes …
Read more
Steam download speed too slow
I need to down load something large on Steam to my W11 laptop, the speed is truly terrible, so I go to google and there’s plenty of help. Here’s my notes …
Read more
Hugo Air theme
My second go, here are my notes. …
Read more
SSL on a Raspberry Pi
Installing an SSL certificate and enabling https was a faff, here are my notes. Now including postfix and dovecot…
Read more
How to use Buffer
AS part of the fallout from the twitter migration, I had another look at Buffer. It’s has changed since I made this page, and now supports Blue Sky and Mastodon. It still only permits three channels on the free version which is getting a bit tight and to increase this one needs the top tier…
Read more
More about Mastodon
Mastodon is in the news again; huge numbers are joining after Musk bought twitter. Here are some notes on what it is, what’s the mystery, and how to join it. …
Read more
Raspbian on Virtual Box
I turned off my Raspberry Pi a couple of weeks ago, I was concerned about its energy draw. FFS. 😲 Also the projects I planned had stalled but like the No 11 bus, another one has come along, So I decided to install a Raspberry Pi in my virtual box instance. Here’s how …
Read more
Ubiquitous Messaging
Twitter has been bought by Elon Musk. What do we do now? Here are some notes …
Read more
Ubuntu 22
This seems a bit unstable, actually a bit unfair but they have changed how they deal with bursting swap, and firefox at least uses snap and so I may need some more tools. I have added to this page as I learn more about what additional configuration I need. My notes …
Read more
Thoughts about eBay
I have just lost an Ebay auction, I was out bid in the final seconds of the auction. I need to do better and these notes might help me.
Read more
Towards a new theme
I can’t make the Nulis theme work with modals and there’s been a problem with CSS for a while; I am planning to switch my theme again. I have collected whole bunch, and have short-listed I like Cronus, which is a derivative of Tempo. Nulis and Cronus seem to have been abandoned. Here are my…
Read more
Merch
I was asked by my sister for advice on building a web e-commerce solution which set me thinking about if I could sell some “merch”. Here are my notes. …
Read more
IRC in the 2020’s
I needed to have another look at IRC. Sadly it seems this is a dead end. Here are my notes this time. …
Read more
Dreadnought 2050
Which’ll come first, this or the Bakerloo extension? A concept of what might be. Here are some notes & links …
Read more
Using modals on this site.
I found the modals a fab way of keeping pages tidy and when writing about DnD games they allow me to hide the hints. i found some examples, and created a page with three modals, with which I had some problems which now seem nearly fixed. I will/might use the technique to hide the motions…
Read more