Blog maintenance
Moving my Ghost blog database from SQLite to MySQL & some optimisations.
Latest
It's alive!
Blog resurrected!
A G-G-G-Ghost
Blog updated to run on Ghost. Hopefully i'll now post more often!
Cheap domains and inexpensive Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
Just a few special offers on domains and VPS that are currently available from various providers.
New theme and domain move
New theme for the site.
Ad blocking using DNS and Privoxy (with Squid for caching)
Chaining Squid and Privoxy for caching and ad-blocking combined with DNS-based ad-blocking using dnsmasq.
Native IPv6 on Zen and IPv6-availability for this site
My ISP, Zen, now provides native IPv6, and i've also made this site available over IPv6.
Responsive Design
Moved my website over to the Pure.css framework.
Customising OpenWrt to my needs
My customisations to OpenWrt Chaos Calmer to optimise for UK FTTC. With some additional tweaks to suit my usage.
Android still doesn't support Opus ringtones
Android 5.1 only has partial support for the hot new codec.
Hugo (is) Boss
An update to Hugo brings pagination to the website.
Mobile Downsizing
Switching tariffs on my mobile provider.
Ubuntu
Blog revisit: A quick look at Ubuntu 10.04 by a Mac user
A revisit to an earlier blog entry. This time it's about Ubuntu.
Storage
Blog revisit: Drobo
A revisit to an earlier blog entry. This time it's about Drobo.
Blog
All Change
After a long hibernation i produce a new post and move the site from hand-crafted HTML to the Hugo Static Site Generator.
Ubuntu
A quick look at Ubuntu 10.04 by a Mac user
Former desktop Linux user checks in on Ubuntu 10.04 after six years on Mac OS X.
Storage
First impressions of the second generation Drobo
A month after purchase i give my initial impressions of Drobo Gen2.