Lots of news these days about the parlous state of the global economy, so I’ve done my bit to keep it going by buying some unnecessary c**p on Amazon. Specifically,…
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My wife got an unexpected call on her mobile: “Hello, this is Kevin from BT Openreach. You have a problem with your Internet connection…” “Kevin”, who has a suspiciously strong…
I run my own mail server, for various reasons outside the scope of this article. Is it “secure”? The standard (and hated) answer an Infosec professional will give to most…
I saw a mouse! Where? There… on the stair! Where on the stair? Right there! The Amsterdam-themed conversation between me and my wife the other night. One of the problems…
We’re 15 weeks into house-arrest! I’m lucky to have a job that I can (mostly) do from home. A large part of this job involves shouting at people on video…
I like messing about in (and with) boats. Boats are full of gadgets. Proper sailors know how to read the wind and tide. They chart their course across oceans using…
The British climate. You’re thinking rain, right? Thanks to the Gulf Stream, it’s less-obvious just how ridiculously far north we are. London, at 51°30′N, is the same latitude as the…
Just in case you thought this was becoming yet another “100 uses for a Raspberry Pi” blog, here’s something more prosaic from the “hold my beer and watch this” school…
Some high-end cars come with GPS trackers that report their position in case of theft (until the thieves put your car inside a refrigerated truck or metal shipping container on…
Summer has officially arrived in London: Force 8 winds and a month’s worth of rain in a weekend. In the finest British traditions of boundless meteorological optimism, I need (FSVO…