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  • Installing Listmonk on Unraid

    Frustrated that nobody on the Internet has solved my problem for me, here's my guide to configuring Listmonk on an Unraid server.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (621 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 16 March, 2023
  • Image representing post: Geohashing expedition 2023-03-10 51 -1

    Geohashing expedition 2023-03-10 51 -1

    The dog needed a walk, so we explored North Leigh Common in the dark and found a hashpoint.

    Read more (301 words)

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    • to 2023-03-10 51 -1
    • posted 10 March, 2023
  • Screenshot showing a Thunderbird calendar popularted with strikes on every day in February.

    UK Strikes in .ics Format

    Need all the UK strike action in your calendar app? I just helped a coworker with that, and I'm happy to share the results with you.

    Read more (209 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 23 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a warm weatherproof black jacket and a purple "Woo" woolen hat, alongside a 9-year-old girl wrapped up in a faux-leapordskin hat and an iridescent coat, against a snowy hillside with rolling clouds.

    That Moment When You Forget Somebody's Dead

    For the first time in years, perhaps, I had that "moment of forgotting my dad was dead" thing.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 20 February, 2023
  • Diagram showing a password safe on a desktop computer being used to fill the username and password parts of a login form, and a mobile phone providing the information for the second factor.

    Keeping 2FA Secrets in a Password Safe?

    I use my password manager to generate TOTP second factor codes. I know this is controversial, with some folks claiming it reduces multifactor authentication down to a single factor and is therefore no better than just a username/password, but I disagree, and I can explain why.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (978 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 26 January, 2023
  • Kev Quirk: Ten Years of Blogging

    My thoughts on Kev Quirk's learnings from ten years of blogging.

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    • of this original
    • 5 comments
    • posted 23 January, 2023
  • A party of unlikely characters stands around and points accusingly at the "murderer" among them: it's Kirsty.

    Murder in the Library

    Our first in-person murder mystery party in a long time was a success, and a great time was had by all.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (783 words)

    • Article
    • posted 22 January, 2023
  • Screenshot showing my webpage, "The Page With No Code". Using white text (and some emojis) on a blue gradient background, it describes the same thought process as I describe in this blog post, and invites the reader to "View Source" and see that the page genuinely does appear to have no code.

    The Page With No Code

    View Source shows nothing, but the page has content. The Page With No Code is the kind of puzzle that makes web developers unhappy.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (654 words)

    • Article
    • 11 comments
    • posted 11 January, 2023
  • Image representing post: I'd Like to Change my Mother's Maiden Name

    I'd Like to Change my Mother's Maiden Name

    LastPass users are having to cycle their passwords in the light of a recent security incident. That might well include their "security question" answers, which necessarily leads to some amusing conversations.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (581 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 5 January, 2023
  • Dan - a man with a beard, wearing a grey fleece with a white poppy attached - crouches alongside his French Bulldog in a green field under a blue sky with a few wispy clouds.

    Geohashing expedition 2023-01-02 51 -1

    Taking a dog for a walk up a hill: couldn't be simpler, right? What if there were a flood in the way?

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    • to 2023-01-02 51 -1
    • 4 comments
    • posted 2 January, 2023
  • Illustration showing a web application using MailChimp to send an email newsletter to OpenTrashMail, to which FreshRSS is subscribed.

    Email newsletters via RSS

    No, I won't subscribe to your newsletter... except by using my RSS reader (and a clever feature of OpenTrashMail)!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (572 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 14 December, 2022
  • Composite screenshot showing Windows Media Player, the (old) iTunes companion widget, KMPlayer, and other media players. All of them have unusually-shaped windows, often with organic corners.

    Why Did Media Players Look Like That?

    As MP3s took off, early player software looked... weird and ugly. To this day, I can't understand why.

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    • Article
    • 10 comments
    • posted 7 December, 2022
  • Transferring to a new phone network, 2022 edition

    Stuart shared his experience of changing mobile network. I have only one tip to add...

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 6 December, 2022
  • Dan, in the dark and wearing a cycle helmet, holds up a GPS receiver.

    Geohashing expedition 2022-12-05 51 -1

    A cycle in the dark leads to a hashpoint on a bridleway and the opportunity to improve OpenStreetMap.

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    • to 2022-12-05 51 -1
    • 2 comments
    • posted 5 December, 2022
  • Reply to The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions

    In reply to Terence Eden, Dan says that he considers it's morally-acceptable for a personal website to take a reactive approach to the moderation of comments syndicated via WebMentions, and explains why.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (609 words)

    • Reply
    • posted 3 December, 2022

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