Welcome to a new website with a new philosophy
 -  You may have noticed that things have changed around here - I built a new website, following the ethos that it should be as clear, lightweight, and fast as possible while respecting visitors’ privacy by keeping outside scripts and tracking to a minimum. In this post I take you through...
Raspberry Pi Home Hub: Building and sending a daily email briefing
 -  The next feature for my Raspberry Pi Home Hub is a Python script that will automatically send an email briefing every morning. In this post I’ll be creating the template, populating it with up-to-date information, and sending it with Yagmail. How the email briefing will work The specifications for my...
Raspberry Pi Home Hub: Project intro, requirements and objectives
 -  It’s a new year, and it’s time for a new project! Over the course of 2019 I’ll be building a Raspberry Pi Home Hub to display useful information like news, budget updates, energy usage, and more on a screen small enough to sit in the corner of my desk. I...
Review – Threat Modeling: Designing for Security by Adam Shostack
 -  As I mentioned in my recent post about what I learnt in my first year as a cyber security consultant, I always keep an ebook handy on my phone so I can learn something new on long train journeys. Most recently, this has been Threat Modeling: Designing for Security. While my...

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Website v2.0
I've given my website its first major update since 2020, keeping the same general aesthetic but placing a greater focus on content. Now to come up with some blog post ideas...

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