Technology posts

2020-07-17 - What started as curiosity has turned into something of a labour of love. Online information about the Technicolor TG582n router’s event logging capabilities is scarce, and scattered across a number of forums. I’ve used that information along with ...

Welcome to a new website with a new philosophy

2020-07-03 - 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 mi...

Setting up Pi-hole to rein in an extremely noisy Samsung Smart TV

2020-02-15 -

Long-form – HTTPS and VPNs: How private is your internet browsing?

2020-02-02 -

The Twitch streamer who wastes tech support scammers’ time

2019-04-21 -

The challenges and benefits of quitting Facebook and other social networks

2019-03-29 -

Six lessons in strategy, management and teamwork from F1 boss Ross Brawn

2019-03-22 -

An introduction to the Agile project management framework

2019-03-01 -

SQL ALTER TABLE: Adding, modifying, and dropping columns in a SQL table

2019-02-01 -

How to approach your morning routine like a software developer

2019-01-04 -

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