• Trying Out Forestry.io
  I've heard good things about Forestry.io so decided to give it a try.
  📅 18 Jan 2021
  🏷️ Web
• Pull & Backup Multiple GitHub Repositories With This Script
  This is a simple script I created to pull multiple GitHub repos and back them up.
  📅 17 Jan 2021
  🏷️ Web
• How To Build A Jekyll Site Using Simple.css
  A complete guide on how to build a Jekyll site using Simple.css.
  📅 10 Jan 2021
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• Simple.css - A Classless CSS Framework For Everyone
  Simple.css is a new project I've started - it's a simple classless CSS framework.
  📅 03 Jan 2021
  🏷️ Web
• I Messed Up 🙈
  You may have noticed that something changed with my site today...yeah, sorry about that - I messed up!
  📅 29 Dec 2020
  🏷️ Web
• ☕ Craving Coffee 07 - Cool Kids Go Static
  Post number 7 for ☕ Craving Coffee and the last of 2020.
  📅 23 Dec 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• My Writing Workflow
  Talking about my writing workflow for producing content on this blog.
  📅 19 Dec 2020
  🏷️ Blogging
• Goodbye WordPress, I've Switched To Jekyll
  I've decided to leave WordPress behind and switch to Jekyll.
  📅 08 Dec 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• Craving Coffee 06 - Do What You Love
  Post 6 from the newsletter. It's been a tough few months, I'm taking stock.
  📅 18 Nov 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• Removing Support For The IndieWeb
  I've decided to remove all IndieWeb support from this site.
  📅 13 Nov 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology   Web
• A Nod To The 90s Web
  Redesigning my WordPress site to have a 90s feel.
  📅 05 Nov 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• Trying To Go Green With Local Fonts
  Improving website performance by ditching remote fonts.
  📅 23 Oct 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Craving Coffee 05 - Should I Kill This Newsletter?
  Wondering if it's all too much and whether I should kill the newsletter.
  📅 22 Oct 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• Adding Syntax Highlighting
  How I added syntax highlighting to my WordPress site.
  📅 20 Oct 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Replacing FreshRSS With Miniflux
  I've changed my RSS feed reader from FreshRSS to Miniflux.
  📅 18 Oct 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology   Web
• Looking After An Aquarium - How Much Work Is Involved?
  Fish are really easy pets to keeps, right? RIGHT?!
  📅 04 Oct 2020
  🏷️ Fishkeeping
• The Apple Walled Garden
  Does the Apple walled garden actually exist?
  📅 30 Sep 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• Craving Coffee 04 - Simplicity Vs Complexity
  I believe in the KISS principle - WordPress and SSGs which one is more KISS?
  📅 24 Sep 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• WordPress Creator Vs The Jamstack
  WordPress vs the Jamstack
  📅 20 Sep 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Web
• Making A Light Website 08 - Replacing Images With CSS
  HTML/CSS is way lighter than images. So let's replace the banner image.
  📅 19 Sep 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Domain Squatters Are The Scum Of The Earth
  I tried to buy a domain and a squatter tried to extort me.
  📅 31 Aug 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology   Web
• Craving Coffee 03 - A Long Month
  Yikes, it's been a long month!
  📅 30 Aug 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• How To Setup Pi-hole On A Synology NAS
  Stup a Pi-Hole on your Synology NAS using docker.
  📅 21 Aug 2020
  🏷️ Privacy   Security   Technology
• How To Use Your Own Router With Plusnet Fibre Broadband
  A guide on setting up PlusNet broadband with your own router.
  📅 18 Aug 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• How To Make Ubuntu Work Like Windows 10
  This posts shows how you can make Ubuntu work like Windows 10.
  📅 12 Aug 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• Which Is The Best WordPress Caching Plugin?
  Comparing popular WordPress caching plugins to see which performs best.
  📅 30 Jul 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Craving Coffee 02 - A Personal Update
  For the second edition of my newsletter I have a somewhat personal update.
  📅 24 Jul 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• Synology vs Nextcloud - Which Is Better For A Home Server?
  Comparing Synology vs Nextcloud for a home server.
  📅 11 Jul 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology   Web
• Email Is Not Broken
  Hey! has fixed email apparently. I disagree.
  📅 30 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• How To Use A TP-Link Router With Sky Fibre Optic
  Want to use a TP-Link router with your Sky fibre broadband?
  📅 24 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• Craving Coffee 01 - Is Personal Blogging Back?
  The first instalment from my newsletter - is personal blogging back?
  📅 24 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Newsletter
• How To Create An IndieWeb Profile
  If you intend to use the IndieWeb, you're gonna need a profile.
  📅 23 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• How To Backup Nextcloud
  Nextcloud is not your backup. Here's how I backup my Nextcloud instance.
  📅 19 Jun 2020
  🏷️ De-Googling   Technology
• Finishing My Website Redesign
  I've redesigned my site. Can you spot the differences?
  📅 18 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Notes
• How Much Does It Cost To Run This Blog?
  A look at the costs involved in running this blog.
  📅 13 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• How Does Mastodon Work?
  A comprehensive guide on how Mastodon works.
  📅 11 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Centralisation and Mastodon
  I think the decentralised Twitter clone, Mastodon, is more centralised than people think.
  📅 08 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Opinion
• What’s In A Font? Researching Website Typography
  A look at website typography and some best practices.
  📅 06 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Website Redesign
  I've been working on a full redesign of this website.
  📅 02 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Notes
• My Thoughts On Pop OS 20.04 After One Month
  I recently updated to Pop!_OS 20.04, here are my thoughts.
  📅 02 Jun 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• My History With Blogging
  A look back at some of the iterations of this blog.
  📅 30 May 2020
  🏷️ Blogging
• Mothballing The Meta Blog & My Plans For This Blog
  I've ditched The Meta Blog - I'm just gonna keep things here.
  📅 27 May 2020
  🏷️ Blogging
• How To Start A Blog If You're Not A Nerd
  Not everyone is a nerd. This is how to start a blog is you're not technical.
  📅 20 May 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• Reviewing My Password Manager Database To Make Me More Secure
  I do a mini audit on my password manager database to see how bad things are.
  📅 18 May 2020
  🏷️ Security   Technology
• Choosing The Right Domain Name For Your Blog
  Your domain name is your online identity, so it's important to get this right.
  📅 17 May 2020
  🏷️ Blogging   Web
• My Approach To My Career
  Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life.
  📅 14 May 2020
  🏷️ Opinion
• Git Lecture [video]
  I'm starting to teach myself Git. This video has been very helpful.
  📅 12 May 2020
  🏷️ Notes
• Creating A Notes Page
  I've created a new set of mini-posts, called notes.
  📅 10 May 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Keybase, Zoom and Me
  Zoom bought Keybase and people are losing their sh*t.
  📅 08 May 2020
  🏷️ Opinion
• Confession: I Have No Idea How To Use Git
  Git just baffles my mind. I really need to take some time to learn int.
  📅 07 May 2020
  🏷️ Opinion
• Adding A Scroll To Top Button Without JavaScript
  I don't like JavaScript bloat, so I added a scroll to top button in HTML.
  📅 06 May 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Recommended Read - A Biker's Life By Henry Cole
  I really enjoyed this book and it resonated with me in a number of ways.
  📅 05 May 2020
  🏷️ Opinion
• Which WordPress Plugins I Use
  Talking about all of the WordPress plugins I use on this site.
  📅 04 May 2020
  🏷️ Web
• The Battle Of The Oscar Fish Tank
  There was carnage in my oscar fish tank.
  📅 03 May 2020
  🏷️ Fishkeeping
• Making A Website 07 - A New Header & Footer
  For step 7 we're looking at improving the header and footer of our light website.
  📅 30 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Is Dark Mode Good For Your Eyes?
  I've decided to stop using dark mode across all of my devices, because research suggests that going to the dark side ain't all that.
  📅 28 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• My Thoughts On Ubuntu 20.04
  Ubuntu 20.04 has recently been released. Here are my thoughts.
  📅 26 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• How To Add An Old Post Notice To WordPress
  Let people know when they're reading an old and potentially out of date post.
  📅 21 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Rewriting My WordPress Site In HTML/CSS & Comparing Performance
  I wanted to compare the performance of my WordPress site against a HTML/CSS handwritten equivalent.
  📅 12 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Implementing The IndieWeb Into My Website
  I wanted to utilise the IndieWeb to take ownership of my data.
  📅 11 Apr 2020
  🏷️ Privacy   Web
• How Websites Check Your Password
  How does a website check your password without actually storing your password?
  📅 31 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Security
• De-Googling My Life - 2 Years On
  It's been 2 years since I started de-Googling. Here's an update.
  📅 21 Mar 2020
  🏷️ De-Googling
• How To Cycle An Aquarium
  This is how I cycle my aquariums.
  📅 19 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Fishkeeping
• How I Optimise My Website Performance
  Website optimisation is very important. IF you don't have a fast site, you're losing visitors.
  📅 18 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• How The Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle Works
  The nitrogen cycle is pivitol to successful fish keeping. Here's how it works.
  📅 16 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Fishkeeping
• How To Backup A Synology To Backblaze B2
  Backup, backup and backup again. Here's how to get off-site backups on your Synology.
  📅 11 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• Moving from Nextcloud to Synology
  I migrated away from Nextcloud and went back to Synology.
  📅 10 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• How To Create A Simple Install Script In Ubuntu
  This is how I created a basic install script for new Ubuntu builds.
  📅 03 Mar 2020
  🏷️ Technology
• The Case For WordPress
  Apparently, WordPress is slow, insecure and hard to maintain. I disagree.
  📅 04 Feb 2020
  🏷️ Opinion   Web
• How To Add CSS Dark Mode To A Website
  This guide will make your site automatically flip to dark mode based on user preference.
  📅 03 Feb 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Making A Website 06 - Finishing Touches
  The light website is looking good, but lets add some extras.
  📅 02 Feb 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Making A Website 05 - Adding A Blog
  It's time to add a blog to our light website.
  📅 01 Feb 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Making A Website 04 - Responsiveness
  In this post we're going to make our website responsive.
  📅 30 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Making A Website - 03 Menus
  Post number 3 in this series focusses on making a navigation menu.
  📅 27 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Migrate From Windows 7 To Linux
  It's the year of the Linux desktop!
  📅 21 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Notes
• How To Self-Host Your Web Fonts
  Don't rely on Google Fonts - self-host them yourself.
  📅 19 Jan 2020
  🏷️ De-Googling   Web
• Making A Light Website - 02 Design
  Post 2 in the making a light website series focusses on design.
  📅 18 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Making A Website - 01 The Basics
  Part one of a series on how to manually code a light website.
  📅 09 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Web
• How To Add A Custom Colour Palette To The Gutenberg Editor
  Make your WordPress posts more interesting with a custom colour palette.
  📅 04 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Web
• Categorise Or Compartmentalise?
  Do I blog about all my interests here, or start an niche-specific blog?
  📅 02 Jan 2020
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• How To Convert WordPress To Markdown
  Want to convert all your WordPress posts to Markdown? Here's how...
  📅 26 Dec 2019
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Privacy & Security Are Different - Round 2
  While privacy and security are related, they are distinctly different things.
  📅 24 Dec 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Security
• Moving To Progressive Web Apps
  Fewer apps; more progressive web.
  📅 22 Dec 2019
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Privacy & Security Are Different
  While privacy and security are related, they are distinctly different things.
  📅 19 Dec 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Security
• Reasons Why Zoho Mail Is Better Than Gmail
  I think that Zoho Mail is far superior to Gmail.
  📅 14 Dec 2019
  🏷️ De-Googling   Opinion   Web
• How To Host Email On Your Own Domain
  If you want you emails on your own domain, this post will help.
  📅 10 Dec 2019
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Coming Full Circle - From Grav To WordPress
  That's right, I'm back on WordPress (for now).
  📅 19 Nov 2019
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• What Is Self-Hosting?
  The term 'self-hosting' is ambiguous. This is what it means to me...
  📅 26 Oct 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Web
• How Browser Fingerprinting Works
  Browser fingerprinting can be used to uniquely identify you online. Here's how...
  📅 25 Sep 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Security
• Commento - The Privacy Respecting Commenting System
  Commento is a Disqus replacement that is privacy respecting and can be easily integrated into any site.
  📅 20 Sep 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Technology
• How Online Tracking Works
  Online tracking is everywhere. If you understand how it works, maybe you can combat it.
  📅 07 Sep 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Security
• Migrating from WordPress to Grav
  I decided to migrate from WordPress to Grav.
  📅 24 Aug 2019
  🏷️ Technology
• How To Install Nextcloud On Shared Hosting
  You don't need a dedicated server or a VPS to host Nextcloud. You can do it on cheap shared hosting too.
  📅 16 Jun 2019
  🏷️ De-Googling   Technology
• How To Mount A Partition In Ubuntu
  How to mount a drive on boot in Ubuntu.
  📅 07 Jun 2019
  🏷️ Technology
• How To Setup A Nextcloud Server In Ubuntu
  Verbose guide on setting up a Nextcloud instance on Ubuntu.
  📅 01 Jun 2019
  🏷️ De-Googling   Technology
• My Home Server – 2 Months On
  I've been running my home server for a couple months now. Here's how I'm getting on...
  📅 07 Apr 2019
  🏷️ Technology
• Privacy Vs "I Have Nothing To Hide"
  I hate it when people tout "I don't care about privacy because I have nothing to hide".
  📅 21 Feb 2019
  🏷️ Privacy
• Building My Home Server
  After my Synology blew up, I decided to build a home server.
  📅 02 Feb 2019
  🏷️ Privacy   Technology
• I Nearly Lost All Of My Data!
  My Synology blew up and I nearly lost all of my data!
  📅 19 Jan 2019
  🏷️ Technology
• Ditching Android – 6 Weeks On
  An update on how I've been getting on with iOS over the last 6 weeks.
  📅 17 Dec 2018
  🏷️ De-Googling   Opinion   Privacy   Technology
• How Plus Addressing Can Prevent Spam
  Plus addressing gives you free disposable alias addresses that you can filter out.
  📅 09 Dec 2018
  🏷️ Security   Web
• Why I'm Ditching Android
  I've decided to switch from Android to iOS.
  📅 03 Nov 2018
  🏷️ De-Googling   Opinion   Privacy   Technology
• Why I Use Linux
  My main operating system has been Linux for over a decade now. Here's why...
  📅 13 Oct 2018
  🏷️ Opinion
• Are Biometrics A Good Idea?
  You can change your password, but you can't change your fingerprint.
  📅 30 Sep 2018
  🏷️ Opinion   Security
• How Migrate from Disqus to WordPress and Bypass Disqus’ Roadblocks
  Disqus makes it VERY difficult for you to migrate your comments away from their platform. This is a workaround on how to do it.
  📅 18 Sep 2018
  🏷️ Privacy   Web
• What Is Two Factor Authentication?
  Two factor authentication, 2FA, multi-factor...what does it all mean?
  📅 21 Aug 2018
  🏷️ Security
• Getting Started With Mastodon
  How to get started with the privacy respecting decentralised Twitter clone, Mastodon.
  📅 13 Aug 2018
  🏷️ Web
• How To Secure WordPress
  Want to know how to secure your WordPress site? This post is a good place to start.
  📅 11 Jul 2018
  🏷️ Security   Web
• More or Less WordPress Theme
  Here's a minimalist WordPress theme I made. Feel free to use it. :-)
  📅 30 Jun 2018
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Fix the Large CloudStation System Tray Icon in Ubuntu
  Synology Cloudstation system icon has a bug and appear massive. Here's how to fix it.
  📅 15 Jun 2018
  🏷️ Technology
• Moving To A Static Website
  I've migrated from Ghost to a static site. Here's why...
  📅 10 Jun 2018
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Microsoft Acquires GitHub – My Thoughts
  Microsoft recently acquired GitHub and people are going mental. Here's my thoughts...
  📅 06 Jun 2018
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology
• Is A Password Book A Bad Idea?
  Password books are insecure. Right...RIGHT?!
  📅 14 May 2018
  🏷️ Opinion   Security
• De-Googling My Life – 6 Months On
  It's been 6 months since I started De-Googling. Here's an update...
  📅 06 May 2018
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• Nextcloud On A Raspberry Pi 3+
  I'm exploring how to run Nextcloud on a Raspberry Pi 3+
  📅 01 May 2018
  🏷️ De-Googling   Technology
• Why HTTPS Is Important
  HTTPS is an extremely important part of staying secure and private online. Here's why...
  📅 22 Mar 2018
  🏷️ Privacy   Security   Technology   Web
• Why Your Password Is Probably Crap
  Crap passwords are rife on the Internet. Here's why...
  📅 04 Jan 2018
  🏷️ Security   Technology   Web
• Are Password Managers Worth It?
  I explore whether having a password manager is actually worth it and can we get along without them?
  📅 27 Dec 2017
  🏷️ Opinion   Security   Technology
• De-Googling My Life 06 – What I Can’t Replace
  It's not all rosey in the De-Googled world. There are some things I cant replace.
  📅 09 Nov 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• De-Googling My Life 05 – Gmail
  This is it - the big one. Gmail!
  📅 28 Oct 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• De-Googling My Life 04 – Google Drive
  Bye bye Google Drive, hello Nextcloud.
  📅 18 Oct 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• Why You Should Own Your Own Domain
  Reasons why I think everyone should own their own domain.
  📅 12 Oct 2017
  🏷️ Opinion   Technology   Web
• De-Googling My Life 03 – Google+
  Google+ is out the window and I've replaced it with Mastodon.
  📅 07 Oct 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• De-Googling My Life 02 – Analytics
  I've replaced Google Analytics with the much more privacy respecting Matomo.
  📅 29 Sep 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• De-Googling My Life 01 – Browser & Search
  I managed to remove my reliance on Google Search & Google Chrome.
  📅 10 Sep 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• De-Googling My Life Series
  I've decided to be less reliant on Google's many products.
  📅 04 Sep 2017
  🏷️ De-Googling   Privacy
• Things To Consider When Starting A Blog
  Here are some things you might want to consider before taking the plunge and starting your own blog.
  📅 10 Jun 2017
  🏷️ Technology   Web
• Medium Vs Ghost – Which One For a Personal Blog?
  Which is better for a personal blog, Medium or Ghost? This post explores the two options.
  📅 08 Jun 2017
  🏷️ Technology
• Bitwarden – An Open Source Alternative to LastPass
  Bitwarden is a secure, open source alternative to LastPass that does everything LastPass can and more.
  📅 20 Feb 2017
  🏷️ Security   Technology