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Book review: "Death Ray"

I have written before about Anne Currie's rather excellent "Panopticon" series of books. I actually thought I had written up my thoughts about all the books in the series so far, but it seems that I Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 22 June 2022 Category Books Tags review science fiction scifi tech ethics

RWG Mobile APN for non-data SIMs

I am using a SIM from RWG Mobile in my PinePhone Pro. RWG's pricing is very keen - I am paying £1 / month for a small data bundle, which is more than sufficient for my testing. (I think the bundle Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 19 June 2022 Category Networking Tags PinePhone Pro SIM cellular

Removing old kernels / boot volume is low on space

I occasionally get a warning message, notifying me that my boot volume is low on space. I have not found a way of removing old kernels automatically, and I've yet to script it, so for now this is Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 15 June 2022 Category Legal Tags Linux linux-surface kernel Debian

Brave incorrectly showing sites have "ads and other creepy things" when visited via DuckDuckGo?

Here's an odd one. I am experimenting with Brave on Android. I wanted to see how to install extensions / add-ons, so that my experience with Brave on mobile can mirror my experience of Brave on my Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 2 June 2022 Category Tech Tags Brave ad blocking decoded.legal browser

Initial impressions of a second hand Brompton Electric H6L

I've been pondering an electric bike for a long time now and, since I appear to be attending meetings in London far more frequenting than, well, ever before, when a Brompton Electric which looked Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 31 May 2022 Category Cycling Tags Brompton Electric Brompton

Fixing Jitsi Java Runtime error from recent update

I have used Jitsi for years now as a fantastic self-hosted video conferencing bridge. It is excellent. I am currently running it on a Raspberry Pi, and it works really well. After a recent automatic Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 26 May 2022 Category Tech Tags Free software jitsi video Java

Converting Outlook .msg email files for opening on Linux

A quick reminder for me, as much as anything. Occasionally - for example, when I am helping an organisation with a GDPR subject access request - I need to open files in Outlook's .msg format. I Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 18 May 2022 Category Tech Tags Outlook convert msg email

Getting back to meeting people in meatspace

I spent the last two-and-a-bit days, doing something I haven't done for a long time: meeting people in meatspace. Catching up over a juice in a coffee shop, or stopping by someone's office for a Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 14 May 2022 Category Travel Tags cycling meatspace meetings sociable covid

Tinkering with reveal.js: a slick, JavaScript-based, FOSS presentation framework

I have wanted to play with reveal.js for a while, as a way of improving the look of my presentation slides, and I've finally got round to doing so. I am impressed. Very impressed. Impress Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 5 May 2022 Category Tech Tags reveal.js markdown javascript FOSS presentations

Brave: sharing URLs via QR codes

Although I only intended to use Brave to make Microsoft Teams work well on Debian Linux (and I do still use it for that), I've started to use Brave more broadly, and I'm increasingly impressed. In Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 3 May 2022 Category Tech Tags qr brave
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