I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it. While it seemed appropriate at the time, I have learned a lot since then. I am not the same person I was in 2001. Edit. It looks like it was 2003! Read more
Archives: 2021
PineTab running Mobian and GNOME: an iPad replacement?
I am gradually weaning myself off Apple's products. I've switched from a MacBook Pro to a Microsoft Surface Pro running Debian (which I really like), and I've moved from an iPhone and Apple Watch to Read more
Privacy-friendly NFC-enabled business / contact cards
Like most people, I don't go to in-person meetings much at the moment, so what follows is a bit of a white elephant. The gist is that I saw a colleague (Rachel Roche, of the eponymous Roche Legal; Read more
Temporarily and automatically changing firewall rules to permit Let's Encrypt certificate renewals
Another niche one. I have some webservers for which I want a valid, not self-signed, TLS certificate. Simple, thanks to Let's Encrypt. But I do not want to expose the web server to the world most of Read more
Home server, or homework? Minecraft or mine field? The draft Online Safety Bill would restrict net neutrality to the well-lawyered
A regular refrain of Internet governance is something akin to: If you regulate online services as if they are all Facebook, all you will end up with is Facebook. The message is a simple one. If you Read more
PinePhone: WireGuard, dns-over-https, and other thoughts
I've already written about installing Mobian, with full disk encryption, on a PinePhone, and some initial software notes. This is a bit of an update. I was pleased by what "just works" And, no, I'm Read more
Funding Free / open source software: what can I, personally, do differently?
Warning: this is a bit of a long one. Skip to the end if you just want to see what I think I will do. I use Free / open source software a lot. Directly, it powers pretty much every system we use for Read more
Setting up a Ledger Nano X with Debian 11
As part of moving from an iPhone to something else (currently a OnePlus 6T running /e/), I needed to move my on-iPhone Bitcoin wallet somewhere. So I thought it was a good opportunity to try a Read more
Sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law
Someone asked me today for recommendations of people to follow on Twitter if you're interested in sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law. Here's the list I Read more
Moving from iOS to /e/: UK banking apps
I was dreading this bit of the transition from one platform to another: moving banking apps from my iPhone to my OnePlus 6T running /e/. And, you know what? It was fine. Mostly. I know it will make Read more