I was sent a whole load of .docx files. Not a problem, because LibreOffice opens them. But I want them as .pdf files, so I can scribble on them as I read them, using Xournal++. How to convert a whole Read more
Archives: March 2022
An independent assessment of the UK's Safety Tech Challenge Fund without assessing legal or data protection compliance
Regular readers may recall the UK government's "Safety Tech Challenge Fund". Background to the Safety Tech Challenge Fund (You can ignore this bit if you are familiar with the Safety Tech Challenge Read more
eReaders and eBooks: my Kobo Clara HD
There have been a couple of threads on Twitter recently about eReaders and eBooks, so I thought I'd write up my setup. Kobo Clara HD In a way, my eReader - a Kobo Clara HD - is one of the most Read more
Fixing an array_filter() php error when using PHP 7.4 with dokuwiki's twofactor plugin
Yep, niche. After doing a system upgrade from Debian 10 Buster to Debian 11 Bullseye, no user can log into the wiki, with the error "Sorry, username or password was wrong.". The actual answer lay in Read more
Upgrading my .onion site to https
Until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't really see the point in giving a .onion site a TLS certificate. Alec Muffett convinced me: HTTP-over-Onion should not be considered as secure as Read more
Turning a taxi into a conference pod
I went through a period of regretting buying a taxi, sight unseen, over the Internet. I haven't managed to solve that engine management light issue. I might be able to do it, but I don't have the Read more
How could a website operator identify where in the world a specific user is right now?
How does a website operator know where in the world a user is located right now? Let's say that there's a law which requires a website operator not to provide its service to people in the UK who are Read more
Fixing Aurora Store on OnePlus 6T running /e/ not connecting
On my OnePlus 6T running /e/, I have been getting an error when trying to connect to the app store: Getting 'Failed to connect to goolag.store/146.59.157.181:1337' error, opening app. I have no idea Read more
Brave, Tor, and http-only .onion sites
I set up a .onion hidden service site for our business years ago. Originally, it was a v2 onion - the older, defunct, but shorter, domains - and now it is a v3 domain, Read more