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
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Unspecific tech stuff
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
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
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
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
You don't have to leave Twitter to use Mastodon, and other stories
This isn't about using Mastodon. I use Mastodon, and have done for a few years now. Want to find me there? Please do! I'm @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk. Anyone can follow me and, if you have a bio Read more
#OnlineSafetyBill bingo
Today sees the second reading of the UK's Online Safety Bill, before the House of Commons. Here's my bingo card: Neil's Online Safety Bill bingo lawful but awful wild west big tech flick of a switch Read more
A global "scale-to-fit" for the PinePhone Pro
One of the challenges of running Linux on a phone is finding apps which are suited to the small, typically portrait, screen. Mobian has a scale-to-fit system, which can be enabled on an app-by-app Read more
Fixing my 3D printer: a new LCD, and angling my models
I fixed my Elegoo Mars 2 3D printer. Finally. Fixing it was a series of trials and tribulations, compounded by my own ignorance / stupidity. But it is fixed. I diagnosed - correctly - that the LCD Read more
Resolving a certbot apache plugin syntax error
I got an email yesterday showing that one of my TLS certificates had failed to renew. Looking in the log - /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log - I saw: 2022-04-12 Read more