Things about stuff. Infosec, tech, life and whatever else comes to keyboard
Robert Kingett tooted that indieweb folk are saying RSS readers are flawed, I m here to say that feeds are ESSENTIAL to the web, all of it, and if any web gardener/creator/writer folk are indeed saying this, they need to re-evaluate.
We saw the eclipse, but only due to luck and a the kindness of a hero work colleague
In this Tale from Tech Support, I create the origin story of an old inherited server from an investigation into why Veeam suddenly stopped working
After getting him his own laptop and desk setup for his 7th birthday, the joy of playing minecraft multiplayer with the kid will be tough to beat
I completed Dishonored 1, plus both the story DLC, and wanted to wax on about how darn good this game looks
Blaugust has a bunch of gamers taking part and it has encouraged me to talk about gaming on here. So, here s an overview of what I play videogames on, the state of my backlog, and what I am currently playing
It s a day late but I ve answered the Blaugust group project prompt: Tell us all about your very first blog!
Today, I appreciated the small things by taking a walk in nature during the work day, but I actually stopped to touch grass this time. Well, moss. I touched moss.
Why am I doing Blaugust? Answering the week one prompts!
A little update on the food growing in the garden this year - sunflowers, tomatos and cucumbers, with a bonus 🌻🐝
Malicious ignorance in web design is the cause of you accidentally clicking that button, and I think YouTube is guilty of it in their cookie popup via a subtle dark pattern
What I would do (for the web) if I could retire. Or, more accurately, what I would do for the web if I could afford to quit my dayjob.
Blaugust 2026 is here!
It s been one year since our chickens laid their first eggs and they re still going strong
Sometimes, you find a way to abuse a system and you don t get a bounty payout. Such is life! This is what happened here, but... It is a bit different to the usual tale from the world of infosec, because I didn t technically exploit anything, yet still managed to perform account takeovers on well known backup provider Backblaze, including accidentally taking over a legitimate customer account…
Meow - We got two cats!
You can make honey out of dandelion flowers! I mean, it seems kinda obvious when you think about it but still, I think it s kinda cool
Hello RSS feed reader! I see you :) I appreciate you! I ve added full feeds, so you can get the entire article (or scrap (or both!)) in your reader instead of having to navigate to the site, or trusting your reader to pull it properly. Neat! Check out the full post for more info!
It s been quiet around here. Here s why, and what s been happening to the human behind the site.
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-12-19 to 2026-01-09
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-12-01 to 2025-12-19
Mouse going all wacky in Steam-launched games on Pop!_OS 24.04? Fixed (for me at least!) by adding the 60-steam-input.rules file from Valves git repo to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and rebooting!
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-24 to 2025-12-01
After a long wait, I finally got a new phone! ...and almost immediately cracked the screen
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-15 to 2025-11-24
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-07 to 2025-11-15
No scraps since 2025-08-01 but hopefully I can start regaining some momentum
I ve added a live CSS-only (as in, no JavaScript) theme selector to fyr.io
Experiments with emojis and HTML that led to a working HTML/CSS-only method which, whilst awkward, prevents Google s LLM, Gemini, (and others, I guess) from gobbling up website content
I changed web hosting provider, you may have noticed some... minor issues. I ve moved away from Gandi and over to a proper VPS with Hetzner. Feels good!
August and September are hella-busy so it s been quiet here recently. Hopefully I can swing back to the indieweb and start up some new stuff!
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-25 to 2025-08-01
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-18 to 2025-07-25
We ve already harvested (some) blackberries... seems early?
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-11 to 2025-07-18
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-04 to 2025-07-11
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-06-27 to 2025-07-04
A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-06-18 to 2025-06-27
A bunch of scrappy notes from mid May-ish to 2025-06-18
Our first chicken egg arrived yesterday
Unburden yourself from e-frustration, e-anger, or excess e-energy. Tell the universe how you feel by screaming into the void.
Atera slowly leaked organisations that use their product to mailinator when those customers configured and tested SMTP
Our chickens are outside now and they re doing great!
It s CSS Naked Day 2025 on (and around) the 9th April. No CSS here!
Blossom trees have burst in pink over the last week or so. Despite pictures doing them no justice at all, here s one for you
CSS Naked Day 2025 is on April 9th - join in to celebrate and promote healthy web standards
Unshackle from the rigidity of the commercial web and be you on the world wild web
Why did I make an intentionally blank page on this website?
What s the state of email SPF and DMARC records in UK primary schools? Spoiler: It s... not too great?
We ve had a huge workload placed upon our shoulders, but existing methods of organising unplanned and planned work didn t quite scale to something so massive. I needed a new system. This is what I came up with.