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How To Use A TP-Link Router With Sky Fibre Optic

The Sky OEM router is fine for the vast majority of cases, but if you want more functionality, better signal strength, or advanced features like VPN support or parental controls, you’re going to want to use a TP-Link router with Sky fibre.

πŸ“… 24 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

How To Create An IndieWeb Profile

I've written about the IndieWeb in the past, but it can be little complicated and confusing to get started. In this post I'm going to take you through creating an IndieWeb profile.

πŸ“… 23 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

How To Backup Nextcloud

Nextcloud is a fantastic system, but it's not your backup. This post will show you how to backup Nextcloud so you can ensure your data is safe.

πŸ“… 19 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Why Does Logitech Hate Left Handed People?

Logitech don't make a left-handed mice, and after a bit of research it seems that the issue goes much further than just this device.

πŸ“… 15 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

How Much Does It Cost To Run This Blog?

My wife recently asked me how much it costs me to run this blog. I wasn't really sure to be honest, so I looked into it and the results were surprising. So I thought I would share the details to give you guys a general idea how much it costs to run a blog.

πŸ“… 13 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

How Does Mastodon Work?

I’ve spoken about Mastodon numerous times on this blog. It is the social media platform I use more than any other, but for a new user it can be confusing because it doesn’t work like other social media sites.

πŸ“… 11 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Centralisation and Mastodon

The founder of Mastodon recently announced that he has started a second flagship instance. Is it a good thing to have flagship instances, or does the centralisation of Mastodon do more harm than good?

πŸ“… 08 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

My Thoughts On Pop OS 20.04 After One Month

A little over a month ago, I installed Pop OS 20.04 on both my laptop and my desktop, so I thought I'd write a post on how I've found it so far.

πŸ“… 02 Jun 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

My History With Blogging

Blogging takes tenacity, commitment and experience. I thought I'd write a post about my blogging history to show that none of us get it right at first.

πŸ“… 30 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Was Creating A Dedicated Niche Blog A Bad Idea?

A couple of weeks ago, I launched The Meta Blog, but now I'm having second thoughts. This post goes through some of my thoughts and concerns about making a second niche blog.

πŸ“… 25 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

How To Start A Blog If You're Not A Nerd

So you want to start a blog, but you don't have a masters degree in computing? I think that everyone should be able to blog, regardless of their technical ability. This post will give you everything you need to get going.

πŸ“… 20 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Choosing The Right Domain Name For Your Blog

When starting a blog, choosing the right domain name is extremely important because it becomes your online identity. Let's talk about how to get it right.

πŸ“… 17 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

My Approach To My Career

Do something you love for a living and you will never work a day in your life.

πŸ“… 14 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

100 Days To Offload & Over-Saturation

I've been having a think about 100 Days To Offload, and I've decided to make some changes to the challenge.

πŸ“… 13 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

I Now Know How To use Git

A few days ago I wrote about how I have no idea how Git works. Since then, things have changed and I'm now basking in the warm orange glow of Git repositories.

πŸ“… 11 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Keybase, Zoom and Me

Zoom have acquired Keybase. This has sparked a lot of consternation within the open source community and a lot of people have decided to delete their Keybase accounts.

πŸ“… 08 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

Confession: I Have No Idea How To Use Git

I have a confession to make - I have no idea how to use Git. Pull requests, commits, branches (what the hell do trees have to do with it?) It's all jargon to me.

πŸ“… 07 May 2020 | πŸ“ Blog post

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