Posts in “Meta”

Guestbook Spam is Fun

Since launching my Guestbook yesterday, I've been hit with a bunch of spam entries. I forgot how much "fun" it is dealing with this shit.

📅 28 February 2024

I Have a Guestbook

After seeing Manu's guestbook, I had to get in on the action, so I've decided to create my own guestbook.

📅 27 February 2024

Why I Don't Write About Security

If you don't know, I work in the InfoSec / cyber / whatever you want to call it industry. So why don't I write about InfoSec here on this blog?

📅 26 January 2024

Adding a Random Post Button to Kirby

I've added a feature where you can click a button and visit a random post. I wasn't able to find this documented with Kirby, so thought I'd share how I did it in case is helps others.

📅 15 January 2024

Building a PenPal System

Since deciding to start the whole PenPal thing, I wanted a way of managing those posts from within my CMS. This is how I did it.

📅 30 November 2023

Friends from Blogging

I've been lucky enough to make a number of friends off the back of this blog (and also their blogs). This is a bit of a feel good post about how social media isn't the only way to meet new people.

📅 13 October 2023

Having a Microblog on a Traditional Blog

I was recently talking to Jatan Mehta about microblogging vs traditional blogging, and what should go where. I thought it was an interesting conversation, so decided to share my opinions here too.

📅 11 October 2023

Absolutely Do Not Change Your Blogging Platform

According to Matt, you should absolutely NOT change you blogging platform - I should probably take this advice on board.

📅 08 October 2023

Migrating This Blog to Kirby

Yes, that's right dear reader, this site has gone through yet another change - it's now based on Kirby and I think I've finally found my blogging utopia.

📅 30 September 2023

How It All Connects

There's some automation on this site that posts to various places, all via RSS. Here's how it works.

📅 10 July 2023