Posts in “Technology”

Getting started With Git - A Simple Beginner's Guide

Getting started with Git is difficult, so I decided to write a simple getting started with Git guide. Hopefully it will help you get started.

📅 14 March 2021

Upgrading My Desktop PC

A few month ago I wrote about how I was thinking about upgrading my desktop to something a little more modern. Well, I've finally got around to doing that, and what a saga it was!

📅 15 February 2021

Removing Support For The IndieWeb

I recently redesigned this website. When I did, I removed all of the IndieWeb functionality from it. This post talks about why I did that.

📅 13 November 2020

Trying To Go Green With Local Fonts

I've made some changes to the font stack on this website. This site now uses local fonts and this post explains why.

📅 23 October 2020

Replacing FreshRSS With Miniflux

FreshRSS is a good RSS reader, but I recently decided to switch to Miniflux. This post talks about why I decided to switch.

📅 18 October 2020

The Apple Walled Garden

I recently posted about my new Apple Watch on Fosstodon. I assumed I'd get some feedback about the Apple walled garden, so I wanted to take some time to elaborate on my thoughts about the walled garden.

📅 30 September 2020

Thinking About New Hardware

I'm thinking about replacing my desktop and laptop, but I'm not sure which way to go. In this post I want to explain my needs and hopefully get some help from you.

📅 26 September 2020

Making A Light Website 08 - Replacing Images With CSS

So My Light Website is looking pretty good at this point, but we can still improve things. In this post we will look at replacing the banner images with some CSS to make the site quicker and lighter.

📅 19 September 2020

Domain Squatters Are The Scum Of The Earth

I wanted to register quirk.uk, but arsehole domain squatters are getting in the way and making that almost impossible.

📅 31 August 2020

How To Setup Pi-hole On A Synology NAS

Using a Pi-hole on your network is a great way of blocking adverts and protecting you from tracking at a network level. In this post I'm going to take you through setting up Pi-hole on a Synology NAS using Docker.

📅 21 August 2020