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Sharing things I have managed to do (usually so I don’t forget how I did them) plus a few thoughts thrown in for good measure. All about technology one way or another.
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- Using a Laptop as a PVE server
- Monitoring a PVE Machine’s Battery Status
- Useful tshark Commands
- I’ve been away but “Now I’m Back”
- DietPi – Move Boot partition to smaller SD Card
- Get data from WH1080 Maplin Weatherstation sensors directly
- Install a Package from the Testing Repository
- ReadyNasDuo V1 Rsync
- Miscrosoft Teams – stop it auto starting
- Letsencrypt SSL Certificates by DNS Challenge with Lighttpd
- BT Broadband – Faster Speeds – Yes Really
- Ubiquiti USG Home Setup
- BT Broadband – Faster Speeds
- Cloudflared DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Pi-Hole
- UniFi Controller on a Pi or DietPi
- Pi-Hole and Disabling dnsmaq
- Systemd Timer and monit
- Contributing to Open Source Projects on GitHub
- Using nmcli to set a static IPV4 address in Hass.io
- Emoncms on DietPi
- Else is never necessary – Really?
- Keeping time on a Pi
- Old DietPi Orange Pi Images
- Adding a DietPi VM to an EXSi Host
- Displaying buttons on the TFT
- Forcing npm to Update Packages to Latest
- Using a Small TFT with a Raspberry Pi
- Bash History
- Installing pywws and running it as a Daemon
- Node-RED and icons
- Node-RED, npm, sudo and permissions
- A New Discovery
- Trouble with Hosting at SmartHost
- Node-RED and XML to JSON
- Reducing Spam on WordPress and Blacklists
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Else is never necessary – Really?
I had an interesting experience with Codacy today. I got this error. When doing my IT Degree (many moons ago) I was taught 2 things (amongst others you understand): An If statement always has an else. You should always handle … Continue reading
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Keeping time on a Pi
Again, this blog fall into the category of a ‘I need to remember how I did this’ post. I actually started writing this months ago but never finished it. Good job as some of what I originally said was wrong … Continue reading
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Old DietPi Orange Pi Images
If, like me, you are a fan of DietPi, you may well have been irritated by recent events. The decision to move to a completely new image that could not be upgraded to, was understandable, if unfortunate. These things happen … Continue reading
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Adding a DietPi VM to an EXSi Host
This blog very much falls into the ‘how in the hell did I do that’ category. A bit of background. I have had an HP MicroServer for a number of years just sitting there not doing a lot except running … Continue reading
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Displaying buttons on the TFT
Having successfully hooked my small TFT up to the Raspberry Pi, I now wanted to use it! As it was a touch screen version what I wanted was buttons. This is the end result; The code is to be found … Continue reading
Forcing npm to Update Packages to Latest
I have had a problem getting npm to update packages to the latest version. The packages involved are packages that have been installed directly and have no dependencies. It it is down to the use of semantic versioning in npm … Continue reading
Using a Small TFT with a Raspberry Pi
Introduction As I have said before part of the point of this blog is so I have a record of how I did things and this definitely fits into that category. If others find it useful, that is a bonus. … Continue reading
Bash History
On several occasions, I have lost some of my bash history, as the ssh session has not been exited cleanly. This annoyed me as I use the history as a means to remember what I have done. It prompted me … Continue reading
Installing pywws and running it as a Daemon
I have been using pywws for a number of years to download the data from my weather station and it simply just works. There is good support from the author though there are some gaps in the documentation. Moving pywws … Continue reading
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