Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Full Fibre Saga
Almost two weeks later than planned, and after almost three days without an Internet connection to the house it seems like I finally have a working Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) install. Phew! This is the story of how it took so long, and the regulatory failure that underpins the sorry state of affairs. Background […]
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Tags: adsl, BT, CBT, fibre, FTTC, FTTP, full fibre, OFCOM, ONT, OpenReach, PlusNet, VDSL
AI MacGuffin
I’m increasingly hearing AI talked about as a MacGuffin… It could magically solve this thorny and expensive problem that’s been intractable for years. We all just need to geek a bit harder, buy (or rent) more GPUs and scrape together some better training data… In this context AI cannot fail, it can only be failed, […]
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Tags: AI, hype, MacGuffin
USB C Charger Reviews
I’ve had a few things that charge from USB-C for a while: my Planet Gemini, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest, SteamDeck, GL-MT1300 travel router, and a bunch of Raspberry Pi 4s; but the arrival of my Lenovo X13 has had me kitting myself out with a bunch of new chargers. So here follows some reviews (with […]
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Tags: adaptor, Anker, cable, charger, GaN, Mackertop, mains, Mu, power, power bank, PSU, review, Syncwire, USB, USB A, USB C, USB-A, USB-C, Ziwodiv
October 2022
Pupdate The boys were too frequently pulling on their lead when wearing harnesses, so we did a bit of slip lead training, and now they’ve got collars and they’re walking much more nicely :) New VPS I’ve mentioned in past posts that I run a handful of VPSs so that I can emerge from the […]
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Tags: Bay Area, home, Premium Plus, pupdate, San Francisco, solar, travel, United, VPS
Google Developer Expert
I mentioned in my August 2022 post that I’d write separately about this, so here goes… The Google Developer Experts program is a global network of highly experienced technology experts, influencers, and thought leaders who have expertise in Google technologies, are active leaders in the space, natural mentors, and contribute to the wider developer and […]
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Tags: Atsign, Dart, Developer Expert, GDE, google, imposter syndrome
TL;DR Using SSH keys is already a big part of the git/GitHub experience, and now they can be used for signing commits, which saves having to deal with GPG keys. Background For a while I’ve been signing my git commits with a GPG key (at least on my primary desktop), and GitHub has some nice […]
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Tags: git, github, howto, SSH
July 2022
Pupdate Milo’s been with us for a whole year now, which meant he got to join Max this time on our family holiday in the Lake District: Holiday We returned to Keeper’s Cottage on the Graythwaite Estate, as it was brilliant last year, and it was just as good this time around. Heatwave Our trip […]
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Tags: boots, heatwave, Lake District, portal, pupdate, Steam Deck
The GraphQL Way
TL;DR From a short time using GraphQL APIs I sense that there’s a ‘GraphQL Way’ for how things should be. A set of promises that the technology makes to its users. But those promises are frequently being broken, or at least undermined, as people rush to create GraphQL end points without perhaps investing enough time […]
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Tags: API, documentation, examples, filtering, GraphQL, samples, self describing
December 2021
Pupdate Max’s second Christmas and Milo’s first, the outfits came courtesy of their mums’ doggy mum, and caused much excitement when they arrived as they brought the distinctive smell of her house. A very Covidy Christmas As I was drafting this post I left myself a note to comment on getting a booster jab, but […]
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Tags: Covid, fitness, iOS15, iPad, pupdate, Reflection, SSH, stack overflow, streaks
Bespoke realities
TL;DR My ad blocker has been hiding things from me. Mostly things that I don’t want to see. But what we do see, and what we don’t see, is all part of crafting bespoke realities. Background My friend Ben Ford frequently says “What we perceive as reality is an internal simulation of our interaction with […]
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Tags: ads, bespoke, blocker, reality, simulation, social media, surveillance capitalism
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