linux Don't dismiss Xfce I'd liken Xfce to the VW Golf in some ways. Years of refinement is the only way to achieve the level of polish that both of these products have. No monstrous rethinks of how we use the desktops here. And that, is a good - no great - thing.
linux The Linux Community is Awesome! These people, the hosts, are a huge part of my life. I couldn't help but get a little emotional that I was listening to the intro music in studio with the guys. It was a super cool moment.
linux Getting started with Ansible Galaxy This article will cover some of the tips and tricks I learned as a Red Hat consultant working on this stuff every day, it's not perfect and there are probably better ways but here's my take.
mum-usa-2019 From mountains to coast Mum is coming. I'll be on my way to the airport to go and collect her shortly. Having taking the plunge and emigrated almost exactly 6 months she is the first family member to be able to visit us and I couldn't be more excited.
3d printing Smart RGB LED strips with Home Assistant The trouble with any 'smart' device such as a Nest thermostat or Hue light bulb is that they require an internet connection and a company to be in business running a server that they connect to. If the product you just bought requires a cloud service to be available to function, you don't own it.
linux New server build log That means I need a lot of threads and a lot of memory and a lot of storage.
apple Charging a Mac from a Lipo battery This weekend we're going camping at Silverstone for the F1 where a considerable number of photographs are expected to be taken by yours truly. On a usual day at a motor racing event
usa-roadtrip-2018 America is big America, as it turns out, is quite large! This is just the main itinerary from our 2018 USA summer roadtrip. To put this distance into perspective London - Israel is 3000 miles.
usa-roadtrip-2018 Do America Comparing August 1999 to June 2018 might seem odd at first but bear with me. In the UK aged 11 we move from Junior School to Secondary School and it's a huge step
usa-roadtrip-2018 Denver, CO Denver is a proper crossroads sort of town. While other places we have been all had their own distinct identities Denver didn't seem to. Most of the people who served us during our
usa-roadtrip-2018 Breckenridge to Denver The worst hail storm in 20 years hit Colorado Springs bringing with it baseball sized hail. The storm hit around 1230am and was absolutely fantastic to watch but our hire car didn't agree.
usa-roadtrip-2018 The Colorado Rockies I feel like I've waited my whole life to see the Colorado Rockies. We came oh so close last year in Moab but our itinerary took us a different way. Indeed, this trip
usa-roadtrip-2018 Austin, TX - Colorado Springs, CO (via Amarillo, TX) We only listened to it once, The Tony Christie song I mean. After all, the sun was shining on a Texas Sunday morning as we made our way out of Austin bound for
usa-roadtrip-2018 Austin, TX "A pocket of liberalism in a sea of conservatism". This is how one Texan we met described Austin to us and he wasn't wrong. We found Austin a truly wonderful city
usa-roadtrip-2018 Heading out west 2 days, 1160 miles, 18 hours of driving, 1 hike, 2 full tanks of gas, 1 massive thunderstorm, 2 plates of BBQ, 1 crop dusting plane and a drive-in diner took us from
usa-roadtrip-2018 Asheville, NC Nestled in amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains in the West of North Carolina is Asheville. This is a vibrant mountain town with a huge array of breweries, restaurants and a fantastic array of
usa-roadtrip-2018 The Blue Ridge Parkway Leaving DC behind we predictably did so in the lashing rain early Sunday morning. We headed along I-66 toward the (supposedly) beautiful Skyline Drive overlooking the Shenandoah valley. Alas, the weather was absolutely
usa-roadtrip-2018 Washington DC The home of freedom, Washington DC feels like a real city. Not just that but a capital city. The drivers here are just as impatient as you'd imagine, the road system just as
usa-roadtrip-2018 Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill - NC Next door was a real video game arcade, straight out of the 1980s. I always felt like I'd missed out by never going to one in the flesh but here was our chance! Pacman, Tetris, Tekken, Frogger, Street Fighter and loads more.
usa-roadtrip-2018 Charleston, SC - Raleigh, NC Today being Memorial Day (a US bank holiday) the roads were pretty busy in places and the Interstates were a 50mph traffic jam.
usa-roadtrip-2018 Day 2 - Ocala, FL to Charleston, SC We drove through endless swamp. "Florida looks exactly like I'd pictured it" said Cat.
usa-roadtrip-2018 Day 1: Ladywell - Ocala, FL Here we are again, Cat and I are off to the States for another roadtrip adventure. I've brought my camera gear and the drone for some fun along the way.
england So long and thanks for all the fish Dearest friends and family, we're emigrating to the USA. Come September, that's it. We're off. Yes, we're going to live in a country whose supreme leader is a pseudonym for the word fart.
2018-tube-challenge Tubing Update: April 2018 I missed writing up our last dedicated tubing day but we had a mammoth day today. We took in a grand total of 21 stations heading out beyond the M25 along the original
