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Some books I read to a six-year-old this year
My list of “novels I read in 2022” is, I’m pretty sure, one novel long. I have excuses; I will spare both of us the excuses. But I have been reading to Small – now six, going on seven any day – at bedtime. Here are a few he enjoyed.
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Updating DigitalOcean Mastodon Droplet from 3.1.3 to 4.0.2
Mastodon v4.0.2 is out, and has some handy-looking new features. But if you’re using the old DigitalOcean droplet, which was based on v3.1.3, upgrading is a bit of a faff. Here’s how I did it – in two stages. I should not upfront that this isn’t a *recomended* method – it’s just what worked for…
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Deploying a tiny Mastodon server on DigitalOcean
Given the current bin-fire state of Twitter it seems entirely reasonable that everyone I know there is building a survivalist-style-bunker on Mastodon. But there’s a pretty immediate roadblock that faces every person trying to set up a new account: which server to choose? While Twitter is monolithic – one site, one account, one @name –…
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Apple App Store Connect API JWT tokens in PHP
I found it surprisingly hard to generate valid JWT tokens per this documentation, and kept getting a 401. Here’s some working code.
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Blocking bot login attacks on WordPress
The Problem If you run a self-hosted WordPress blog then you might – or might not! – be aware of the sheer volume of attempted logins that will be sent your way. A good way to monitor and cut down on this is the Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin, which logs and graphs them: ..…
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So long, and thanks for all the kittens
UPDATE FEB 2024 – given a certain ex-President’s regrettable failure to Just Fuck Off, MAKA is back in the Chrome Store again.
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Community Fibre – FTTP installation and equipment
Some information and photos on the equipment and installation of a Community Fibre FTTP broadband connection in London SE12
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Elgato Thunderbolt 2 Dock on MacOS 11.x Big Sur
For some time now I’ve had my desk wired up using an Elgato Thunderbolt 2 dock. It’s supposed to be incompatible with Mac OS 11 Big Sur, but here’s what I found.
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Vango Winslow Tent Review
Update: it’s 2021, and we’ve pitched our Winslow a good eight or ten times now. It’s suffered rain (thanks, Devon), wind (thanks, the storm that hit Devon) and the cold (thanks, the UK generally)