Co-working at MadLab
As of this week I've started renting a desk in MadLab, an event space in central Manchester which I've visited many times as it hosts a number of community groups.…
Deleting branches in Git
For some projects, the workflow I use in Git is to create a new branch for every new feature or bug fix. This works well for keeping things separate, but…
Supporting a BSD project
The latest edition of bsdtalk is a recording of a talk from vBSDCon entitled Supporting a BSD Project. It's well worth listening to if you've ever wanted to know how the BSD projects --…
SSL in irssi
After getting IPv6 working,I also wanted to move all my IRC connections over to SSL, because I think you should use secure protocols wherever possible. The easiest way to do…
IPv6 in irssi
irssi is a fantastic console client for connecting to IRC which I use on a daily basis. However, it defaults to connecting via IPv4, even for dual-stack servers. Fortunately you can…
Oggcamp 2015 and unconference lessons
Yesterday I went to Oggcamp, an annual unconference for general geek stuff which was held in Liverpool. I really enjoyed the event, and a big thanks are due to all…
Filesystem format type in Linux
Earlier this week I needed to find out how a given partition was formatted in Linux. Normally I'd use the mount command, but in this case the filesystem wasn't already…
WordPress to Jekyll
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been looking to move sites where I'm not soliciting comments away from WordPress and into a static publishing platform. As part of this…
Zen Internet IPv6 trial
IPv6 has been around for over a decade, but most ISPs in the UK have yet to roll it out to residential customers. This is an issue for developers like myself,…
WordPress 4.3 released
A new version of WordPress was released early this week, taking the blogging software up to 4.3 (codename 'Billie'). There doesn't seem to be a lot of 'wow' factors in…