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…
Converting JPG to PDF in Ubuntu
Earlier this week someone sent me a scanned document with each page as a separate JPG file. I prefer to keep documents as single PDFs, as they're easier to file…
WordPress 4.2.4 released
WordPress 4.2.4 has been released and includes six fixes for various security holes, ranging from cross-site scripting to SQL injection. As always with security releases, you should update as soon…
WordPress 4.2.3 released
WordPress 4.2.3 was released today. It includes a number of security fixes, including a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, and therefore all users are advised to update as soon as possible.…
TDD with PHP book started
At my previous employer I implemented a subset of the Mozilla Open Badges specification in PHP (the reference implementation in Node.js was a pain to deploy on our servers, for…