Blog Archive 2021 Bell tolls for the Fountain Restaurant Aug 01 2021 2020 A new light has come Oct 11 2020 2019 Secure boot with Cobbler Sep 10 2019 Skin Alley’s Final Coat May 22 2019 Creating vSphere VMs with Ansible Jan 30 2019 Panasonic GX80 with Darktable Jan 13 2019 A tale of two roadhouses Jan 06 2019 2018 A note about benches Aug 28 2018 An Ansible pattern for lists of files Aug 02 2018 An Ansible pattern for parameter configuration May 15 2018 Expanding a ZFS mirror with 4K disks Apr 16 2018 A Stark Decade Apr 07 2018 2017 Swaps Oct 21 2017 Ansible: Using host info on other hosts Apr 06 2017 A computer for every home Feb 15 2017 2016 Ansible: multiple values in a registered variable Oct 07 2016 A book spree and a bargain Sep 19 2016 My whereabouts Sep 14 2016 When lobbying nearly worked Sep 13 2016 Chester Zoo’s Fountain Restaurant Aug 31 2016 Well, it’s like this… Jun 13 2016 A school reunion is like… May 03 2016 Back To The Nursery Apr 06 2016 Made by RCA Jan 27 2016 2015 Irrevocably Retro Jul 21 2015 Puppet to Ansible Jun 16 2015 Parsing a Twitter archive Mar 11 2015 It’s Complicated Mar 05 2015 2014 Computational Pragmatics Dec 03 2014 Plum Umbrella by Saul Leiter Nov 06 2014 The basics of baking Oct 30 2014 Holiday review: Jersey Sep 23 2014 Astra head unit replacement Feb 24 2014 Entertainment U Say? Feb 05 2014 Must be true, I saw it on telly Feb 01 2014 2013 SLES 11 with mrepo Oct 08 2013 Node inheritance in Puppet Aug 05 2013 The hole Jul 01 2013 Someone should do something Jun 17 2013 Well it’s personal now May 17 2013 The future is mirrorless (probably) May 01 2013 CyanogenMod: there and back again Apr 29 2013 Eulogy to my father Apr 29 2013 Verbal disagreement Apr 16 2013 Virtual IPs on OpenIndiana Feb 04 2013 UNIX Handbook 4th Edition Jan 23 2013 Linux’s Not UNIX Jan 22 2013 2012 Dabbling with LightRoom Oct 17 2012 Using Augeas with Puppet Oct 12 2012 From this time, unchained Aug 17 2012 Away from it all Aug 03 2012 Suboptimised for Retina Jul 06 2012 An introduction to toning for app developers Jul 05 2012 Paperlate Jul 02 2012 Thoughts on the GF1 Jun 28 2012 Ways and means of installing Puppet May 08 2012 Desktop Obsolescence Apr 10 2012 Customer IT support in a nutshell Mar 15 2012 Octopressed Mar 14 2012 Placeholder: migrating a ZFS root pool Feb 04 2012 The Digital EM is here? Jan 05 2012 What’s wrong with the Samsung Galaxy S2 Jan 05 2012 2011 The benefits of hacking Dec 08 2011 Why rebooting won’t solve your problem Nov 24 2011 PULL TO OPEN Oct 31 2011 Creating a Solaris 8 Jumpstart image Aug 31 2011 Tenby - a Flickr survey Aug 30 2011 Steven Wilson goes jazz Aug 12 2011 Samsung Galaxy S II Jun 16 2011 Thoughts on film May 31 2011 ZFS NAS-related miscellanea Jan 11 2011 Notes on OpenIndiana installs Jan 04 2011 2010 The forty year itch Dec 31 2010 Ten years Dec 31 2010 My glorious career (Part 1) Aug 12 2010 Fixing Youtube via proxy on iPhone Jun 10 2010 Puppet and a load of cobblers Mar 15 2010 Now That’s What I Call Ade’s Music Mar 11 2010 Caught Nappin’ in the 80s Mar 11 2010 Olympic curling Feb 22 2010 2009 Current raves Aug 13 2009 The long and winding road Jul 20 2009 Tool pr0n Jun 15 2009 Scan Magick Jun 10 2009 Prog out Jun 02 2009 Rattle Jun 02 2009 PhotoPost to Flickr May 16 2009 Neo-plod Apr 01 2009 Backs up Mar 12 2009 Do we have the time? Mar 02 2009 Two sides Feb 26 2009 Things to do in Denbigh when it’s dead Jan 02 2009 2008 Peripathetic Oct 14 2008 Small potatoes Sep 23 2008 Consultants are a bit like bindweed Aug 15 2008 A perfect day Jun 11 2008 Shared space Feb 29 2008 Local boy makes good Feb 05 2008 Laptops and Linux Jan 17 2008 2007 Magnum on Magnum Nov 09 2007 The Digital Nikon EM Oct 02 2007 To boldly go Sep 03 2007 The Moron’s Guide to Fixing Computer Problems Sep 03 2007 Evolution or regression? Aug 30 2007 CentOS 5.0 a success? Aug 16 2007 Placeholder: bookmark round-up Aug 10 2007 Placeholder: sharing VPN with VMware Aug 10 2007 The Gone Guide to the Lakes Aug 07 2007 More Bessa experience Aug 06 2007 Influences and confluences Jul 31 2007 Quack intolerance Jul 30 2007 It’s too loud, man Jul 30 2007 “Light moves fast” Jul 27 2007 Beached May 30 2007 From eyesore to open sore May 23 2007 Down the club May 23 2007 Placeholder: infant growth charts shock Apr 27 2007 Placeholder: WAS performance bugs Apr 27 2007 Once more into the bitch Apr 05 2007 No time for filmwasting Feb 06 2007 More DAM on Linux Feb 06 2007 Little can of magic Feb 01 2007 When the poo hits the mobile Jan 31 2007 Gambling, awards and rewards Jan 31 2007 2006 Tuna and Waffles Dec 21 2006 Trumpet blowing Nov 16 2006 Rangefinding Nov 09 2006 Training wheels Oct 05 2006 Exploring jBrout Sep 06 2006 Damn, damn DAM Sep 04 2006 RSS extensions for Seamonkey Aug 23 2006 Blogs from Wales Aug 23 2006 Ongoing projects Aug 21 2006 Wibble Aug 14 2006 It’s just light and nothing more Aug 14 2006 Stoned again Aug 03 2006 Smart sharpening in the GIMP redux Jul 12 2006 New lenses for old rope Jul 12 2006 Cataloging Incrediblania Jun 30 2006 A worthwhile Fedora upgrade Jun 09 2006 Why landscapes suck Jun 06 2006 Green ink Apr 13 2006 Fan-attic Apr 04 2006 Worst. Upgrade. Ever. Mar 28 2006 Important news Mar 28 2006 Right on vs. getting on Mar 06 2006 D50 first impressions Feb 28 2006 Downgrading Feb 10 2006 Death of a salesman Feb 10 2006 IBM cares a lot Jan 31 2006 2005 Big Bubbles unpopped Dec 20 2005 What digicam (condensed) Nov 29 2005 Weblog usability: the top ten mistakes IMNSHO Oct 20 2005 You need a Doctor Oct 14 2005 Digital ain’t black and white Redux Oct 05 2005 The f/0.64 Group Sep 29 2005 Tune in, turn on, burn out Sep 27 2005 Relocation aggravation Aug 22 2005 Automated software update with Cfengine Aug 05 2005 DNS/BIND setup using Cfengine Jul 15 2005 Converting Photoshop curves to the GIMP Jun 21 2005 GIMP tricks for B&W photographers Jun 21 2005 WebSphere on UNIX in print Jun 13 2005 Look upon these works and rejoice Jun 13 2005 Kiss this Jun 10 2005 A true picture? Jun 08 2005 Good fer you Jun 06 2005 Charity spurned May 06 2005 What’s yours is ours Apr 24 2005 Defending the indefensible Apr 22 2005 Running away from WebSphere Apr 16 2005 Running WebSphere on UNIX Apr 13 2005 Council promises to clean up litter and free speech Mar 15 2005 Chucklevision Mar 10 2005 Look, no chemicals Mar 02 2005 Digital ain’t black and white part 2 Feb 17 2005 A powerhouse monument to human inadequacy Jan 18 2005 The Heidelberg manoeuvre Jan 17 2005 Tolerate this?? Jan 12 2005 More SARGE patches Jan 11 2005 The British Museum Jan 04 2005 2004 WH Schmucks Dec 20 2004 The English Seaside Dec 20 2004 Where are your manners?! Nov 29 2004 Smart eBay bidding Nov 19 2004 CSI: My Emmy Nov 18 2004 United against football Nov 18 2004 Admire my impressive extensions Nov 18 2004 Now truly underground Oct 26 2004 Sorry, was that your process? Oct 08 2004 Socks Oct 05 2004 Chasing the magic bullet Sep 23 2004 Upgrades considered harmful Sep 20 2004 Digital ain’t black and white part 1 Aug 30 2004 Techies don’t understand Busyness Aug 26 2004 The People’s Fountain Aug 02 2004 Stay in, tune in, shut up Jul 28 2004 At Waterstone’s enquiry desk Jul 21 2004 Running WebSphere in a Solaris zone Jul 15 2004 HP print cartridge recycling Jul 14 2004 Become a system knowall Jul 08 2004 DJ suspended for playing music Jun 23 2004 Oi, where’s the ****in’ bar, John?! Jun 20 2004 WebSphere 5.1 plugin issues Jun 17 2004 Who’s your daddy? Jun 11 2004 Printing Holy Grail discovered Jun 09 2004 The new law of supply and demand Jun 03 2004 Go home then Jun 02 2004 Nostalgia for pub bores Jun 01 2004 Cheap and cheerful film developing May 25 2004 Resealing camera bodies May 21 2004 Good news for the environment May 20 2004 Nagios SNMP plugins May 17 2004 Reduced Shakespeare Company reduced review May 13 2004 The red tide May 10 2004 On the waterfront May 08 2004 Latest headlines Apr 20 2004 A lofty place of worship Apr 12 2004 Warning: contains bad language Apr 04 2004 The scum float to the surface Mar 18 2004 Have - I - lost - my miiind? Mar 04 2004 Alright in your head Mar 04 2004 Remartyred Mar 03 2004 Root yourself to the ground Mar 03 2004 libusb and scanners Feb 20 2004 Turning your back on the world Feb 20 2004 Upload to offload Feb 18 2004 The glory of normality Feb 11 2004 Cheap thrills Feb 09 2004 Improving Sun Flash Feb 06 2004 Muddafudger Feb 04 2004 Yet another System error Jan 26 2004 The glass is empty Jan 22 2004 Meep-meep! Jan 14 2004 End of a line Jan 13 2004 Big boat, little boat Jan 12 2004 Pick a flick Jan 06 2004 Tree and boat Jan 04 2004 The graveyard shift Jan 04 2004 2003 Hype ruins movie shock Dec 22 2003 The best London blogs ever, ever, EVER Dec 18 2003 One crazed dictator down, two to go Dec 15 2003 Another merry xmas Dec 03 2003 Not Invented Here (yet) Nov 28 2003 An autumn landscape Nov 21 2003 Orca performance graphing update Nov 21 2003 Something wicked this way comes Nov 20 2003 Fallen leaf in b/w Nov 19 2003 Hung out to dry Nov 11 2003 Talyllyn from Cader Idris Nov 08 2003 La Scar Nov 06 2003 A beginning without end would be preferable Nov 06 2003 Falling off at the bottom of the world Oct 27 2003 Little Aberystwyth Oct 27 2003 Rock the vote Oct 20 2003 Wot I did on my holidays Oct 14 2003 My kingdom for a horse Oct 08 2003 Doctor Who on drugs Sep 26 2003 Network Rail to cut sabotage Sep 23 2003 My enemy’s enemy… Sep 19 2003 Sabotage! Sep 19 2003 Llandudno Sep 15 2003 Autumn comes early Sep 15 2003 Junction Sep 15 2003 Bamburgh castle at sunset Sep 13 2003 Performance graphing redux Sep 12 2003 Retail recoil Aug 28 2003 NowhereLand Aug 27 2003 Upgrading to Red Hat 9 Aug 19 2003 Hole in One Aug 02 2003 A lifetime of fetching and carrying Jul 29 2003 Bob Hope, 100 out Jul 28 2003 A forgotten corner of an English churchyard Jul 28 2003 Pepper plant Jul 25 2003 Honey-coated bass rumblings Jul 23 2003 No-Reboot, no kidding Jul 22 2003 Flying purple wolfhounds return Jul 22 2003 The ants are watching you Jul 22 2003 Photo scanning workflow Jul 18 2003 Elation through film Jul 14 2003 It just writes itself Jul 04 2003 Na-na-na-na-na-na-Henmannn!! Jul 02 2003 I’d Rather Go Blind Jul 02 2003 Amelie Photoshop effect Jul 01 2003 I loved everything they did up to Alice Jun 30 2003 Stuck at home Jun 26 2003 Bigger, better / faster, more? Jun 26 2003 Harry Potter and the F**kdoIcare Jun 20 2003 Internet promotes total honesty Jun 20 2003 Dopey Jun 13 2003 I know nothing about footie, read all about it! Jun 12 2003 Gullible removed from dictionary (US version) Jun 10 2003 Unpredictable movie plots Jun 10 2003 It’s not cheap, it’s good value Jun 06 2003 configure; make install May 30 2003 Performance graphing on Solaris May 30 2003 Converting Psion audio files May 28 2003 It’s his show May 23 2003 Swan. Statue. Silhouette. May 20 2003 Unlucky for some? May 15 2003 Nature overtakes Industry May 15 2003 Silhouetted tree & clouds at Delamere May 14 2003 Airline Network are privacy-invading f**ks May 14 2003 A misty day on Coniston Water May 04 2003 Aberystwyth memorial May 04 2003 Think you’re funny? Apr 29 2003 Something to repel Apr 10 2003 A day at the zoo Apr 06 2003 What is (Bush) good for? Apr 03 2003 Car wreckers Mar 28 2003 Dark overlord speaks Mar 26 2003 Taking responsibility Mar 26 2003 Don’t point that thing at me Mar 24 2003 America the Brave Mar 19 2003 Mrs Doubtfire Mar 19 2003 Colonic Relief Mar 13 2003 View from Kinder Scout Mar 11 2003 Mission Improbable Mar 08 2003 Appropriate response Mar 07 2003 Redirecting the home page URL Feb 25 2003 Installing large SunFreeware packages Feb 25 2003 The Solaris Security Toolkit (JASS) Feb 25 2003 A leader of Venezuela’s general strike… Feb 20 2003 The US military has developed a strap-on kit… Feb 19 2003 Welsh war memorial Feb 14 2003 Water over rocks II Feb 09 2003 BB apologises: Jan 30 2003 Does the populist stance on Jan 28 2003 Breaking news Jan 28 2003 Tree & lake in 50mm Jan 18 2003 BB digs gun culture, y’all, Jan 17 2003 Michael Barrymore reckons Jan 17 2003 Water over rocks Jan 17 2003 Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup! Jan 16 2003 2002 To bomb Iraq or not to bomb it? Oct 18 2002 It’s always funny Oct 18 2002 Me, me, me Oct 18 2002 Things you shouldn’t do when Oct 15 2002 BB felt strongly that the Oct 11 2002 One year on … Sep 12 2002 The time it takes Sep 12 2002 The collapse Sep 06 2002 So what’s the RIAA got Aug 28 2002 Hello Aug 05 2002 Warchalk us into the Blogosphere! Aug 05 2002 Los Angeles Aug 05 2002 BB finds it hard to Aug 05 2002 This is just hilarious Aug 01 2002 Simon Hoggart, comparing Manchester to Jul 27 2002 Commonwealth Bullshit Jul 25 2002 Six rules for good guys Jul 18 2002 Empty Spaces is being highlighted Jul 18 2002 Uptime, top ranking Jul 11 2002 According to GBlogs Jul 11 2002 Spent Jul 04 2002 Just something in my eye Jun 26 2002 Finally, a news story that Jun 21 2002 Don’t tell me the result!! Jun 21 2002 Overheard on the tram last Jun 12 2002 RIP Bloodsucker Apr 02 2002 The power of ROCK! BB Mar 25 2002 IT definitions of the day Feb 27 2002 Consumer in Crisis Feb 21 2002 To the fortnightly Musicians Anonymous Feb 20 2002 Just saw the following headline Feb 20 2002 Empty Spaces Feb 20 2002 In the Guardian today Feb 08 2002 The head of the BBC Feb 08 2002 When you see someone obviously Jan 28 2002 2001 It’s a mad, mad, mad world… Nov 21 2001 Stuck for that unusual xmas present? Nov 12 2001 Teachers threaten action over Friends Reunited web site Nov 12 2001 US bombers hit Alton Towers Oct 29 2001 Pah,, those stupid Yanks couldn’t Oct 29 2001 Starving Ethiopians ‘no longer so hungry’ Oct 23 2001 Civilians, they’re like cockroaches,aren’t they? Oct 23 2001 What did I say? Oct 23 2001 Sharon Stone treated for brain ailment Oct 02 2001 New world incentivisation scheme Oct 02 2001 I don’t have much Sep 27 2001 The JD Wetherspoon pub chain Sep 27 2001 Driving Sep 27 2001 Irony overload: Jul 16 2001 I don’t understand the fuss Jul 16 2001 Music news: Jun 15 2001 Once again, Jun 12 2001 Dragon attacks Sharon Stone’s husband Jun 12 2001 Message Jun 11 2001 I give up. Jun 04 2001 More election news: Jun 04 2001 This Nepal crisis: Jun 04 2001 Election news May 23 2001 The events of Wednesday May 18 2001 Silvio Berlusconi May 15 2001 With the election in full swing May 15 2001 Here’s one I tried to make earlier May 11 2001 With a general election announcement May 08 2001 Foot and Mouth Message May 08 2001 As I get older, I Apr 29 2001 Fear of animals: Apr 28 2001 Overheard dialogue Apr 17 2001 I misunderstood. Apr 17 2001 Virgin Trains Apr 17 2001 ‘I hope they don’t interrogate him,’ Apr 04 2001 Have Apr 02 2001 Top gangsta rap star GayLord Apr 02 2001 If Apr 02 2001 PDA Blues pt.2 Mar 27 2001 What the papers say: Mar 26 2001 It began with a whinge, Mar 20 2001 Record companies embrace Napster Sorry, Mar 08 2001 I Love 1986 Mar 08 2001 Will progress never stop? Mar 08 2001 Sign of the times Mar 02 2001 Nicky Wire Mar 02 2001 Another huge disaster, oh what a tragedy Mar 01 2001 2000 Many years ago, Dec 22 2000 This weekend, Nov 28 2000 I have the most superb Nov 01 2000 According to the Observer, Oct 09 2000 Stuff we like Oct 06 2000 My own privat(ised) hell Oct 06 2000 It was depressing enough to Oct 04 2000 Normally, I think any attempt Sep 25 2000 freedom Sep 21 2000 Egotism appears to be firmly Sep 21 2000 Slashdot smartarses, dontcha hate ‘em? Sep 18 2000 Fallout Sep 18 2000 Big Bubbles takes a hardline Sep 15 2000
