The Mysteries of Docker and Kubernetes A Christmas Learning Adventure

December 15, 2023

As the festive season approaches, bringing with it a lull in the usual hustle and bustle of work and life, it's the perfect time to embark on a journey of learning and self-improvement. And what...

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Support for Windows 11 and 10 from a Linux Debian user

December 12, 2023

I have been using Debian Linux and similar flavours of Linux for many years as my main desktop, but supporting ordinary people, I have to use windows too. So i decided i needed a new windows machine...

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Scraping Racing Post Horse Prediction System Tips

December 4, 2023

I discovered a tool for scraping the racing post on github and it worked. It was simple to download the entire days racing cards into a json file with the command So my weekends coding project was...

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The sort of work I am looking for

November 28, 2023

Skills I have to offer employers and the sort of roles I am available for.

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Hard Drive Failure rebuilding Debian from Backups

November 13, 2023

Yesterday afternoon, my hard drive failed. I had made a comprehensive backup the day before, but it is still a pain to build a new system from scratch. The hard drive had been quite noisy and I had...

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Using Linkedin for social interaction and Wordpress part time or contract job hunting

October 31, 2023

Last night on Twitter, I was disussing the lack of interaction on my tweets and someone suggested Linkedin was much better for getting more comments, messages and replies. I havent used Linkedin...

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Using WP CLI to manage a Wordpress website

October 25, 2023

I am a big fan of the command line and often have 7 terminal tabs open on my computer. I found the wp-cli tool to manage a Worpdress website from the command line and i love it. It is much faster to...

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Wordpress Theme using Underscores

October 18, 2023

WordPress, with its user-friendly interface and endless possibilities, has become the platform of choice for many website owners and developers. When it comes to creating a unique, tailor-made...

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Fixing the twitter 100% cpu issue in the chrome browser

September 29, 2023

Since tweetdeck was put behind the paywall of Twitter, I have been using the vanilla Twitter which is awful, but the only way to access the twitter site. One thing I found straight away is that it...

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Installing a Wordpress blog locally with https ssh and plugins

April 28, 2023

I recently inherited a Wordpress website that needed updating to the latest version of Wordpress and a general cleanup. Wordpress has gone through a lot of changes in the past few months and one...

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