Let’s Encrypt Wildcards and IIS
Introduction Late last year, Let's Encrypt, that wonderful semi-automated free SSL certificate service, announced that they would be adding support for wildcard certificates. A standard SSL certificate only covers the specific domains and sub-domains it...
Chamber’s Gully
This morning I decided to film my first ever descent into Chamber's Gully. Enjoy! The video starts at the corner of Bartrill Spur Track and Long Ridge Track, and winds its way down Bartrill Spur Track, Kirrang Track, and Chamber's Gully Track.
Pi Hole Update
A while ago I wrote a guide on how to configure a Pi Hole on an Orange Pi tiny computer. See here: Filtering Ads and Stuff This was a bit of a mistake. The Orange Pi wasn't reliable, and failed on Friday, just about two months since it went in. I've since...
Riding + Technology
I love information. Or maybe it's that I, more specifically, love data. For a information/data-phile like me, having a device in your pocket (and on your wrist) that can collect, collate, and visualise the information for you is pretty amazing. With that...
Organising my life with an app
It feels a bit hypocritical to post about an app so soon after I posted about managing a screen addiction. But not very. I guess the point of my other post wasn't that I didn't want to use my phone. I wanted the interraction with my phone to be meaningful,...
Bike Rider
Over the last 20 years my riding has moved through several stages. I've gone from a ride-my-bike-to-Uni person, to a downhiller, to a non-rider, then back to a daily commuter and light cross-country rider. My latest incarnation is more like a commuter and...
Dealing with screen addiction.
I resisted calling this title something like "Man, nearly 39, installed a Morse Code keyboard on his phone. You won't believe what happened next...". Only just. Because I did install a Morse Code keyboard on my phone. But a bit more on that later. I love...
Filtering Ads and Other Things with Pi-hole
UPDATE, 2018/04/15: It turns out the Orange Pi wasn't reliable. I will re-write this for Raspberry Pi instructions shortly. It won't be very different, but a couple of things change. Downloads Required Armbian Ubuntu Server Win32DiskImager Putty 7-Zip...
Simple biscuits
Set fanforced oven to 175°C. Approximately 450ml of plain flour 100ml sugar 200g room temperature butter Vanilla essence/extract/paste to taste 2 table spoons cocoa Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, add the vanilla extract/essence/paste then add the...
Saffron Cake
A simple, but delicious cake with gentle saffron spice. Set your oven to 175°C. Ingredients 200g butter 0.5g saffron 2 eggs 300ml sugar 150ml milk 400ml plain flour 2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp cream of Tartar and 1 tsp bicarb ) Method Butter and crumb a...
Photograph. Mine
On Saturday night I decided to pack my camera bag and head into the hills to take some photos. I had a vague idea of where I wanted to go, and what I wanted to photograph, but no firm plans. The sun was setting fast, so as I was coming around the bend at...
Post Rock
I can't remember exactly when it was, but probably about 15 years ago, I went to see a band called Because of Ghosts perform. They were a post-rock outfit from Melbourne. At the time I had no idea what post-rock was, and I'm still not entirely sure. I know I like...