There's an App for that - Unfortunately

I was browsing Reddit earlier today and came across a story posted to r/privacy - "Headphones are collecting too much personal data". Before even reading the article my first reaction was that of complete horror. Why in the hell would headphones or earphones need an application on your phone?…

Searching for Ghosts

In my never ending quest to find a suitable solution to my search requirements in Ghost, I finally came across Ghost Hunter jamalneufeld/ghostHunterA Ghost blog search engine. Contribute to jamalneufeld/ghostHunter development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubjamalneufeldThe "installation" and integration of it doesn't look overly friendly from…

A Quick Look - Microsoft PowerToys for Windows 10

Pre-Warning: I still need to add Alt-Text to the screenshots. I'm afraid I was in a rush in getting this post together. For those that need it, I apologise and it will be updated. I haven't done a Microsoft/Windows related post for a while now, not since my quick…

Day Off - Avoiding Computers & Phones

Today was the start of a long weekend. As much as I wanted to play games and blow shit up, I made an effort to stay away from my computer and phone screens. We all spend far too much time attached to our technology. Because of this I don't really…

A Long Weekend

Today is a cause for celebration. Not only do I have tomorrow off, but also Monday which makes this a full long weekend. This is probably a good thing as I have no idea how I was going to get through another day of work at this point. I'm afraid…

A Static U-Turn

Yesterday I posted about considering a move from Ghost over to a static site in an effort to save the $5/month I currently pay for hosting this particular blog. I received some fantastic feedback from the Fosstodon community: With that in mind I opted to attempt a trial of…

Thoughts on Static

I've been thinking for a while that Ghost may be complete overkill for what I need, especially when #100DaysToOffload comes to an end as I'll be posting a lot less. Do I really need a full Linode running NGINX & Ghost when all I'll have to offer is a post…

A Roller-coaster of Emotions

There has been one thing that has got me through the fact that Monday means back to work after what feels like weekends that last about 5 minutes. That thing has been a new episode of Snowpiercer on Netflix. Just as I sat down on the sofa, calendar pinged and…