Peter Cannon (@dickturpin)
Linux/FOSS user & advocate. Former Podcaster. "ððķðĨðĻðĶ ðļðĐðĒðĩ ð ðĒðĪðĩðķðĒðððš ðŪðĶðĒðŊ, ðŊð°ðĩ ðļðĐðĒðĩ ðšð°ðķ'ð·ðĶ ðĒðīðīðķðŪðĶðĨ ð ðŪðĶðĒðŊ."
Krill Rewards
For a very long time now, I've always felt that Hive is like a pyramid, or perhaps more accurately, a layer cake. Those at the top seem to have all the cream, those in the middle are doing OK with ...
Change the password
I know I've said this a thousand times before, but! I couldn't do 1st-line support full-time; I really couldn't. You have no idea how much respect I have for those who do that kind of job, day in, ...
I blame the chipshop!
Our local chip shop is "CASH ONLY", he has notices everywhere written on fish & Chip wrapping paper saying "Cash is King!" and "No card payments!" never mind Jeff Bezos avoiding tax. That said, Wor...
GhatGPT Witness Advice
I was being moaned at that my Witness votes were about to expire and that I needed to do a Governance Transaction if I still wanted to be considered one of the good guys. I'm gonna hold my hand up ...
Dell wants ÂĢ10m+ from VMware if Tesco wins
Yet another story that's perfect podcast material IMO. https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/dellvmwareclaimtescocase/?td=rt-3a In 2021 Tesco purchased VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud F...
ð§ Knowledge is Power â AI Is Its Great Equaliser
From Monks' Manuscripts to Machine Minds: How Power Fears Shared Knowledge I saw a post on Mastodon yesterday alluding to AI being the spawn of Hitler! I laughed so much that a little bit of wee ne...
David Bowie Exhibition - The Visit
Over a year ago, I noticed that the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) had acquired the David Bowie archive and was planning to create a dedicated venue for it, so I waited for tickets to be released...
David Bowie Exhibition - Preparation
image source I've been lucky enough to secure tickets for the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A Storehouse in London, which I'll be attending tomorrow, Saturday, 27th September 2025. As you can ima...
Just walking about.
Taking Charlie for a walk, I decided to 'go exploring'. Instead of heading down into Bourton, I turned right and after a short walk, I came across one of those Public Footpath signs for Windrush, C...
Choo choo!
Given it rained off and on while we were in the Cotswolds, we decided to go on a steam train ride from Broadway Station to Cheltenham Race Course on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway G...
Japonica Cottage
The wife was determined not to go to North Devon, so to ensure we went somewhere different, she booked Japonica Cottage in Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds. I've never been in that part of the count...
Clarkson's FĖķaĖķrĖķmĖķ Pub.
I've just spent a few days in the Cotswolds, and I'll write another post(s) about that. This is a bit out of sequence, to be honest, as we visited The Farmer's Dog on our last day on our way back h...
What did you say?
Walking with Charlie this morning, we met up with a big dog we've not seen in a while. I've no idea what breed it is; it looks like a German Shepherd, but its long coat is greyish silver with overt...
Hmm? Ecency
That's not good.
Fail2Ban (to block hammering IPs automatically)
Someone's knocking on the door! =============================== Over the past week, I had my Friendica instance hammered by login attempts and bad bots. This is the process I used to track down the...