The ramblings of a computer geek
During some upcoming changes I needed to test a mobile application to use a test IP address for a standard hostname. Problem is, I didn’t want to root my Android phone to be able edit the hosts file. There are apps such as “Hosts Go”, but in my case these didn’t work. On a normal … Read more
Staytus is a great, simple little Service Status page. Yeah you could write your own with this set of functionality, but this is a great little web application you can just use off the shelf to easily publish your service status to the web and update it in the event of any issues and/or maintenance … Read more
If you are thinking about professional registration, such as Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Engineering Technician (EngTech) or indeed Chartered Scientist (CSci), Registered Scientist (RSci), Registered Science Technician (RSciTech), you’ll need to identify and explain how your skills and experience translates to a competence framework. What is it? So what is a competence framework? The awarding … Read more
Hashing allows you to create a message digest of a file, essentially a summary of the file, so you can determine if that file has changed during transit. It has lots of purposes such as ensuring non-repudiation, but in this example I’m using the MD5 hash to verify that the file has been downloaded correctly. … Read more
The collection of user requirements can be a difficult and time-consuming process, working towards Agile principles the collection of requirements should be a collaborative process helping the requestor (customer/colleague) to discover what they want through requirements collection sessions to build a document that contains the necessary information for the design teams to build a solution … Read more
So in performing an emergency workaround for a zero-day on a Microsoft Exchange server, I came across a term: URI. It’s something I’ve met before, but then realised, what actually is a URI? So I set out to find out and like many things went down a rabbit hole! In this article I’ll try to … Read more
I wanted to make a page that could be easily exported to PDF without any cruft around the edges, such as the title or footers etc. You can do this at the whole Confluence level or at the Space level, sadly not at the page level it would seem. In my case I did it … Read more
It is possible to create a lookup from one workbook to another. Let’s say you have a list on one workbook and you want this to appear as a list on a second workbook, here’s how you can do it. Get the List from the Source Workbook Firstly get the ID section of the URL … Read more
So, finally BT Openreach had got round to installing fibre optic cabling to the local area to provide fibre optic based Internet. If you’re interested to know if you can get (or if not register your interest) by using the https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband site. You might ask, what do you mean fibre Internet? I already have fibre … Read more
Nissan don’t make it that obvious but the Nissan LEAF 2022 should use the “Nissan Connect” app and not the “Nissan Connect EV” app. It turns out that the “Nissan Connect EV” app only works with pre-2019 Nissan LEAF and Nissan NV200 Vans, if you have a later version of these vehicles you’ll need to … Read more