Alexa Windows PC Wake up / Shut down - Automated Problem: I've just got an Amazon Echo. As the previous post suggests I've got it talking to Jenkins, so anything that can be done in Jenkins Alexa can now call, which is rather
Misc Online email obfuscation Problem: This blog has been a great place to brainstorm and share my ideas and activities with the world however it's always bugged me slightly that I've had no way to get feedback
Linux Replacing cron jobs with Jenkins Problem: I've got quite a few servers kicking around, in various different locations and usually doing various different things. Across all of these servers there's always cron jobs set up to do small
Misc Ghost blog page width Problem Ghost (this blog) is a great platform, nice and easy to run, maintain and post on. Problem is I didn't like the default page width, it was just a little too slim.
Misc Handy (uncommon) Software Introduction: This post will serve as a repository for software I find which is fairly niche, or serves a particularly useful purpose. I'm often finding something which is useful and then can never
Misc Gravograph M40IQ Windows 10 Setup Problem Right, so, usually these things tend to be about me fixing my own problems, however this time it's one for Billy. Every time the bugger installs windows 10, he has issues getting
Misc Code / syntax highlighting in Ghost Problem As I write more and more of these posts I realise that I am using snippets of code here and there more and more frequently. Ghost (the CMS this blog runs) has
Linux Nginx Proxy with Virtual Hosts / Server Blocks Background: I have an amazing home internet connection, with 1G up and down. This is perfect for hosting my own servers at home. As a result I run an ESXi host with many
Misc Squid3 Upstream Proxy with HTTPS Problem Using squid as a proxy is useful in a situation where a lab does not have internet access, however sometimes it is necessary to use an upstream proxy. In my case my
Misc Ixia IxNetwork Packetloss Duration Problem When testing convergence times packet loss duration is a useful attribute to have. One implementation is to use a static packet rate for example 1000 frames per second and note the number