Cloud explainer
25 August 2024Minimal definition: computers somewhere else which are always on and which can be accessed over the internet. What it is (physically…
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Add language to Markdown code blocks in VS Code
19 October 2021You have (please ignore the two backslashes here): You want: Find/replace in VS Code, hit to turn on regex mode In the find box: In the…
How to get photos off your iPhone and on to your computer
31 August 2021How to get photos off your iPhone: Name folder e.g. If you want to keep originals Phone > Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC > Set…
Re-installing miniconda with brew on MacOS
7 August 2021On MacOS installing a fresh version of miniconda with brew is extremely straightforward:
Finding variables etc with grep
4 August 2021When exploring an unfamiliar codebase it is often desirable to see where variables, functions, and the like are used. Some IDEs will help…
Feature branching in git
25 July 2021Feature branching in git; creates branch from branch and retains branch after merging in:
Usenet
25 July 2021The first rule for success with usenet is to have multiple block accounts on different backbones. Some good assorted links on usenet, given…
Accessing Azure databases from linux
29 June 2021Firstly, get hold of some ODBC drivers; Microsoft have a good guide to getting the driver installed for many major distributions (e.g…
Keeping credentials out of the repo
24 June 2021You use credentials in your (jupyter) notebook or python script and you are about to check it in to a (git) repository. What’s the quickest…
Sharing a Dropbox folder over the LAN with NFS
28 March 2021Let’s say you are running low on disk space on a particular machine and so rather than running Dropbox on each computer on the LAN, you…
get_iplayer is back
2 March 2021get_iplayer, software which allows you download from the BBC iplayer service, is back. There are packages for e.g. MacOS with Brew, FreeBSD…
Matrices and vectors with Casio fx-CG50
19 February 2021From the main menu accessed with : for Run-Matrix for for Select the size of the matrix/vector you want with the to buttons, with for…
Legends of the Vim-iverse
16 October 2020If you want to know more about how to use Vim / Neovim, you could do worse than look to: Tim Pope, author of many great Vim plugins…
Dualit coffee machines
9 May 2020Dualit, known as the last word in toasters, are probably one of the best known British manufacturers of domestic machinery along with Dyson…
Fixing Gatsby
20 December 2019After updating, Gatsby gave me the following error: Having had a quick look at the issues page, the below worked for me in terms of getting…
Tooling
19 December 2019Most people have strong views about what they keep in the digital backpack. The below is the tooling I like to use and can recommend: Bear…
Jupyter notebooks and blogging
24 September 2019A couple of great resources for combining jupyter notebooks with blogging: Converting jupyter notebook into other formats: https…
Windows desktop filepath
25 May 2019In linux and MacOS, the desktop is generally located at ~/Desktop. On Windows, it seems to be more complicated than that. Thankfully…
Samba settings for security
25 May 2019If not properly configured, Samba can fall fowl of a couple of security issues: CVE-1999-0519: null session/password netbios access CVE-200…
GPU tensorflow in miniconda on Ubuntu
24 March 2019Ubuntu and Nvidia drivers will tell you which version of Ubuntu you are running: I am using 18.10 which is the latest as at the time of…
PDF editing on MacOS
18 March 2019PDF editing on MacOS is not as problematic as you might think. The default Preview app offers editing—you need to hit the little toolbox…