Christmas Pudding Dark Ale
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a pub, especially for more than a meal. Over the winter season I used to enjoy trying out some of the Christmas beers that were...
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Cooper’s Dark Ale
The only reason I brewed this beer was to have a base to make my Christmas Pudding Dark Ale. I decided I didn’t want 40 pints of Christmas-y beer, so I kept half “untouched”...
St Peter’s Ruby Red Ale
The St Peter’s Ruby Red Ale is the first beer I ever home brewed. I bought a “getting started” kit from Home Brew Online. It came with the required equipment to get started (a...
Bike Maintenance Checklist
General Clean bike Check frame for cracks / dents Bounce bike and check for rattles and noises Remove, clean and re-lubricate seat post. Wheels Check tyres for wear / cuts. Replace if necessary. Check...
Running Your Own VPN Using Docker
I’ve previously written about running your own VPN using a very low end tiny VPS. That post worked well for OpenVZ “tiny” virtual machines, but was not very portable. Using Docker and OpenVPN it’s...
Docker and WordPress
I run a couple of WordPress websites. For the many years I’ve been using various shared web hosts to host the sites, but recently they started to fail me for various reasons. Fortunately, I...
Running Your Own VPN
Virtual Private Networks (known as VPNs) are becoming prevalent on the internet these days, particularly due to the news coverage of encryption and privacy. There are many providers of consumer VPNs charging anything up...
Rescuing a WordPress install using UpdraftPlus Backup Plugin
I run a number of websites that use WordPress as the content management system. Recently, one of these websites was compromised because the web host was “hacked”. A script on the website was then...
Continually Logging an iPhone’s Location
When I run or cycle I use apps like Strava or MapMyRun to log the route I take. These apps run on my iPhone and continually log my GPS coordinates. They are great for knowing...
Using a Flat-File Database Library with Node.js
Storing data with any web service is probably important. Typically a database such as MySQL or MongoDB would be used. However both of these require database software to be installed and configured. For some of...
Low End Spirit
Low End Spirit is a service that provides virtual private servers (VPS), sometimes known as virtual machines (VM), at many locations around the world at a very very! low cost. Super low cost. From €1.99 per year low cost....