A hack which resulted in people accessing the wi-fi at 19 UK railway stations being shown a message about terror attacks has been linked to the account of an insider at the internet provider.| neilzone.co.uk
This blogpost is very much my thoughts and meanderings. I guess that that’s true of all of my blog, since it is my blog, but it feels especially true for this piece.| neilzone.co.uk
I don’t think I’ve ever chatted with someone before about computer-related stuff and been met with an open-mouthed look of utter astonishment.| neilzone.co.uk
I might be a bit late to the party here, but I stumbled across WinTile-Beyond recently, and it is rather useful.| neilzone.co.uk
I have used Mozilla’s software - Firefox and Thunderbird in particular - for many more years than I care to remember.| neilzone.co.uk
This was a pleasingly simple problem to solve. Background Earlier this year, I moved away from the SOGo groupware tool for calDAV and cardDAV (i.| neilzone.co.uk
Sometimes, less is more. For me, that’s especially the case when I want to avoid distractions.| neilzone.co.uk
I’ve had a SIM with rwgmobile since 2021. I picked one of their SIMs for the simple reason that, for £1, it gave me cellular access, including a small amount of data, that was absolutely perfect for me when it comes to testing Linux phones.| neilzone.co.uk
I don’t know why - i.e. I don’t think I have a particularly good reason for it - but I don’t really like JavaScript.| neilzone.co.uk
I use freeradius to control access to our Wi-Fi. It’s probably overkill, but I find it a useful way of doing VLAN steering while broadcasting just one SSID.| neilzone.co.uk
A few months ago, on a trip to London, the sun was shining through the train window, and I saw my much-loved, but also much-worn, Knomo backpack in literally a new light: it looked like it had seen better days.| neilzone.co.uk
I asked in the fediverse for recommendations for wired (so I don’t have to worry about battery life / charging), stereo, headsets with a boom microphone, for using with Linux.| neilzone.co.uk
I love my Kobo eReader, which I’ve had for quite a long time now.| neilzone.co.uk
Future Neil: if, on 6 March 2025, you wonder why the cellular connectivity in your laptop is not working, you put in a 12 month data SIM today.| neilzone.co.uk
I wanted a way to wirelessly display / “cast” the output of my laptop, running Linux, to a remote display.| neilzone.co.uk
When I was getting the Sierra Wireless EM7455 LTE modem working in a ThinkPad with Debian 12 Linux, I had to remove the cooling system from my laptop.| neilzone.co.uk
I saw a tip on the fediverse which, annoyingly, I cannot now find.| neilzone.co.uk
A random musing, which occurred to me as I was browsing some posts in the fediverse about people buying, or seeking recommendations for, laptops.| neilzone.co.uk