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A Ghost of my former blog?

So, having recently decided to restart a blog (or collection of random rants) the obvious first question is what software to use. This is my fourth incarnation of a blog, having started with b2 [http://cafelog.com/], then a custom thing and finally finding my way - like everyone else - to

Historic Posts

One of the things that put me off using Medium [https://medium.com/] (other than the lack of ownership of the content) is that you can't set a historic date for a post. The reason for this being I had always intended to re-post some of my

the lighter side

the lighter side

Considering another path to the skies — microlights. Yet again, this should probably have been written in 2010 (much like my first article [https://rsmck.co.uk/blog/a-journey-skywards/]) but this blog didn’t exist at the time, that’s my excuse anyway. I’ve wanted to learn to

Here we go again... ?

I last maintained a regular blog (well, collection of rants and other miscellaneous nonsense) from 2004-2009, it was actually reasonably well received and a few people stole content from it (I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery?) Anyway, a lot has changed, and mostly moved over to

Social Engineering Amazon

Most people will know I like Amazon (the collection of boxes it's affectionately nicknamed Amazon mountain) so I was shocked to discover how lax their security was, as a result of them trying to be helpful! It seems someone has found that Amazon can easily be tricked into

Self-Help Exits on KLM

This article was originally posted elsewhere in Late 2015 I recently had cause to complain to KLM about something which, to me, was a safety concern. My concerns were completely ignored by KLM, despite parroting the usual line about safety being their top priority, it clearly wasn't. Four

a journey skywards…

a journey skywards…

Originally posted on Medium, so although it says "I no longer maintain a blog", I clearly do... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As many friends, family and acquaintances will know I recently embarked on a journey to get a PPL (Private Pilots License). Yes, not content with causing chaos on the roads I

Nominet DRS

I recently had a case decided by Nominet DRS (thankfully in my favour, but that wasn't unexpected). Now that's finally over I can publish this ;) ... complete with my own inimitable, occasionally sarcastic, insightful(!) comments ;) The case was against the owner of the domain stagelampsuk.co.uk,

DMX Hue

This is a demonstration of the Philips Hue lamp (meethue.com) controlled by DMX from a Strand GSX lighting desk. The box doing the actual conversion is a Raspberry Pi which sits between the DMX from the Strand and the Philips Hue base station converting the DMX values into calls

Jet 2, a rant...

This was originally posted on Facebook, and sent to Jet2, who did respond with a generic "Sorry, we look forward to welcoming you on board again" type message. I had tried to be mildly humourous too :( EDI to OLB... via LBA Firstly the operator billed the service as

The idiocy of Marika Klambatsea (and her agents)

Originally posted in 2005 In 2005 I posted the following blog post... I’ve been looking through some of the reviews and found this on the Scotsman’s website… > “Our reviewer Claire Smith has been telling everyone she meets about her bizarre experience at C on Monday evening, when

Marika Klambatsea 2005

This one is a bit of a 'blast from the past' but it caused so much amusement last time around... Twelve years later I still remember this, and my first ever mention in the press ;) I’ve been looking through some of the reviews and found this on