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Welcome to my blog. This is mainly about IT, information management and Cyber Security with occasional forays into general technology, science and maybe even politics and beliefs.
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There are 291 pages currently on this site. 233 blog posts, 51 knowledgebase pages, 6 about pages and 1 project pages.
Latest posts and knowledgebase articles
Julian Knightâs Potted IT History
I occasionally find the need to try and work out what technology I used when, this page is a rather belated effort at capturing some of that information.
Automatically updating Hugo
Hugo is still changing very quickly. So it is helpful to be able to easily download and install the latest version directly from GitHub.
Windows 10 1803 Timeline Feature
The May 2018 version of Windows 10 has an updated alt-tab view called the timeline. While it will eventually be more useful, its current implementation is poor.
Office 365 Autosave
I am sure that whoever in Microsoft came up with the idea of an autosave flag, they thought it was a great idea. And indeed it is. However, when they made it default to on, they made a logistical nightmare for the majority of users. This post discusses why and what you could do about it.
Cloud Automation for IoT
Having just brought a Google Home, I’ve quickly realised that, although Google are supposedly fairly open about allowing people to develop for it, there are still far too many limitations. To try and get round these, I’ve been looking at automation tools. In this article, I will list some of the key tools and their strengths and weaknesses.
📖 Posts | 📎 Blogging, Development | 🔖 security, security threats, threat management, vulnerabilities, web
Cloudflare Now Active
After the recent high-profile vulnerabilities, I decided to turn on the free version of CloudFlare for this domain. CloudFlare provides a reverse proxy service that sits in front of your domain. It will serve content where it can on your behalf (caching), optimise content where it can (e.g. minimising JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc.). But even more important from my perspective is their ability to protect against a number of vulnerabilities.
📖 Posts | 📎 Enterprise, Linux, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows | 🔖 configuration, cross-platform, enterprise systems, group policy, microsoft, microsoft intune, microsoft windows administrators, mobile device management, operations, software delivery, system center configuration manager, windows desktops
DSC vs. GPO vs. SCCM vs. MDM (Intune)
Microsoft Windows administrators now have a number of ways for managing their estates. Group Policy (GPO) Allows very fine-grained control over every aspect of Windows. Primarily aimed at Windows desktops. Requires Active Directory (AD) and very careful configuration. Requires well trained specialist staff to get it right. System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Allows central control over software delivery. Also requires AD. Configuration of delivery packages can be complex and very careful change control is required.
Home Broadband
This page shows data about my broadband connection. Current ping results 2018-05-01 06:58 2018-04-30 20:31 Other Tests ThinkBroadband Labs Ookla Speedtest
Hugo Snippets and Code Examples
A somewhat random collection of code for Hugo so that I don’t have to keep looking things up all over the Internet.
iTunes Finally Hits the Windows Store - What Does it Mean?
iTunes on Windows has always been a horrible application. It is highly intrusive, installing many background services. It also has a terrible UX/design. So, now that it is available in the Windows Store, is there a difference? Improvement?
