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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin
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Linux/FOSS user & advocate. Podcaster. Well known for having outrageous views.
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Created
2017-04-18 09:57
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support
2026-03-02 12:26
Change the password
I know I've said this a thousand times before, but! I couldn't do 1st-line support full-time; I really couldn't. You have no idea how much respect I have for those who do that kind of job, day in, day
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money
2026-02-05 11:54
I blame the chipshop!
Our local chip shop is "CASH ONLY", he has notices everywhere written on fish & Chip wrapping paper saying "Cash is King!" and "No card payments!" never mind Jeff Bezos
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witness
2026-01-30 15:01
GhatGPT Witness Advice
I was being moaned at that my Witness votes were about to expire and that I needed to do a Governance Transaction if I still wanted to be considered one of the good guys. I'm gonna hold my hand up and
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vmware
2026-01-16 11:01
Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco wins
Yet another story that's perfect podcast material IMO. In 2021 Tesco purchased VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation from Computacenter, which is a reseller of VMware. Now, in the murky
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ai
2025-11-04 12:46
🧠 Knowledge is Power — AI Is Its Great Equaliser
From Monks' Manuscripts to Machine Minds: How Power Fears Shared Knowledge I saw a post on Mastodon yesterday alluding to AI being the spawn of Hitler! I laughed so much that a little bit of wee nearly
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davidbowie
2025-09-28 17:05
David Bowie Exhibition - The Visit
Over a year ago, I noticed that the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) had acquired the David Bowie archive and was planning to create a dedicated venue for it, so I waited for tickets to be released.
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davidbowie
2025-09-26 10:14
David Bowie Exhibition - Preparation
image source I've been lucky enough to secure tickets for the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A Storehouse in London, which I'll be attending tomorrow, Saturday, 27th September 2025. As you can imagine,
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cotswolds
2025-09-22 11:22
Just walking about.
Taking Charlie for a walk, I decided to 'go exploring'. Instead of heading down into Bourton, I turned right and after a short walk, I came across one of those Public Footpath signs for Windrush, Charlie,
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blog
2025-09-18 11:30
Choo choo!
Given it rained off and on while we were in the Cotswolds, we decided to go on a steam train ride from Broadway to Cheltenham Race Course.
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cotswolds
2025-09-16 15:46
Japonica Cottage
The wife was determined not to go to North Devon, so to ensure we went somewhere different, she booked Japonica Cottage in Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds. I've never been in that part of the country,
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blog
2025-09-15 12:02
Clarkson's F̶a̶r̶m̶ Pub.
I've just spent a few days in the Cotswolds, and I'll write another post(s) about that. This is a bit out of sequence, to be honest, as we visited The Farmer's Dog on our last day on our way back home.
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dogs
2025-09-06 10:11
What did you say?
Walking with Charlie this morning, we met up with a big dog we've not seen in a while. I've no idea what breed it is; it looks like a German Shepherd, but its long coat is greyish silver with overtones
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ecency
2025-09-05 07:56
Hmm? Ecency
That's not good.
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fail2ban
2025-09-01 14:06
Fail2Ban (to block hammering IPs automatically)
Someone's knocking on the door! Over the past week, I had my Friendica instance hammered by login attempts and bad bots. This is the process I used to track down the culprits, configure Fail2Ban, and set
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ozzy
2025-07-30 11:01
Ozzy Osbourne and me.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will know that heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne has his funeral in Birmingham, UK, today. Now, before I go any further, I don't have any of his music. I liked
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dogwalk
2025-04-30 11:01
Can I pet that dawg?
The UK is currently experiencing a rare phenomenon: we have sunshine and temperatures above 20 °c. I usually don't take the dog 'up the park' especially in winter, as it gets too muddy. I usually walk
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computer
2025-03-24 16:11
Work in IT they said...
Sticky Notes My third job after leaving school was as a Tea Broker. If truth be told, I wasn't really one; I'd bluffed my way into it, having been employed as a trainee tea broker in my previous employment.
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avatar
2025-03-17 09:48
Avatar
Ping @skyleap Are you still creating avatars? You've done a couple of mine, and I was wondering if you could do a St Patrick's Day one. Obviously, I'll reimburse you.
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newkitchen
2024-12-16 11:48
The new kitchen - Part 5
While you can buy doors from DIY shops, you need to go to a dedicated door shop if you want something nice. Bridgtown Doors is not a million miles from us, and it's pretty much the go-to location for doors
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ecency
2024-12-09 11:27
The new kitchen - Part 4
If you have a new kitchen, it makes sense to have a new radiator, especially if it is probably forty, if not more, years old. I'd bought a new 500mm one from Wickes, where we had the kitchen from, and
