Posted in Learning

Free Training from the Open University

If you have a Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC, then you can access the Kindle App or Kindle Reader…

Posted in Employment

Where Does Urgency comes from?

Sometimes, no matter how you prioritise things, something will come along that is labelled URGENT. Usually, the term URGENT is…

Posted in Containerisation Docker Synology

Pi-Hole on Synology

If you want to install pihole into Docker on your Synology NAS, I recommend going down the macvlan route so…

Posted in Employment

Remote working

I wonder whether the remote working phenomenon started by Covid 19 is the solution we all wanted. I worked for…

Posted in Synology

Using TimeShift with Synology NAS

TimeShift is a “Linux Equivalent” to Apple TimeMachine, but it uses hard links and rsync to perform its task. This…

Posted in Employment

Listening to Feedback

Feedback is critical if you want to improve. But how should you handle feedback? Unsolicited or otherwise. If your values…

Posted in Employment

CIA – Sabotage Handbook

In 1944 the “CIA” wrote a handbook on how to Sabotage Organisations from the inside. (I’ll quickly agree that the…

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Posted in Gadgets

Favourite Christmas Present 2022

I’m a difficult person to buy Christmas Presents for! I have enough socks and undies to last two months between…

Posted in Hardware Network Attached Storage Synology Synology Cloud Storage Synology NAS

Synology NAS DS1515+ not restarting

Oh, Dear! After a power down while I did some electrics around the house, my Synology DS1515+ NAS Drive decided…

Posted in Apple MacOS X

Useful Software

I’ve switched to the Apple ecosystem, but what software stack do I use for personal use? I’ve got old equipment,…