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Limiting fallout I've always liked the idea of keeping unrelated things separated on computers. Separate browser profiles As the browser is probably the main vector of "bad stuff happening" on an up-to-date Linux machine, I started off using differ...

Because the world is staying at home, and doesn't have as much to do, I thought I'd share some series I've enjoyed watching. I've watched them all at least once, and some of them two or three times. But they're so good, I'd happily watch any of them a...

Here in the UK, we're known for having separate hot and cold taps, which delivery freezing cold water, and scalding hot water independently, rather than having mixer taps that sensible countries do. I think there's probably a good reason for it if yo...

With all the recent news regarding Salisbury, there has been a lot of TV coverage, and lots of reporters are pronouncing it incorrectly. I grew up not far from Salisbury, and for some reason this is bothering me significantly more than it should be. ...

Despite a plus sign being completely legal in an email address, I still come across sites that can't handle it. The latest one I have had problems with is Virgin's MyVirginMedia site. Trying to register with an address that has a plus in it goes thr...

First Past The Post has again produced a very unfair proportion of MPs in the 2017 UK General Election. Since the 2015 General Election, I have decided to not vote in any FPTP elections, and this time round, I duly went along and spoiled my ballot. ...

As England wasn't designed for cars, parking is an afterthought. Our houses were built close together, and now often are split into multiple flats. This means there often isn't enough parking for all the cars of a house, so a lot of people park on the ...

I had an Android update recently, and it caused my battery to deplete faster. What had happened is that it had reset a previous setting that I had configured, and once I re-set it, all is good again. I configure my phone to only allow a few backgr...

I wanted to have a play with Scala, so I installed the version that comes with Debian - 2.9.2. However, this version doesn't work with Java 8 - apparently 2.12 is the version that will work with Java 8. So I remove the Debian version, and head over to...

I was wondering how the Kenwood TS 590SG plays with Linux. Unlike older radios, it has a USB port on it, which when plugged into a computer, provides a USB serial interface, and a USB souncard. Kenwood supply drivers for Windows, but I wanted to know i...