Chiffchaff caught on a natureCam
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Herring gull caught on a NatureCam
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Woodpigeon caught on NatureCam
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This is the first post of my new hobby – building up a database of the 404 errors to my various websites. Some are genuine pages that have been deleted, although why people are trying to look at them, I …
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Just making a note of some useful memcached queries https://michaelheap.com/working-with-memcached-via-cli/ https://packages.debian.org/jessie/libmemcached-tools memccat – Copy the value of a key to standard output memcflush – Flush the contents of your servers. memcrm – Remove a key(s) from the server. memccp – …
Read morefail2ban & Cloudflare
I have been running a fairly busy site on a hosted package which included a Cloudflare subscription. I moved the site to my Ubuntu server which had fail2ban running. All seemed to be working. People were being blocked and a …
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Read moreStress with the HRMC website
I received a payment on which I paid an emergency tax rate, so I need to claim back some tax. I have used my Government ID account a few times previously to update my passport and driving licence, but this …
Read moreUser agents
I have a dynamic robots.txt program on GitHub that lets me tell unwanted bots unambiguously not to scan my site. Its overall effect is minor as only the responsible bots pay attention. While scanning my logs, there are a few …
Read moreBuilding a train Day 23
Nothing much to report. I have lost all the rubber bands but luckily I have my multi coloured pack. Added a bit to the carriage.
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The first thing that happened today was that I found my missing pieces. They were in the plastic boxes that I use to keep the pieces in! This particular box had another inside it so I missed it last weekend. …
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I am not sure if I mentioned it before. The instructions referred to short and long rubber bands. All my bands were of equal length. Well, my build today required the short band, as a drive belt for the flywheel. …
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More trim down the sides and in anticipation of next session, I placed the gears in situ.
Read moreThe eating man
This morning the eating man came into Pret and followed me to the bus stop. I first encountered the eating man nearly two years ago standing at another bus stop while eating a box of chicken. The following day, there …
Read moreBuilding a train Day 18
I was watching a video of the completed train, within it they mentioned a flywheel. While trying to find the page for today’s build, I happen to notice the flywheel instructions. It was then I discovered I had skipped a …
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A link to the piston and finishing the side panels on the driver compartment.
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