DIY
Building a picnic bench
I’ve wanted a picnic bench since we moved in, but lockdown meant we couldn’t get one – I found one for sale the other day, so jumped at the chance!
Beer
Homebrew cider batch 3
I think I’ve cracked it this time – it’s very dry (og was 1070 and fg was 990, so very strong – 10.5%abv and very dry)
DIY
Spring has Sprung
The hard work earlier in the month is paying off now, we have flowering and growing plants that we will be able to eat one day!
Beer
Bulldog Evil Dog homebrew beer
I’ve started making a load of homebrew during the lockdown – my first was an all grain American IPA (just 1 gallon) but this time I decided to try an extract kit I went for the bulldog American IPA – Read more…
Protools
Reviving old Firewire audio interfaces in 2021
I have a Digidesign 003 factory, it has motorised faders, Focusrite preamps, and is still a tasty bit of kit, even these days. It runs over firewire though, which is supported by exactly nothing in 2021. This is a journey Read more…
DIY
Spring Gardening
Lots of work painting, adding raised flower beds, planting tatties, carrots, apple trees, rhubarb, rose bushes and flower bombs! I’ve also removed a lot of thatch and moss from the lawn and added in an arch for the ivy to Read more…
Beer
Homebrew Tepache
I saw a few videos on YouTube for Tepache – a sparkling low alcohol pineapple drink, so decided to make some
Whisky
Highland Park Viking Legend
I really like the Highland Park 12, so when this came on offer I decided to try it. Its really good!
Development
WordPress Migrating Parent to Child Theme Customizer Settings
If you already have a WordPress theme and have used the customiser to change some settings, then creating a child-theme for more advanced modifications usually means loosing your customisations, or adding them again – Migrating parent to child theme customiser Read more…
Whisky
Chivas Whisky Blend Kit
For Christmas I got a ‘blend your own whisky’ kit. It contained 7 bottles (5cl) with different whisky inside in order to create your own blend. After tasting each bottle (and comparing to a few other bottles) and following along Read more…
Beer
Homebrew Apple Cider from Juice
I saw a few posts on reddit and read a couple of blog posts about making homebrew cider from shop bought juice. I decided to try it out – here is how I did it get apple juice put it Read more…
Hardware hacking
Ring Light
I got a little ring light for my setup so I can get a better lighting for a few videos I have coming up. it was very inexpensive, is powered by USB, and works very well!
Development
Investigating uPNP with Python for fun and profit
Investigating uPNP with python for fun and profit. SSDP is an interesting uPNP protocol – devices advertise their capabilities on the network and leak valuable information. SSDP is very similar to http, except its run over UDP. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cai-ssdp-v1-03 SSDP clients Read more…
Beer
Beer52 Melbourne Craft beers Jan 2021
lots of beers to try here! they will keep my weekends fully booked for the next few weeks :)
Commandline
snapcraft building arm snaps on raspberry PI
Snapcraft building arm snaps on raspberry pi! This post will focus on wrapping a python script using snap. Its recommended that you do this on ubuntu core 18, available from the ubuntu cd image repo here Install snapd, snapcraft and Read more…
Commandline
MetaSploit tutorial for beginners
MetaSploit tutorial for beginners This (updated for 2021) MetaSploit tutorial for beginners is meant to be a starting guide on how to use MetaSploit if you have never used it before. It assumes that you already have MetaSploit installed and Read more…
Development
Building custom blocks for WordPress
Building custom blocks for WordPress. Blocks in WordPress are built in javascript (ES5, or ESNext/JSX then compiled down to js using webpack and bable). If you have used react or vuejs you will be very familiar with this workflow. Install Read more…
Android
Cubot Note 20
Olivia cracked the screen on my Umidigi :( so I had to get a replacement – I got this (very cheap) cubot phone from amazon – honestly it’s fantastic!
Hardware hacking
Philips curved 32 inch wqhd screen
I was looking for a new screen since the beginning of lockdown, and finally decided to buy this – a 32 inch curved wqhd widescreen – it does 2560×1440, so has the same res as the other screen we have, Read more…
Whisky
Glenfarclas 10 year old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glenfarclas 10 year old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Android
zsh and oh my zsh in termux on android
Installing zsh and oh my zsh in termux on android – instlling termux is easy, just goto the Google play store and install. Once termux has been installed from the google play store, type the following to install zsh in Read more…
cooking
Cheese Boards!
There isn’t much better than a good cheese board. Especially when you have home made pear chutney or home made pear jam