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How to disable Chrome’s ssl and hsts warnings
tldr; type in ‘thisisunsafe’ into the browser window to switch the warning off. Use with care.
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When did Linux get so complicated?
Today on “weird crap that seems undocumented on the Internet” we have DNS that doesn’t want to resolve and DHCP that is acting weird. My home DNS server decided it didn’t want to resolve things any more, and it took far too long to figure out why. It was all working fine, then it wasn’t. […]
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Hacking Smart Home Devices – Literally
This week I have literally been hacking smart home devices. With a Dremel and a knife… To see why you’ll have to wait for a video coming out sometime this month or next month depending on the post. The short version is I want these to run Tasmota instead of the Tuya firmware they come […]
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Hardware Sprites on the ZX Spectrum Next in C
Drawing sprites on the Spectrum Next, using C. Or – how to learn the dark art of figuring out things you don’t understand.
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Writing C Code on a Spectrum Next
What better way to wait out the apocalypse than trying to learn a new system. Read how I dug out my ZX Spectrum Next and set about writing C code on it…
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Reading and Writing JSON using Python
How to read and write JSON files using Python so that they can be used in your Python programs.