Tap tap tap
So here's another attempt at keeping a log of some kind. the last one died because I stopped having (what I saw as) interesting things on it, blogger's editor bugged the fuck out of me, and general forgetting.
Part of my problem with having a web log is in the …
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Using GMail as a relay with Postfix
I fiddled a bit with this, so I thought I'd do a no-nonsense guide to
doing this. There are other guides, but a lot of them are incomplete and
will leave you with queueing issues or annoyances.
The science bit:
:::python
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtp_sasl_auth_enable=yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd …
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Alive and Thinkin'
I am alive. Apologies to folks who were following the electronics stuff
-- the short version is that it worked, although I didn't get to use it
'in anger' as such. The other thing I learned is that when traveling
through UK customs on the week of a royal wedding, having …
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My Eyes!
I've not had a lot of time to go at electronics in the past while
(mainly a combination of work things and family things kicking my ass),
but I got to some of it tonight -- The clever parts of the design and
build are basically done, so what's left is …
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Finding Day

One year ago today, a very small ball of fur decided to mew outside our
front door in particular. We let her in and looked after her for a bit,
and eventually decided she could stay.
We're not sure exactly how old she is, we're guessing se was about 6-7 …
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