Tims musings and pontifications
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Pixel tracking with Nginx & a tiny bit of Javascript
Tim takes a look at setting up a basic pixel tracking using Nginx, a tiny bit of Javascript and GoAccess but can it feel his stats craving?
Getting gdb to (semi) reliably work on Mojave MacOS
Tim has fun, getting a 30 year old tool for debugging Rust and C++ to work on MacOS and specifically Mojave. It should be simple right?
Bye Bye KeePass, hello Bitwarden
Why did I move to using Bitwarden from KeePass, was it a headache and was it worth it?
London – Random Mutterings
March has been a busy month and it merged into April a little too quickly. So sorry this is a bit late but here we go with Random Mutterings volume 2. We have had a fair share of #WPDrama and then there is Pipdig. I have a couple of WP&UP bits in this roundup, but […]
VPNs and fun experiments with UPnP
Here lies a tale of a fun adventure with helping a friend remotely set up a VPN server, the joys of UPnP and SystemD. It’s a sort of tutorial but more documenting my own notes for if I have to do it again in future. I want a VPN server Tim It all started when […]
Return – Random Mutterings
Random Mutterings is back, with a recap of what Tim is up to and some retrospective from last month. This month it’s Rust, Typescript and site changes.
I’m not ok, but that’s alright
Tim discuses his mental health, how he copes with depression and some of the ways he is coping day to day.
My Development Workflow Early 2019
So in October 2018 I took a week off work on holiday and decided that one of my “jobs” while on holiday was to look at my development workflow. I last blogged about what and why I was using things a few years ago and I really meant to make it a regular thing as […]
Feitian ePass – U2F, 2 factor authentication
Tim takes a look at the Feitian ePass a hardware security key that he uses in place of Google Authenticator on some site.
Removing Google Analytics
Tim discusses why he has removed Google Analytics and justifying it beyond the fact he wants to go hide in a cave and wear a tin foil hat.
New Site Part 2 – Development Workflow
In part 2 of this series Tim introduces the workflow behind Timnash.co.uk a ramble through how the site is developed a glimpse into his personal workflow and development practices and why he doesn’t always do what he preaches.
New Site Part 1 – Design & Performance
Tim introduces the new Timnash.co.uk look, discusses some of his “unique” design philosophy before looking at how he shaved nearly 2 seconds off the sites load time. He looks at how making the site fast has become an important part of what the site is. Right down to swapping out favicons in the name of performance.