Cybrkyd

I’m in the market for an air conditioning unit.

Things like this don’t bother me much; not any more.

There is nothing like waking up on a Monday morning in the UK and finding out that there is to be yet another Prime Minister.

It’s been a whirlwind.

Today is a rest day for me from watching the World Cup matches.

That’s what I’m calling it.

This is actually quite hard to do.

I’ve been playing with a few toys.

It’s hot, sunny, and I’m melting.

With my Flask Share app, it was time to consider re-working this into something more production-like.

I don’t do politics much, but I woke up yesterday, fully intending to cast my vote in the UK Local Elections.

I’m a fossil when it comes to FFmpeg.

Here are some of the adventures I’ve had whilst trying to record from the Sky Stream puck using OBS Studio and ffmpeg.

<-- Splitting a set top box HDMI output To convert my HDMI output to USB, I am using a Ugreen HDMI to USB capture card.

<-- Building a PVR for a HDMI output I settled on an EZCOO 1 x In, 2 x Out 4k 60Hz HDMI splitter.

Back in the day, we had more freedom to do what we wanted with TV signals coming into the home.

I’ve recently subscribed to Sky Stream Ultimate.

Working in finance, I am subject to re-vetting every three years. 2026 is here, my turn is now, and lo and behold, my firm has switched to a new vetting agent.

Apple is rolling out age verification for iPhone and iPad in the UK.

The minute my Linux distro of choice introduces age verification, we part company.

I fell asleep!

We are back onto BST today and longer days are here.

I finally knuckled down and started playing again with Vim.

I’m up today at the crack of dawn.

I have man flu.

My Tor Browser installation is unusual.

Something interesting – and perhaps concerning – when comparing my current ISP to my previous provider is how many websites Virgin Media blocks by default.

Foggy days are here.

The new internet provider has connected me up, and boy is it fast.

What a blur.

Here is my workflow for self-hosting Git repositories on a shared hosting service with GitGen.

I drive German, but not an Audi.

This one was a challenge to get through.

There are always the small, one-time tasks where I need to figure out an easier, quicker way to accomplish something.

Here is a pretty graph.

Another day and another GitHub outage, splashed on the front page of Hacker News.

Inspired by how Obsidian names Markdown files by title, I put together a small Python script which couples with a VS Code workspace task to achieve the same.

Why not?

There is one thing I miss terribly about the iPhone, and that is the seamless iCal integration.

What’s the saying?