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Mostly been focused on BookStack this month, so not much variety in this one.

August has felt odd for some reason, probably due to not sleeping well.

When building my first custom-built PC, I chose the Intel 2500k as my CPU, which was from the “Sandy Bridge” range.

Heat waves in the UK have continued in July which, when combined with a little arthritis flaring, has kept me in a mind-melted sleepy mode for much of the month 🫠.

I’ve been using Ubuntu 26.04 since just before its release, so I thought I’d share my experience with using it as my primary desktop OS.

I wanted to have previews for 3MF files in GNOME files (nautilus).

Having used a Sodastream for a few years now, one of my main gripes was the need to swap out the gas canisters every month or two, which involved swapping at a store for what seemed like a fairly high cost.

Another month that went really fast, with some serious heat waves.

Recently I started using Snyk to keep an eye on project dependencies, and I wanted to automate the process of updating the project in Snyk with the latest package lists.

Yesterday I came across a post from Tuta providing a comparison of their email service to others:

This month has felt productive, although later hindered by a heat wave hitting the UK.

A couple of years ago I wrote about Retaining a Greenhouse Roof with 3D Printing.

I’m setting myself a little HomeAssistant dashboard panel, which is a great opportunity to reuse an old tablet.

I recently treated myself to a new R36S portable console.

April was a bit more productive than March.

I’ve been playing with OpenCode as a way to test different models, play with self-hosted models and to avoid reliance on big tech provided systems.

Below are all the games in 2025 that I spent more than a few hours playing, along with my brief thoughts.

Productivity has been low in March, mostly due to getting more and more ill as the month went on.

Today I had a scenario where I needed to expand the testing of a PHP project across two dimensions: PHP versions and PHPUnit versions.

Trying to keep up this practice of reflecting on the past month of work: BookStack This month I’ve still had trouble migrating to Codeberg, although my attempts may have got a little further.

Below is an email I received in December 2024, but this is just one example of various encounters I’ve had where students have been led to contribute to the project by their tutor.

As of writing, my 3D printer is a Sovol SV08 with a bunch of mods applied.

Going into 2026, I thought it’d be a good habit to take note of my work each month to reflect on any progress I’ve made, and to take note of things I’ve enjoyed.

I recently purchased a new Epson EcoTank ET-2860.

Every so often I get an email from large businesses or organisations asking me to spend time filling a questionnaire to provide the information which they need for their procurement process.

Ordering something online in 2026: Shop: You left some items in your cart.

Since my last home-lab tour in 2023 my home-lab has evolved quite a bit, so going into 2026 I thought I’d document the current state.

I was looking to buy a new label printer, and found the modern consumer market is mainly comprised of cheap bluetooth-based thermal printers which are then managed via an app.

Recently Google announced a further push of its developer verification, in which it states that all apps on “certified Android devices” will be required to have developer verification.

Recently I replaced my router with an OPNsense mini-PC.

Last night at 1 minute past midnight, just before heading to bed, I received the following notification from my main production Proxmox system: SMART error (Health) detected on host: chonk

Over the past year I’ve been looking into alternative options to help treat my Ankylosing Spondylitis, and in particular the relative impact of Enthesitis which has been a growing problem for me, with it building an increasingly distracting deep ache in my

A few days ago I received a notification from Reddit advising my account has been given a warning, saying that a comment of mine had been removed for potential copyright infringement.

Advisory: I am not a legal expert and there could likely be inaccuracies in this post.

Last year I wrote about scripting monitors for my Gnome/Wayland/Fedora environment, and I’ve heavily utilised that script in my day-to-day PC use.

From my time exploring and using a range open source and/or self-hosted projects I’ve built up a range of known “amber flags”.

I’m often looking at the licensing of open source projects, either out of personal interest or while moderating posts to /r/opensource, and through this I’ve seen a recent trend of projects having something like this in their readme:

Played quite a lot this year; Got excited about Switch gaming for a while during the summer, and then later in the year I got myself a Quest 3 VR headset.

Bitwarden found itself caught in a spot of drama last week introducing non-free and non-open code into their desktop client.

Before getting into this post i want to make it clear I’m not a legal expert in any way and the following post is based upon my interpretations from spending a lot of time looking at software licenses.

I’ve recently been moving most of my projects from GitHub over to Codeberg and a self-hosted Forgejo instance.

At the end of last year I gained an allotment which I’ve been using to grow food.

Update: Since writing this Futo have published a statement in regards to their use of open source, which shows intent to stop redefining the term and instead establish “Source First” - Futo statement - Futo video - Brodie Robertson video

Skip to implementation Context So recently I decided to create a much needed update to one of my apps that I’ve left neglected, with the last update being deployed over a decade ago in 2013.

On my PC (Fedora 39, Gnome Desktop Environment via Wayland) I often find myself switching monitor configuration.

UPDATE - 2026-05-16 I’ve since collated the models mentioned here, and many more, into a collection on Printables.

Below are the games in 2023 that I spent more than a few hours playing, along with my brief thoughts.

Earlier this year I got an itch to grow herbs and vegetables.

When looking at scenarios when open source is misrepresented I’ve commonly come across cases where a project downplays the distinction between open source and source-available-style licenses, choosing to advertise the project and/or themselves as open sou…

Recently I’ve been playing with a Raspberry Pi Camera module 3.