mythofechelon

Intro I’ve wanted to write this blog post for a long time, and it’s a very different type for me - personal, not technical.

Intro Shortcuts is Apple’s built-in automation app for iOS and macOS, which is so surprisingly powerful that the shortcuts can practically be considered as mini apps, as they integrate quite deeply into both the system and third-party apps, and it has qui…

Intro I’m not an expert in GenAI.

Intro I use Instagram as a sort of diary of notable life events and to keep in contact with friends and family.

Intro (Important note: I’ve now migrated almost all of these to https://routinehub.co/user/mythofechelon, and I will no longer be updating this blog post.)

Intro I’ve been using the iPhone since the 3G came out back in 2008 and the Apple Watch since it came out in 2015.

Intro For years, I thought the only options for Plex remote access were the following: Option Pros Cons Port forwarding directly • Original quality. • Fast. • Free. • Relatively simple to set up. • All types of devices can connect. • Extremely insecure.

Intro My iCloud Photo Library is full of invaluable memories that I never want to lose - lovely family events, amazing holidays, incredible concert moments, etc.

Intro Back in November 2018, I wrote https://astrix.co.uk/news/2018/11/26/how-to-mitigate-email-spoofing - a holistic guide to email security covering many different controls.

Intro For as long as I can remember, my grandad has been using Blurb BookSmart or Microsoft Word to write his books.

Intro For some reason, I have an absolute drive for efficiency in almost everything that I do so, over the years, I’ve honed my Windows workflow to be insanely efficient and I thought I’d share some of the main ways that I’ve managed to do so.

Index Overview and links to each section: Intro Create icons Upload icons Update JavaScript Update CSS Sign-off Intro I, like many others, use Squarespace and their template Tudor.

Index Links to each section: Intro The simple, less reliable way The advanced, more reliable way Un-trusting root CAs Sign-off Intro Before I get into anything, I have two important disclaimers: These methods can be scaled up to support multiple users so…

Intro YouTube gets a bad rep sometimes due to the toxic bullshit but there are some channels which are loved by many (myself included) because they consistently strive to produce high-quality content.

The problem At some point or another, everyone who uses Windows must have tried to enter a file name, unwittingly also entering a restricted / forbidden / invalid / banned / illegal character, only to be blocked and informed of the following: A file name…

Intro Following my previous blog post “Great software”, I present the cleverly-named sequel: “Great software 2”!

Intro Since 2016/11/30, I’ve been using Keypirinha: a small and customisable Windows app that can very quicky: Index and open pretty much anything (applications, browser bookmarks, custom files and directories, etc).

Intro Naming schemes are hard.

Intro On 2011/09/05, I started my first job as "Apprentice IT Technician" at a small Managed Services Provider which are famous for baptism by fire so, in that time, I've managed to work my way up to "Senior IT / Network Engineer" and learn an astounding…

Over my years of enthusiastic work in IT, I've discovered great software.