Neil Grogan

I’ve always been a hunt-and-peck typer.

I last blogged about a “Tech Go Bag” in 2015, 11 years ago as I write this.

About this time last year, I purchased 3 mini computers with the aim of making a Kubernetes cluster.

Picade is an arcade machine you build yourself which uses a raspberry pi as the brains.

Today marks 20 years since I first blogged.

I recently bought a Framework 13 laptop as a personal machine.

For Christmas as a gift to myself I bought a HomeAssistant Yellow.

I’ve written previously on importing transactions to hledger/ledger from KBC bank in JavaScript and PTSB bank in Python.

I recently replaced a rusty satellite dish and faulty LNB (it has been in use in the house I moved in to for 10+ years I’d guess) and decided to try install one myself.

Update 2023: these instructions are out-of-date for the latest Unifi controller software versions.

Ubuntu have recently released the new 20.04 LTS codenamed “Focal Fossa”.

Over the summer, I upgraded my home network to Ubiquiti gear.

In a previous post, I mentioned importing transactions using ledger/hledger and plain text accounting.

I recently started using PiHole to block ads on my home network.

Since hearing about org-mode on the web many years ago, I always meant to give it a spin.

Over the last while I’ve been collecting wonderful podcast episodes from the hundreds of hours I’ve listened to.

In Python, BytesIO is the way to store binary data in memory.

Over the last month or so, I’ve come to embrace my home server setup and how powerful it can be.

As part of my previous posts, I talked about ledger and plain text accounting.

In a previous post, I mentioned how I get notified of the restaurant menu via a Ruby script.

Do you need to run a command on SSH login?

I’m a big fan of the shell and the productivity it brings, you can have a text editor, command to run a server and more within easy reach.

For the last few years, I’ve always wanted to budget properly and see where my money was going.

As part of my masters degree in University College Dublin, we undertook a group project which focused on building a technology product.

If you haven’t tried Google Apps Script, I found a really nifty use for it: smart filtering for email.

After some thought initially on a new laptop, I decided to spring for an iPad Pro 12.9".

I recently read Remote: Office Not Required by David Heinemeier-Hansson (who created Ruby on Rails) and Jason Fried (who co-founded 37 Signals with Heinemeier-Hansson).

Early last year, I purchased two Code Keyboards (one for work and one for home).

I recently purchased Ulysses Mobile after a recommendation from Macstories.

I backed the Roost laptop stand on Kickstarter, which already had a successful run in their first Kickstarter campaign.

I recently read O’Reilly Building Maintainable Software (Java Edition).

In the last year and a half, I set up a Ruby based Dashing dashboard for my team and others in our product area.

Continuing the theme of automation, one of the most repetitive tasks if you work for a big company is timesheets.

I love trying to automate the world, it just feels like magic some of the time!

I’m a huge fan of Docker ever since I started to use it, approximately a year after it was started.

Deliveries helps you track packages from major shopping (Amazon, Apple) as well as nearly every major package distribution company like DHL, UPS and FedEx.

Recently I’d seen a post on Hacker News about a course for the React JavaScript Framework.

You can follow the Microsoft TechNet guide to add VisualBasic code in Outlook rules.

Editorial is an iPhone and iPad plain text editor that’s great for markdown1.

I follow Casey Liss’ blog and recently he had a great post about a technology “go pack”.

In alphabetical order: Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk - usually buy electronics here!

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My favourite text number crunching app on iOS bar none is Soulver.

My favourite text capture app on iOS bar none is Drafts by Agile Tortoise.

I’ve had this DeLonghi machine for a year and a half now, and I possibly am slightly a little in love.

I recently purchased a Mac Mini Server, for this site to run on.

On holidays in Lithuania recently I was eating in a restaurant and noticed the music was all in English.

Going on Holidays?

Math can help you outsmart the MTA

Bell Curve is Wrong