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This is the final part of my three part cloud trilogy: AWS vs Azure Lock-in Pricing (this post) Pricing As mentioned in the first post in this series, cloud hosting may not be the best value option for you.

I help run Cleanweb Jobs, a site that matches people to software jobs in the environment sector.

Previously, when I wrote about the advantages of EVs I didn’t cover autonomous driving and only focused on cars.

This is part two of my three part cloud trilogy: AWS vs Azure Lock-in (this post) Pricing Lock-In Cloud hosting can be very convenient and some of the value-add services that are offered on top of the basic packages can save a lot of time.

I’ve noticed that (an older version of) this project features in volume two of the official Raspberry Pi projects book (on page 108).

It’s about time that I wrote up my experiences using cloud hosting somewhere other than in a book.

A personal hero of mine is Michael Faraday.

I’ve written some more on this topic.

When testing a software system or mocking up examples for documentation you often want realistic values, but you shouldn’t simply make these up.

Immigration has always been a hot political topic and, perhaps, even hotter recently.

There have been a few pieces of news in the .NET Core world recently.

Update: Huxley 2 is out now.

The hosted version of Shutdown Scanner (my service for monitoring how many of your computers have been left on wasting power) has now shut down.

I’ve used the Application Cache (AppCache) successfully in many projects (such as InstaBail) but for my recent book I wrote about JavaScript Service Workers, as AppCache has been deprecated and Service Workers have replaced it, almost.

I’m still using an old stereo for music, as the amps and speakers are great.

Update The second part of this hack will stop working when the BBC get around to rolling out HTTPS at some point in the next year (second update: over a year after this post was written and it still hasn’t been done).

Update Microsoft have opened two new Azure locations in the UK (Cardiff and London).

As part of my recent book, I started a documentation project to provide a support matrix of what .NET libraries and frameworks currently work with .

I’ve been a bit busy recently (writing a book), but now that I have a bit of spare time I’ve moved my blog from WordPress to Ghost.

I’ve written a book on how to build high performance web applications with Microsoft’s new open source and cross-platform framework; ASP.

Microsoft now ♥ Open Source and Linux.

There’s a new version of my Pi Glowbe (with more lumens) that you can read about here.

Cleanweb Jobs has shut down.

It’s been 5 years since I started this blog.

The following is an article I wrote for the MagPi (the official Raspberry Pi magazine) issue 39.

I recently went on a tour of the Fuller’s Griffin Brewery in Chiswick and came across this awesome industrial robot.

I visited Croatia this summer and (in what has become a bit of a tradition) checked out a couple of solar system models.

I’ve tried out Windows 10 on both an old MacBook Pro and on a Raspberry Pi version 2.

You might think it mad to get up early on a damp Sunday morning to visit a sewage treatment works.

I recently acquired a Sense HAT for the Raspberry Pi.

Today the upper limit for contactless transactions rises from £20 to £30.

I wanted to have a play do serious research with Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2 (read more about that here).

I’ve just launched a new project, Computing 4 Kids Education (or C4KE for short).

There’s been a recent resurgence in animated GIFs.

I wrote about the Otford Solar System before to celebrate the New Horizons flyby of Pluto.

If you want to watch the Vulcan in action tomorrow for free.

I’ve got quite a few Raspberry Pi computers (all the model B versions).

Ever come across a file so massive that you can’t load it in a text editor?

Edit: In case it’s not clear from the below; Windows 10 IoT Core is nothing like the desktop Windows you may be used to.

You may also like to read how to block the BBC News website Breaking News pop-up banner for all devices on your network, even when out and about.

You may also like to read how to block the BBC News website Breaking News pop-up banner for all devices on your network, even when out and about.

Update: I’ve written guides on how to do this in Firefox and Safari.

The monthly tube strike is pretty inconvenient but it does offer opportunities to test things.

I’ve revisited an old project of mine.

I’ve been asked for a comparison of what my LED lights tube status alert project looks like during normal service versus disruption.

Update: There’s a newer article about how to do this on all devices, including phones and tablets.

Update: I’ve got this working and written about it here.

I’ve written previously about using the new mobile app install banner in Chrome.

Update: Displaying a full screen web page on a Raspberry Pi is a very common use case.

After reading about Google’s new Eddystone protocol specification for BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacons similar to Apple’s iBeacon I wanted to try it out.