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The demise of Stadia left many wondering what they were going to do with their handset, which I always thought was a nice little device in terms of touch, feel and usability. I chucked mine in a drawer and had…

I had an issue recently with an Azure Application Gateway. The HTTPS traffic was being routed correctly and the SSL Certification was working fine. When viewed through a browser there didn’t seem any problem with the application, a quick server…

Whilst there are loads of GUI tools available to use Git on the desktop, using Git in the PowerShell will always be the preferred method for a lot of developers like myself. Posh Git extends the offering from the basic…

After changing the default TLS version on a server to TLS version 1.2, I immediately experienced an error with the Windows PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest method. Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. At line:1…

The first stage of the Akitika GT-102 project after unboxing, was building the power supply and amplifier modules, which whilst being a little daunting at first soon became both satisfying and enjoyable. It’s been a while since I’ve done any…

In the Linux environment, I have always found the shell dig command really useful as a way of getting a little more domain info than is returned by using a simple ping. If you happen to be using Windows, Resolve-DnsName…

Back in 2015 I built a pair of floor standing speakers from a kit. It was a project that I enjoyed immensely and gave me a great sense of satisfaction. I documented the build in stages and got quite a…

I prefer to call it remote working, as for me at least, ‘working from home’ still invokes images of a laptop open on the coffee table with Rick Stein’s Food Heroes on in the background. Whether you call it ‘remote…

This is a fairly common problem with Git, the Unlink of file issue. I encountered it on this occasion when attempting to run git gc to clean up and optimize my local repository. There’s plenty of documentation around this issue, however I…

If you have a Git branch that you want to keep but don’t want it hanging around like a fart in a Russian space station, then archiving is the answer. This can be achieved by tagging the branch with the…