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2026

I Wrote a NuGet Package!original ↗
5 Sept 2026
Am I worried AI will take my job?original ↗
18 Jul 2026
8086 Segmented Memory Was a Good Idea. (Almost.)original ↗
21 Jun 2026
On no! I’ve invented SVG badly!original ↗
29 May 2026
Notes from a Helpful Glober — “Stationary”original ↗
12 May 2026
Hearthfire Part One: Lighting the Flameoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Let’s Measure Gravity!original ↗
21 Apr 2026
2001: A TV Seriesoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2026
“All files are numbers”original ↗
27 Mar 2026
The Short History of a Very Confused Plant Potoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2026
“Too Clever By Half”original ↗
3 Mar 2026
Let’s All Burn Our Waste Paper!original ↗
2 Mar 2026
Gravity on a Flat Earth? Notes from a Helpful Glober.original ↗
24 Feb 2026
The Road Not Taken: A World Where IPv4 Evolvedoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
SixGate Part Two – A Security Analysisoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
Sixgate – IPv6 Without Leaving Anyone Behindoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2026

2025

Python’s Truthiness: A Code Smell Worth Sniffingoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2025
Will We Run Out of Unicodes?original ↗
10 Nov 2025
Rufus – An Adventure in Downloadingoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2025
The UKIP Effect – How to Win by Not Winningoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2025
Dear string-to-integer parsers…original ↗
29 Jul 2025
What type of UUID should I use?original ↗
17 Apr 2025
I want a less powerful programming language for Christmas.original ↗
12 Feb 2025

2023

Why do we repeatedly hash passwords in a loop?original ↗
28 Mar 2023

2022

What’s a kWh? (And other money-saving tips)original ↗
9 Dec 2022
You don’t have to wear a blazer to school on a hot day!original ↗
18 Jul 2022
My adventure into self web-hosting (Part 1)original ↗
25 Mar 2022
My Incredibly Stupid Diaryoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2022

2021

Data-Mining Wikipedia for Fun and Profitoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
POP3 – The ideas that didn’t make it.original ↗
29 Apr 2021
Farewell, Hackensplat Industries!original ↗
23 Apr 2021
POP3 – Delete Immediatelyoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2021
Write Your Own POP3 Serviceoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2021
POP3 – Goodbye to numeric message IDs!original ↗
22 Mar 2021
POP3 – A Commit and Refresh Mechanismoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2021

2020

Why the UK should re-join the EU.original ↗
30 Dec 2020
POP3 – UIDL is a required command!original ↗
17 Dec 2020
The Brexit Chart Waroriginal ↗
30 Jan 2020
Brexit – Is that it?original ↗
20 Jan 2020

2019

Should MPs who “cross the floor” face a by-election?original ↗
13 Nov 2019
A flag for Milton Keynesoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2019
Dear WordPress. Please stop using MySQL.original ↗
20 Jun 2019
#DeniedMyVote at the 2019 European Electionsoriginal ↗
24 May 2019
My Crazy Software Engineer Tattoo (that I didn’t get)original ↗
4 Apr 2019
What’s a gallon?original ↗
6 Feb 2019

2018

GIT isn’t perfect. (And other blasphemies.)original ↗
9 Dec 2018
Falco T310 – Unleashedoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2018

2017

Why I willingly bought a Windows Phoneoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2017

2014

Is your API broken?original ↗
16 Jul 2014

2013

NEVER sanitize your inputs!original ↗
8 Sept 2013
I need a good podcast catcher (and a bit of a rant)original ↗
15 Jun 2013

2012

PHP – Some strings are more equal than othersoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2012

2011

Clever and totally pointless – my first publicationoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2011
Vinegar – refined Vigenère – can you break my cipher?original ↗
12 Feb 2011
The cult of 140original ↗
9 Feb 2011
‘First Past the Post’ isn’t.original ↗
10 Jan 2011

2010

Digital photography is not rocket science. It just seems that way.original ↗
26 Sept 2010
reddit’d (Followup to ‘Construct Something Else’)original ↗
14 Sept 2010
Construct something else! (C#)original ↗
12 Sept 2010
Google snooping WiFi? Don’t panic! Don’t panic!original ↗
22 May 2010
Wishing for a destructor (C#)original ↗
28 Mar 2010
Paying for Poweroriginal ↗
28 Feb 2010
The Making of an Evil Geniusoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2010

2009

is, then as (C#)original ↗
7 Dec 2009
Computers are fast!original ↗
29 Nov 2009
About This Blogoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2009