The Temperature Record 2018-08-07
-Is there any basis to claims that the history of the Earth's climate has been tampered with to suit a political agenda, or is this merely a farfetched conspiracy theory put out by oil companies? ......More
HTTPS: Does it protect? 2018-07-27
There has been pressure brought on webmasters recently to force all websites to use HTTPS. This has even extended to strong-arm tactics such as threatening to downgrade the searchengine rakings of ......More
Patreon and Google reCaptcha 2018-07-05
Patreon have started using this type of captcha on several of their pages, and previous experience shows that it can be a real pain, asking questions to which there is no clear answer, and sometimes ......More
The Bedford Road Bus Gate 2018-05-05
There has been ongoing controversy over a section of road in Aberdeen which, in 2016, was fitted with a 'bus gate'...More
Frack as we tell you to.. 2018-05-02
Not as we do!...More
Easily? Not quite. 2018-03-30
You might've noticed that we've removed domain registrar Easily from our recommended service provider page....More
Mozilla fires a wild shot 2018-01-21
Punishing the software developer when the server operator hasn't installed HTTPS...More
Diesel Demons 2017-11-24
Few people can be unaware of the latest campaign of the Green Party against diesel cars. The claim seems to be that diesel cars are polluting our cities to death, and absolutely must be got rid ......More
Climate change as Sound 2017-10-19
A factor in climate science which many commenters fail to appreciate, is the difficulty of the task faced by the IPCC in actually measuring changes in climate....More
Bad Language! 2017-10-11
Having just read of the Tesco Bank and Three data thefts, and now the Linux streaming media issue, I thought it would be worthwhile to publish an article on the nature and state of IT security as a ......More
BranchCache service blocking port 80 2017-09-16
Windows Server gotcha...More
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016-11-27
The UK Government recetntly passed a bill which, among other things, requires ISPs to keep a log of all websites visited by Internet users for at least a year....More
Ransomware
What is ransomware, and why should it concern me? ...More
