Reducing the stress of configuration management with Git

I have previously written about using Git to add revision history to existing rsync backups. Having performed a number of configuration changes and system upgrades recently, I have found another use of Git which has proven invaluable. It’s a fairly obvious hack, but it turns out that turning selected configuration directories (for example /etc/apache2/ and […]

Marcus Povey

I have previously written about using Git to add revision history to existing rsync backups. Having performed a number of configuration changes and system upgrades recently, I have found another use of Git which has proven invaluable. It’s a fairly obvious hack, but it turns out that turning selected configuration directories (for example /etc/apache2/ and […]

Introducing the NPPL Pilots Electronic Logbook

I would like to take a moment out of your normal reading to introduce a little project of mine, the NPPL (National Private Pilot Licence) Electronic Logbook. The tl;dr is that as a private pilot myself as well as a programmer, I wanted a quick and easy way to keep track of my currency requirements, […]

Marcus Povey

I would like to take a moment out of your normal reading to introduce a little project of mine, the NPPL (National Private Pilot Licence) Electronic Logbook. The tl;dr is that as a private pilot myself as well as a programmer, I wanted a quick and easy way to keep track of my currency requirements, […]

Liberal Democrat Election Promises

My mother reminded me of this yesterday; here are the Liberal Democrat’s pre-election promises, posted without comment… We will be strong in defence of freedom. The Government believes that the British state has become too authoritarian, and that over the past decade it has abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms and historic civil liberties. We […]

Marcus Povey

My mother reminded me of this yesterday; here are the Liberal Democrat’s pre-election promises, posted without comment… We will be strong in defence of freedom. The Government believes that the British state has become too authoritarian, and that over the past decade it has abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms and historic civil liberties. We […]