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Posts: 361 from 27 Mar 2009 to 30 Sep 2026
Posting: monthly (11 in the last year)
Kind: personal blog
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2026 9

30 SepFree software activities in September 2026
31 AugFree software activities in August 2026
31 JulFree software activities in July 2026
30 JunFree software activities in June 2026
31 MayFree software activities in May 2026
30 AprFree software activities in April 2026
31 MarFree software activities in March 2026
28 FebFree software activities in February 2026
31 JanFree software activities in January 2026

2025 2

31 DecFree software activities in December 2025
31 DecFavourites of 2025

2024 2

2023 2

31 DecFavourites of 2023
8 FebMost anticipated films of 2023

2022 5

31 DecFavourite films of 2022
30 DecFavourite books of 2022: Non-fiction
29 DecFavourite books of 2022: Memoir/biography
28 DecFavourite books of 2022: Classics
27 DecFavourite books of 2022: Fiction

2021 12

31 DecFavourite films of 2021
30 DecFavourite books of 2021: Classics
29 DecFavourite books of 2021: Fiction
28 DecFavourite books of 2021: Non-fiction
27 DecFavourite books of 2021: Memoir/biography
8 OctReproducible Builds: Increasing the Integrity of Software Supply Chains (2021)
16 SepOn Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle
12 JulSaint Alethia? On Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss
19 JunRaiders of the Lost Ark: 40 Years On
17 AprTour d'Orwell: Wallington
14 FebThe Silence of the Lambs: 30 Years On
1 JanOpenUK Influencer 2021

2020 7

31 DecFavourite books of 2020
21 DecInterview: Reproducibility and the future of free software
6 AugThe Bringers of Beethoven
28 JulPop culture matters
18 JulThe comedy is over
26 JunOn the pleasure of hating: Lance (2020)
21 JanTour d'Orwell: Sutton Courtenay

2019 12

31 DecFavourite books of 2019
9 DecTour d'Orwell: Marrakesh
3 NovTour d'Orwell: No. 1 South End Road
21 OctTour d'Orwell: Rue du Pot-de-Fer
15 OctTour d'Orwell: The River Orwell
9 OctTour d'Orwell: Southwold
9 MarBook Review: Jeeves and the King of Clubs
7 MarBook Review: The Sellout
26 FebBook Review: A Paradise Built in Hell
18 FebBook Review: Painting the Sand
15 FebBook Review: Stories of Your Life and Others
14 FebBook Review: Toujours Provence

2018 5

31 DecFavourite books of 2018
12 NovReview: The "Trojan Room" coffee
8 NovRecord number of uploads of a Debian package in a day
24 OctSalsa ribbons
18 AprRe-elected as Debian Project Leader

2017 11

30 DecFavourite books of 2017
7 DecSimple media cachebusting with GitHub pages
3 NovFaking cleaner URLs in the Debian BTS
7 Octpython-gfshare: Secret sharing in Python
25 SepLintian: We are all Perl developers now
15 SepWhich packages on my system are reproducible?
5 SepAsk the dumb questions
29 JulMore Lintian hacking
14 JulInstallation birthday
16 AprElected Debian Project Leader
4 FebThe ChangeLog #237: Reproducible Builds and Secure Software

2016 11

30 DecMy favourite books of 2016
19 Dec10 years of Debian
11 NovAwarded Core Infrastructure Initiative grant for Reproducible Builds
24 OctConcorde
28 SepDiffoscope progress bar
5 SepHow to write your first Lintian check
14 Augtry.diffoscope.org CLI client
21 JulPython quirk: Signatures are evaluated at import time
19 JulPython quirk: os.stat's return type
11 AprParsing Jenkins log output to determine job status
27 MarGenerating dynamic Python tests using metaclasses

2015 15

19 Dectravis.debian.net
15 DecPeake Nationalism
13 Dectry.diffoscope.org
27 OctImportError: cannot import name add_to_builtins under Django 1.9
10 SepJoining strings in POSIX shell
10 JulWhere's the principled opposition to the "WhatsApp ban"?
30 JanCalculating the ETA to zero in shell
25 JanRecent Redis hacking
23 JanSlack integration for Django
21 JanSprezzatura
18 JanAdjusting a backing track with SoX
12 JanGiant's Causeway puzzle
9 JanUploading a large number of files to Amazon S3
7 JanWeb scraping: Let's move on
1 JanGoals

2014 24

31 Dec2014: Selected highlights
24 Decfind(1), trailing slashes and symbolic links to directories
10 DecStarting IPython automatically from zsh
4 DecDon't ask your questions in private
25 NovValidating Django model attribute assignment
17 NovCalculating the number of pedal turns on a bike ride
3 NovGenerating gradiented fade images using ImageMagick
30 OctAre you building an internet fridge?
9 OctLondon—Paris—London 2014
6 AugStrava Enhancement Suite update
28 Julstart-stop-daemon: --exec vs --startas
21 JulDisabling internet for specific processes with libfiu
10 JulLotteries
6 JulStrava Enhancement Suite
3 JulRace report: Ironman Austria 2014
30 AprMarlon Brando in the Lake District
14 AprRace report: Cambridge Duathlon 2014
11 Apr2014 race schedule
23 MarFingerspitzengefühl
11 MarTwo aesthetically pleasing Python snippets
18 FebEstimating Training Stress Score (TSS) for running on Strava
17 FebThe effect of pedestaling on time trial bike position
2 FebDefaulting to comparing against yourself on Strava
17 JanCaptain Phillips: Pontius Pirate

2013 9

2012 2

31 Dec2012: Selected highlights
13 DecBeethoven Triple Concerto

2011 9

2010 10

24 SepWhen Bender takes a photo and says "neat"
8 Sepirccat plugin for supybot
2 AugDebian Live Studio
1 Augscreen-message prompt for Awesome
24 JulFour men in a mine
7 JunDistributing locking with Python and Redis
1 JunAppending the request URL to SQL statements in Django
4 MayRotating email into your inbox using imapfilter
22 AprLocating source for any Python module
17 MarPer-channel BTS bot filtering

2009 14

27 DecReadline tab completion using Django models
19 NovTransparent directory replacement with zsh
5 NovConfusing bugs
30 SepGeoDjango and the UK postcode database
25 AugNo-one expects the string literal exception
19 AugAmbigram animations using shell and Imagemagick
11 AugNo citations please, we're British
14 JunDebConf9
3 JunChecklist for configuring a Debian system
18 MayPoor man's Google Checkout
1 MayApril 2009 in UK civil liberties
15 AprTargeted optimisation with django-dumpslow
11 AprInstalling FogBugz the Debian way
27 MarDon't rely on others to speak out

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