What is CSRF Protection? CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) protection is an important feature which should be added to all websites which allow users to sign up or send data. Without CSRF protection, attackers can trick a web browser into Read more…
In 2018, I decided to try out Swift and iOS development, I was already experienced with writing software for PCs and servers but had never made a mobile app. I spent a few weeks writing basic code in Swift and Read more…
Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person usually in a moving vehicle, using a laptop or smartphone. –Wikipedia.org I recently built a portable wardriver out of two D1 Mini Pro (ESP8266-based) modules with external Read more…
Recently I have been working on a project which requires presence detection and I wanted something fairly quick and easy to implement but still be highly customisable. Thanks to some inexpensive Bluetooth transceivers and the OwnTracks iOS/Android app, I have Read more…
A few months ago I documented how I decreased the loading time of a WordPress site in this post. Although those changes made a significant speed improvement the website would still be slow for anybody a long distance from the Read more…
I have a 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Late-2013) and it is approaching 5 years since it was manufactured. It is still going strong but today I replaced the battery as it was becoming swollen and potentially unsafe to Read more…
I have another WordPress site (aside from this one) which consists of mostly static content and uses Cloudflare for DDoS protection and as a CDN. The server is running PHP 7.0 and has all updates installed but was taking a Read more…
Around 18 months ago I set up a TVHeadend server using an Olimex Lime2 single board computer with the intention of having a single location for television recordings. I wanted something power efficient but fast enough to handle multiple simultaneous Read more…