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  STM32 to Blinky with Rust – Part 1 – Hardware – STM32F407G-DISC1

  For around £20 you can buy a development board with an Arm Cortex M4 and some peripherals including an accelerometer, microphone, DAC, and USB OTG port. This documents my attempt to get a rust toolchain installed, connect the debugger and confirm it can see the ARM chip, ready for programming.

  2024-06-20

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  #NewMusicMonday – Alkanes, Broadsea & PaperSailor

  In an effort to “be the change [I] want to see”, I’m going to do my best to share my own #NewMusicMonday choices with the fediverse every week, and see if I can’t find some likeminded folks. This week it’s albums and EPs from Alkanes, Broadsea and PaperSailor.

  2024-06-17

• Data loss: A blind-spot in my backup strategy

  Last week I suffered a catastrophic disk failure, leaving my 1TB NVMe drive completely unreadable. Luckily I have backups, I thought.

  2024-04-01

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  Stacking Loyalty Schemes for Extra Discounts

  This post is very “Guardian Reader” of me, and for that I apologise in advance. One morning I found myself absent mindedly reading the back of my yogurt pot whilst eating my breakfast. This yogurt was made by Yeo Valley Organic and was advertising some kind of loyalty scheme called “Yeokens”. I’d never really thought…

  2024-03-10

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  What is Gregg Wallace doing?

  Based on his published schedule in the Torygraph which was then ridiculed on social media, my latest web app will tell you exactly what Gregg Wallace is doing at any time.

  2024-02-06

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  The Greg or Ian Calendar

  My silliest web app to date, The Greg or Ian Calendar. A web app with an integrated iCal feed so you will always know whether today is a Greg or Ian day!

  2024-01-11

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  Bringing an Apple AirTag Back to Life

  If you’re lazy like me, you’ll probably have a few gadgets laying about the house that have flat batteries. If one of them is an Apple AirTag, it might not be as simple as just popping in a fresh CR2032 and closing it back up.

  2023-11-27