M&S Internet Banking Review
This is a review of the UI and functionality available on the M&S Internet Banking website. I have not reviewed the app as I’ve never bothered to download it. I …
In Two Years I’ve Made £600+ of Free Money! – part 2
Please note that switching your current account multiple times in a short space of time will affect your credit rating and should NOT be done if you’re looking to take …
In Two Years I’ve Made £600+ of Free Money!
Please note that switching your current account multiple times in a short space of time will affect your credit rating and should NOT be done if you’re looking to take …
Three Months in to 4G Only Internet
Last year I cancelled my ADSL connection and went 4G only on my EE 64GB contract. It’s been an interesting three months, so I thought I’d post this info in …
blitzortung.org Daily Position Cron
As you probably know from my blog, I have a number of Arduino’s around the house for monitoring household and weather metrics and I’m always looking for ways to add …
Monumental App Update Mess Up!
A few weeks back I received a request to add in the ability to select half days in the Retirement Countdown Clock app (https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2016/02/retirement-countdown-clock-app/) and I decided that this was …
Outlook for Android – Can’t use it for Gmail account!
I used to have a Microsoft Lumia 550 phone, which although basic just worked and really well. Unfortunately I’m a little clumsey and managed to drop it around a dozen …
Home Monitoring Upgrade (Part 2) – HSQLDB to MySQL
As mentioned in my previous post (see https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2017/04/home-monitoring-upgrade/), the first task I have is to migrate from HSQLDB to MySQL. Because the system logs data every minute while I have …
Home Monitoring Upgrade
I’ve been monitoring stats from my meter, weather and hotwater tank for over two years now (see https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2015/04/home-monitoring-home-made-reborn/) and the application now needs an upgrade. I now want to log …
Why the news about Tesco Bank today doesn’t surprise me!
There’s a headline on the BBC that has caught my eye today – “Tesco Bank blames ‘systematic sophisticated attack’ for account losses” – and I’m not at all surprised given …
Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (E.L.K.) on Docker – Part 3 Kibana
This is the final part of setting up Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana using the official Docker Hub images. If you haven’t already read Part 1 Logstash or Part 2 Elasticsearch, …
Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (E.L.K.) on Docker – Part 2 Elasticsearch
It’s worth reading Part 1 Logstash first. So, today I had a chance to try out Elasticsearch on docker and it was semi easy to get it to work… the …
Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (E.L.K.) on Docker – Part 1 Logstash
When I set up my new server back in May, I decided to try out Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (E.L.K.) on it against the Aggregator (my PVOutput aggregating and uploading …
Mini Spring Boot Web Application
After a couple of years of reading about Spring Boot and never having actually tried it out, I thought now was the time to build a little example to find …
Changing Hostname in Ubuntu
Having built a new server in the summer, I thought I’d post a little tip for if you decide to change the hostname in Ubuntu. I got caught out after …