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 …
Replacement to HP microserver
I’ve had my HP microserver for four years this summer and it’s been a great little machine and very reliable, but the time has come to upgrade the machine as …
Feeling a little poorer but browsing the internet a lot quicker!
Back in 2014, I posted that I’d bought a 4G router having reached the point with my home broadband where it would go no faster…! https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2014/10/fed-up-of-waiting-for-superfast-broadband/ I’ve used eight 6GB …
Retirement Countdown Clock App
I posted my first app to the Microsoft Store last weekend. It took me about 8 days to write, most of which was trying to learn about XAML and C#… …
Visual Studio Error 0x80073CF9
I was debugging my new app to my phone earlier and got the following really helpful (not…) error message in Visual Studio. Error : DEP0001 : Unexpected Error: Install failed. …
Dart Charge Number Plate Lookup
My mum used the Dartford crossing back in August 2015 and paid the charge prior to her crossing. At the time she paid the charge, the online form didn’t have …
Butterfly Friendly Garden
It’s just over a year ago now that I started transforming the front garden into a butterfly and bee friendly garden (https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2015/08/front-garden-transformation/). In the last post I finished the article …