fitheach

fitheach, 10 months ago to linux

I've taken out a VPS from Ionos (formerly 1and1). It has 1 vCore, 1 GB RAM, 10GB SSD, unlimited traffic, root access, and a choice of distros, including Debian, Ubuntu & CentOS. Plesk is also offered free, but, I've not used it.

All for the ridiculously cheap price of £1 (£1.20 incl. VAT) per month. At this price it would be rude not to test it, which is what I'm doing.

The spec is limited, but, I can think of hundreds of uses at this price point.

#hosting #VPS #Linux

fitheach, 1 year ago to random

Been away for the weekend. Had a wonderful time. Came home to find the house had been burgled. Not yet sure what is missing. Place is in a mess.

The feeling of elation has quickly taken a downturn.

fitheach, 5 months ago to Scotland

What a totally frustrating day.

Miserable weather with storms and lashing rain. Got caught in two road closures. Electricity supply has been cut all day, which also meant no 'phone calls or Internet access.

Power, and thus Internet, now restored, but, still no 'phone calls. I needed to make some online purchases, but, couldn't receive the verification codes by SMS.

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!

#Highlands #Scotland

fitheach, 7 months ago to edinburgh

I'm in Auld Reekie. The retail parks are so big one needs an app to find the shops. :blobrollingeyes:

#Edinburgh #CountryBoyInBigCity

fitheach, 3 months ago to Scotland

This wasn't on the Ordnance Survey map. 😱

#Scotland #DogWalk

fitheach, 9 months ago to music

I'm listening to a lot of Country music.

Do I need help?

#music #Country

fitheach, 2 months ago to random

Should I trust a reviewer who states the "product is grate"?

fitheach, 4 months ago to random

My boss has the aesthetic sensibilities of a blind wombat. He has decided he wants to design the new company website. I've tried to convince him of the merits of a professional theme. All to no avail. What to do? :blobcatthinkinghard:

fitheach, 4 months ago to Scotland

Kinloss and Kinross: two completely different places, miles and miles apart.

Yet, whenever I read about one or the other I have to think really hard about where they are located.

Do you have places you sometimes confuse?

#Scotland

fitheach, 11 months ago to showerthoughts

#ShowerThoughts

For people whose first day of the week is Sunday, does that mean their weekend is Friday and Saturday?

fitheach, 6 months ago to food

I saw these bottles of Goldhauch Edler Williams Christ-Birnenbrand in Lidl, at Straiton, Edinburgh.

Yes, these are pears inside the bottles. I have no idea how they got the pears inside the bottles. The bottles didn't have obvious seams.

Ideas?

#food #alcohol

fitheach, 1 year ago to random

Why is dancing such a polarising activity between the sexes?

All my female friends love dancing. Going out dancing is a thing for them.

At best, my male friends will tolerate dancing, because it is a means to get closer to potential partners. Literally, being dragged onto the dance floor at social occasions is a thing.

fitheach, 9 months ago to mastodon

My gf can't get Mastodon Web UI to display on her 'phone's browser (just a blank screen). I blamed it on "bloody Chrome". However, when I tried to demonstrate it working on my browser (Privacy Browser), it also had a blank screen.

JavaScript, cookies and web storage are all enabled. Both browsers were able to display Mastodon pages until recently.

Anyone have an idea what might going on?

#Mastodon

fitheach, 4 months ago to nature

I was involved in a short discussion about hair ice. It surprised me that other people, in Scotland, had never seen hair ice. For me, it is a very common sight.

To see hair ice one needs frosty conditions, suitable wood (deciduous branches are good, particularly beech), and, crucially, the presence of Exidiopsis effusa. Currently, I have an abundance of all three elements.

To-day, I found several examples, after a quick search. The attached photo was the best.

#nature #Scotland #Highlands

fitheach, 9 months ago to keto

Coming soon...

I made cheesie pancakes as a breakfast accompaniment, using lupin and coconut flours. They were really nice. I need to get Greek yoghurt to perfect the recipe, and I'll also take photos. Follow-up post will have the complete recipe.

#keto #food

fitheach, 9 months ago to random

Does anyone else do this?

I thought things were really quiet yesterday. Does no-one love me?

Then I realised the "Do Not Disturb", that I had enabled during the funeral, was still enabled. 🙄

fitheach, 10 months ago to vim

I've just noticed that a search for "vi" on some search engines (Google and Startpage, for example) returns "Did you mean: emacs" as the first result.

Likewise, a search for "emacs" returns "Did you mean: vi".

I love this editor wars humour. 😃

#vi #vim #emacs #Linux #Unix #FOSS

Screenshot of a search for "emacs" on Startpage, showing the result "Did you mean: vi".

fitheach, 7 months ago to movies

We all know that the US is stuck using US customary units. Except, in the movies, major criminals always use "kilos" or "Ks" when discussing large quantities of cocaine or heroin. It's good to know that the drug dealers are helping to bring the US towards using the metric system.

#movies #metric

fitheach, 4 months ago to cars

A heads-up for car manufacturers.

When one turns off the ignition, the windscreen wipers should immediately stop in whatever position they are at. The wipers should not return to their rest position.

It is a time-honoured tradition that one would stop the wipers in their upright position, as a means to hold a windscreen blanket in place. This means the blanket stays in-place, & acts as a frost prevention measure.

My current car, and two previous vehicles, return the wipers to rest.

#cars

fitheach, 4 months ago to Dogs

To-day, when we were heading to the #DogWalk we went down the ploughed & salted glen road. It was easier to walk there than the deep snow on the verges.

As we were walking down, a large 4x4 tooted at us to get out of the way.

5 mins later, we caught up with the 4x4. It was stuck in the snow on the first uphill section. I offered them my "husky" to pull them up.

Later, we found the 4x4 abandoned at the bottom of the hill.

Laugh? I nearly wet myself laughing.

#Gruoch DogsOfMastodon #dogs

Gruoch investigating the abandoned 4x4

fitheach, 6 months ago to edinburgh

Edinburgh wildlife.

#Gruoch was barking at something in the garden. Upon investigation I discovered this chap(ess) sitting on the garden fence.

I know, I know, Grey Squirrels are two a penny in the city. However, still nice when they come to the garden. Not his/her fault they are an invasive species.

#Edinburgh #Scotland #nature #photo

fitheach, 3 months ago to random

At long last, I've done it.

I've registered my .scot domain.
http://fitheach.scot

I've been meaning to do this for years. Thankfully, no-one else thought to register the domain, in the meantime.

In the next few days I'll move the website to the new domain. At the moment the .scot redirects to .co.uk

I'll keep both domains, with the .scot as the primary domain for all my activities.

fitheach, 5 months ago to random

That's the working year finished. I'm on holiday until January 8th, 2024.

Woohoo! 🎉

fitheach, 1 year ago to random

It is really sunny here, again. Getting used to this summer weather.

It's lovely having a Mediterranean climate. 😃

#Highlands #Scotland

fitheach, 17 days ago to politics

UK General Election on July 4th.
I wish it was Independence Day.

#Yes #politics #Scotpol