Using VS Code to Create a 6502 Hello World
Some of you will be looking at this title and thinking: “What the…?“. Others will be transported back in time to little beauties such as this: So what exactly is…
Category Archives: general
Using PowerShell to Set Files to Read-Only
We’ve recently set up a monitoring system at work where if all goes well with a file-based database integrity check, logs are created, an email is sent saying so, and…
Googling Yourself
I’ve been thinking about my blog for a while and how I have had a long period where I hadn’t updated it. Out of the blue, I felt a sudden…
Being Content with Contentful
Work is really interesting right now because we have a range of projects on the go so there is lots to do and learn. One of the interesting technologies we’re…
Using SSH With GitHub
SSH is really the way to go when it comes to pushing your changes to GitHub but every now and then, I need to set it up but forget what…
Prolific USB to Serial Driver Fun
I’ve got an old Garmin E Trex H which, whilst being a little old in the tooth, still works and gives some great, accurate GPS readings. The last time I…
Hunting for Rabbits in GitHub
GitHub is an amazing resource as well all know, but have you ever come across a large project which was hosted there and found you needed to hunt for something?…
100 Days of GitHub
In case you haven’t heard of it before, GitHub is a web-based repository (based on Git), that provides distributed source-code control. A mouthful? Definitely! So, in short, it’s a web-based…
Adding Emoticons to your GitHub Repository
I’ve often seen people using small graphic emoticons on their GitHub pages and quite fancied having some on mine, but never got round to actually doing it. That is, until…
2015 Review
As I thought about writing a review, I couldn’t help but feel a little self-conscious. Have I done enough to warrant one? Is it worth reading by anyone else? Who…
Programming is for Nerds
I was recently at a library where I picked up an interesting looking little book, before flicking through it. Intriguingly named Programming Pearls (by Jon Bentley), it was something I had been looking…