After around 12 years with a completely unreadable look and feel I have finally bowed to pressure and switched my WordPress theme over to something sensible. I’m using the Twenty Eleven theme, which is what the old unreadable theme (known as OldSkool) was based on. This change is as a courtesy to my readers, who I do actually value. :)
Category Archives: Web
Early Content #2: Scope Test | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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This video is just me testing the operation and recording of my MSO5074 scope and my signal generator.
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EXAR XR2206 Signal Generator notes |
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Early Content #1: Hello, World | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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Just preparing my lab cameras. This video is a bit sketchy because I made some mistakes during recording. But it is what it is. Hi! :)
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Logitech Brio USB Camera![]() |
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Default Chromium links on Debian
The default toolbar links which ship with Chromium on Debian are:
ChatGPT Shared Links FAQ
Hell yeah! ChatGPT Shared Links FAQ. I see many links in your future.
Default Firefox Links
Note to self: the default links provided by Firefox after install are:
Falsehoods programmers believe about programming
Just re-enjoying this old chestnut: Falsehoods programmers believe about programming.
Blowfish
I found myself reminiscing about my implementation of Blowfish today. It earned me the great honour of being listed on Bruce Schneier’s web page. My implementation made Blowfish compatible across 32-bit signed ints, 64-bit signed ints, and 64-bit floats. I wrote this code coming up on 12 years ago… how time flies.
Presentations by Bret Victor
I just found him but I’m a big fan of Bret Victor.
AT Protocol
So it turns out when they’re talking about the AT Protocol (the Authenticated Transfer Protocol) they are *not* talking about the Hayes AT command set. Just FYI for any old timers around here. :)

