30 years of Paywalled Articles

2019-03-112020-03-27 — Literature, PhD Diary, Science — 5 min read

I want to take a moment to talk about the availability of scientific articles, in this 30th anniversary of the world wide web.

Poking the wasps nest

2019-03-052020-03-27 — Pets, Photography, Science — 3 min read

I recently had the chance to peek inside a wasps nest that had been taken down, and I took some photos to share.

Enabling Telnet & FTP on the Kobo H2O Edition 2

2019-02-052020-03-27 — Gadgets, Software, Technology — 9 min read

In this post I detail how I went about enabling telnet and FTP support on my e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 Version 2. Yes, that is a mouthful.

Get ShareX to record animated PNG with correct extension

2019-01-222020-03-27 — Software, Technology — 3 min read

How to get ShareX to save APNG recordings with the “png” extension

Remotely accessing a Jupyter notebook

2019-01-152020-03-27 — Personal, PhD Diary — 4 min read

I was recently in a situation where I needed to remotely access a python notebook. Here’s how I went about doing it.

Week 7 & 8: Demos, Tutorials

2018-11-032020-03-27 — Personal, PhD Diary — 1 min read

I recently did some presenting of software and handled a tutorial session for students

Smartcards Slowcards

2018-10-242020-03-27 — Gadgets, Technology, Travel — 5 min read

I recently tried out the ScotRail smartcard system for buying paperless train tickets. The intent is to make journeying easier, however the actual experience is anything but.