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I just finished serving on a jury
Dublin

I just finished serving on a jury

We delivered our verdict this week, and I feel like I’m only just starting to decompress about the whole experience. My jury service started last week, but it wasn’t until the third day of attending the court house that I actually got selected to serve on a jury. Jury selection The actual jury selection process […]

13th May 202313th May 2023Court Case, Jury Duty, Jury Selection, Jury Service
Publishing WordPress blog posts on Mastodon
Internet

Publishing WordPress blog posts on Mastodon

Since the usage of Mastodon exploded last November a number of online publishing tools such as Tumbler and Medium have started supporting the ActivityPub protocol that underpins Mastodon. What I didn’t realise however is that there’s a WordPress plugin called ActivityPub that enables folk to publish their blog posts using the protocol. It means that […]

21st April 202321st April 2023ActivityPub, Blogging, Mastodon
Targeting emission kilometres
Environment

Targeting emission kilometres

Ireland’s Climate Action Plan has a target to have 30% of private cars powered by electric by 2030 – or a total of 945,000 vehicles. And they have backed up this target by providing grants and incentives to encourage people to buy electric vehicles (EVs). But are they targeting the wrong thing? As an example, […]

9th March 20239th March 2023Air Pollution, Climate Action Plan, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Transport
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 doesn’t auto detect my cycling
Technology

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 doesn’t auto detect my cycling

I got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 as a gift for a recent birthday, and for the most part I really like it, but there’s one thing that annoys me. The watch can automatically detect a number of activities, including walking, running, elliptical trainers, rowing machines, dynamic workouts, and swimming. But for some reason they […]

7th March 20237th March 2023Smart Watch
4 quick and easy ways to improve your online security
Internet

4 quick and easy ways to improve your online security

If you have one New Year’s resolution this year, let it be to get on top of your online security. We all have so much information about us stored online these days – whether it’s financial information, private messages, or family photos stored in online albums. And we all have a part to play to […]

10th January 202327th January 2023Online, Security, Two Factor Authentication
Having another listen to my iPod Classic
Music

Having another listen to my iPod Classic

I was clearing through a box of ‘wires’ the other week, and found my old Apple iPod Photo – also known as an iPod Classic 4th Generation – which I’ve had since it was released in 2004. It had sat unused in a protective tweed cloth sleeve for a decade or more, and I was […]

10th January 202310th January 2023iPod, Music, Retro Tech
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This blog is written by Richard Bloomfield who lives in Dublin, Ireland. I write about stuff that interests me - technology, singing, cycling, and a myriad of other topics.

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  • Richard Bloomfield – Product Owner
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  • Mobile billing failure with Vodafone Ireland
  • EdFringe systems failure
  • Simple Pleasures
  • My company reads my secure web traffic
  • That time I wrote an email system

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