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2018

Let's get certified!
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It’s been a long time between drinks for certifications that I have achieved personally.
Finding a string across an entire filesystem in Linux
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After coming back from a extra long holiday and noting that I hadn’t received any monitor tweets in a while from my Raspberry Pi, I thought it was a good time to login and make sure everything was running as before.
Keeping your Pi-Hole container fresh with Cron
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In our previous entry, we unleashed the awesome that is Pi-Hole inside a Docker container to make all the devices in our network ad-free when browsing the internet.
Running Pi-hole on Docker
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The other day I had a friend ask advice on what seemed to be a DNS related issue.

2017

Cleaning up in Docker - Part 1
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So you have read how to get Docker on your Raspberry Pi, had a play around and now you have containers, images and volumes running wild.
Running Containers with Docker on Raspberry Pi
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In the previous blog post, we setup and configured Docker on the Raspberry Pi.
Setup Docker on Raspberry Pi
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Creators Update for Windows 10 brings new Windows Linux Subsystem features
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Windows 10 Creators Update was made available to the masses on Tuesday gone by.
Going headless with the Raspberry Pi
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At some point last year I decided to expand my love of Pi from the A+ unit I have played with over the last couple of years to a shiny Zero (which has since been replaced with the Zero W which includes Wireless and Bluetooth) and the Unicorn pHAT from the pirates at Pimoroni.

2016

How to uninstall & reinstall Windows Subsystem for Linux
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Now that the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been released to the masses in Windows 10 Anniversary Update and you have have installed the feature and had a play, What happens if you want to start from scratch and reset everything to a fresh state?