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Fixing BT TV - Ubiquiti IPC6023

Fixing BT TV - Ubiquiti IPC6023

Since the upgrade to FTTP there has been an expodential increase on internet speed to our house, along with the package from BT we had their new TV box that offers steaming live TV with Catchup and Ondemand. All these services would work seemlessly with BT's Router however

Twitter Twint Scanner

Twitter Twint Scanner

In this experiment i will be writing a script that imports the Twint plugin that enables you to scan Twitter without the use of an API. The script will prompt the user for some basic keywords then it will scrape twitter and return results within the terminal. First off we

Writing Python code, Coffee Shop Script.

Writing Python code, Coffee Shop Script.

My journey started with Python back when i had a Raspberry Pi2 b+ and a PiGlow module that had a series of lights that you could control with writing some basic Python code. To get back into the flow of writing code i decided to go back and learn some

Setting up Ghost on Docker using Synology Ds918+ internal network.

Setting up Ghost on Docker using Synology Ds918+ internal network.

While setting up a blog can be relatively easy in today's overload of social applications i wanted to go that little further by setting up a Ghost blog on a local instance using my Synology DS918+. First off i needed to install the Docker application that is available

Using that spare HDD / SSD for a Virtual Machine playground.

Using that spare HDD / SSD for a Virtual Machine playground.

A few months ago i found myself having a spare SSD as i sold my loyal Macbook Pro 2013 ( yes i do miss the keyboard very much) So what can i do with this spare drive that's useful ? First off I decided to house the SSD in a