David B

A screenshot of an email, where the recipients name placeholder has not been populated, resulting in it saying “Hi, [Name, fallback=].

At least set the fallback!

Friends don’t let friends think that RAID is a backup.

Generational wealth (grandfathered into a cheap unlimited mobile data plan)

Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night Every few months or so, somebody asks on social media why a particular DVLA digital service is turned off over night. Rather than answering it every time, I’ve decided to write this post, so I can poi...

A question I’ve had for a while is: why can I not update my driving license details online in the evening. I should have guessed it had one key reason, legacy systems.

A screenshot of a railway track diagram, showing lines and boxes that represent blocks and sections on the track. Instead of 4-character train head codes being shown, signallers have entered a set of messages such as ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ and ‘BAH HUMBUG’.

Always fun to see the Christmas messages left on railway track diagrams by signallers across the country. Found this at Clapham Junction from the London Victoria signallers. #railway #uktrains

A picture of a screen showing the “Your year in Asana” page. Asana is a task management tool.

Looking forward to my Excel wrapped

A screenshot of a configuration policy within Intune, listing a number of account auditing activity settings, with the setting “Account Logon Logoff Audit Logon” highlighted.

When you’ve spent a few hours in Intune and the settings just become a mash of words, it’s fair to say your brain decides it’s had enough.