RFC 1925 turns 30 today. Written by Jon Postel and published on April Fool’s Day / 1 April 1996. The Twelve Networking Truths were framed as a joke. Thirty years later they read less like jokes and...

I think we will start to see ‘AI Hub’ datacentres in a few years, in a similar way that Slough has become the home of finance in the UK. Equinix LD4, LD5, and LD7 didn’t end up there by accident — ...

When configuring BFD between platforms, matching timer values matters — mismatched defaults directly affect failure detection time. Parameter Arista EOS Fortinet FortiOS...

The Broadcom acquisition of VMware handed every HCI competitor a gift. The question was who was positioned to actually catch it. The price hike coverage has been thorough — enterprise customers on...

Early in 2025, I tried Timothy Taylor’s Dark Mild on cask. It was fantastic, I had to brew one once the weather got colder. Interestingly enough, I believe Taylor’s Dark Mild is actually Golden Be...

This is a repeat brew day. Exactly the same kit, the only difference is that I extended the primary fermentation time. Notes Brew Day I properly cleaned the fermenter before starting — twice, to ...

After watching Brew With You — Czech Lager with Radim Zvanovec by The Malt Miller, I finally had a reason to attempt my first homebrew lager. The recipe uses Möst hops — a Charles Faram variety de...

Recipe 22L in the fermenter. Grain 2.75kg - Crisp Maris Otter (Extra Pale) 1.2kg - Simpsons Golden Promise 1.2kg - Flakes Oats 600g - Chit Malt ## Hops 100g Citra LUPOMAX 100g Gal...

This blog runs on tindale.io. I also own tindale.xyz — just in case. On 03/10/2024, the UK Government agreed to hand back sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius — and with it, the futu...

Back in April, I made a post comparing my latency to internet services with SmokePing, after switching ISPs. At midnight on Thursday 25/07/2024, I seemingly started routing onto some new equipment...