Home
Welcome to my blog. This is mainly about IT, information management and Cyber Security with occasional forays into general technology, science and maybe even politics and beliefs.
I welcome feedback on this site and its content. Please use the contact form if you spot anything amiss with the site and use Disqus to talk about any of the articles.
There are 301 pages currently on this site. 235 blog posts, 60 knowledgebase pages, 6 about pages and 0 project pages.
Latest posts and knowledgebase articles
How-to show a Message of the Day (MOTD) at the Windows Command Prompt
One of the features available under UNIX is the Message of the Day (MOTD). This is run every time you start a command prompt and displays the content of a file. In addition, the UNIX shells allow all sorts of stuff to be run and configured every time you start a new prompt using the .profile and .bashrc command files. Windows users don’t generally expect that kind of flexibility from their command prompts.
Migrated from WordPress to Hugo and Netlify
The migration from WordPress is now completed. This blog and the new Knowledgebase are generated using Hugo and hosted with Netlify.
How to create a page toc
If you want to generate a table of contents list (toc) for a markdown file, you can use the native Kramdown feature.
Add Disqus to Jekyll pages
Example code to add to every page as a footer to enable the Disqus comments service.
Jekyll/Liquid Variable Filters
A comprehensive list of filters available to modify/format Jekyll variables.
Jekyll/Liquid Tags
This is a list of tags that can be used in Jekyll.
Jekyll and Liquid reference information
Some reference sites and links for Jekyll and Liquid.
How to generate a list of pages in a given folder
The following code automatically generates a list of pages that exist in a given folder.
How to generate a list of collection documents
The following code automatically generates a list of collection documents.
It assumes that the collection uses output: true and optionally includes a collection title and description defined in the _config.yml configuration file.
List of problems and issues with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
While sites generated using GitHub pages can use Jekyll to enhance them, there are some limitations and, it seems, a number of problems.
Jekyll default variables
These are the default attributes (variables) that you get with each part of the Jekyll domain.
Alternate static site generators to Jekyll
Jekyll is built on Ruby which is a pain to work with on Windows. It also doesn’t match my chosen development language of JavaScript. Here are some possible alternatives to Jekyll along with some strengths and weaknesses.
BitLocker issues and fixes
BitLocker allows you to fully encrypt drives. It can be enabled so that it protects drives before boot. It also allows administrative recovery keys. However, sometimes it can go wrong.
Hugo Cloud Deployment with Netlify
Netlify is a great cloud-based hosting and CDN service. It has great support for Hugo and other static site builders and is easily integrated into cloud-based GIT services. This makes deployment and updates a snap.
On this page, we list a few snippets of information that help us remember how to do things.
Hugo Benefits and Issues
A discussion of Hugo vs Jekyll and WordPress.
