2026  2

July  1

ZSA Voyager Keyboard

July 8, 2026 · 6 min · Neil Grogan

June  1

Go Bag Pt. 2

June 30, 2026 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2025  2

August  1

Kubernetes and Nix Cluster

August 29, 2025 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

January  1

Picade

January 19, 2025 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2024  3

October  2

20 Years of this Blog

October 24, 2024 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Framework 13 AMD

October 12, 2024 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

April  1

HomeAssistant Yellow Review

April 21, 2024 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2022  2

November  1

Convert Bank Transactions XLS to CSV in Python

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

September  1

Linux, Freesat and Saorview

September 1, 2022 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2020  2

May  2

Ubiquiti Unifi with Sonos on a separate VLAN

May 22, 2020 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

Ubuntu 20.04 Vagrant with Packer

May 2, 2020 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2019  3

November  1

Ubiquiti Home Network

November 10, 2019 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

May  1

Scraping Transaction Data from KBC Bank

May 13, 2019 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

February  1

Using IPv6 with Docker Compose on Ubuntu Server

February 8, 2019 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2018  4

May  1

Learning Org Mode

May 20, 2018 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

February  1

Favourite Podcasts

February 1, 2018 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

January  2

Python 3 In-Memory Zip File

January 14, 2018 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

The year of self hosting

January 3, 2018 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2017  2

July  1

Scraping Data from your Bank in Python

July 12, 2017 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

February  1

Slack Bots for Work

February 16, 2017 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2016  15

November  2

Run Command on SSH Login

November 30, 2016 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

iOS Shells, Prompt vs. Mosh

November 15, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

October  1

Plain Text Accounting

October 10, 2016 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

September  1

Newsfast MSc Project in UCD

September 7, 2016 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

August  1

Automatic Newsletter Cleanup in Gmail

August 19, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

July  1

iPad Pro Review

July 13, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

May  1

Remote: Office Not Required

May 1, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

April  2

Mechanical Keyboards

April 15, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Ulysses App

April 1, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

March  2

Roost Laptop Stand

March 15, 2016 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Maintainable Software Book

March 1, 2016 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

February  2

Dashing Dashboards

February 15, 2016 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

Fill hours worked in SAP Netweaver Automatically

February 1, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

January  2

Automated ‘Push’ Restaurant menu

January 10, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Adventures with Docker

January 2, 2016 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2015  7

December  1

Deliveries App

December 1, 2015 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

October  2

Adventures with React

October 22, 2015 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Automatically Decline and Delete or Accept and Delete Outlook 2010 Meetings

October 6, 2015 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

September  2

Editorial App

September 10, 2015 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Go Bag(s)

September 1, 2015 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

August  2

Services I pay for

August 26, 2015 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Apple Watch Stand

August 23, 2015 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

2014  11

November  4

Soulver App

November 17, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Drafts App

November 16, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

De’Longhi Magnifica ESAM4200 Bean to Cup

November 13, 2014 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Mac Mini Server

November 12, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

October  1

All Music Radio

October 9, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

September  4

Going on Holidays? Check these Gadgets

September 13, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Math can help you outsmart the MTA

September 12, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Bell Curve is Wrong

September 11, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

iPhone 6 and Apple Watch

September 10, 2014 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

March  1

Full Stack Web Application with Node.js Tutorial

March 31, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

January  1

CSThesis: Create Professional looking thesis

January 10, 2014 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

2013  10

December  2

Why GNU Grep is fast

December 10, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Fish Shell for Ubuntu and OS X

December 8, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

September  1

MSc in Computer Science at UCD

September 1, 2013 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

August  2

Quickly navigate your filesystem

August 20, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Visit to CERN

August 3, 2013 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

June  1

SSH Config Aliases

June 20, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

May  1

Custom Colourful Bash Prompt

May 10, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

April  1

Document it Please

April 22, 2013 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

March  1

Tor Talks

March 9, 2013 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

January  1

Stitcher is (audio) podcasts done right

January 22, 2013 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2012  23

December  1

First Experiences with an ARM Chromebook

December 8, 2012 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

October  2

Chrome vs. Internet Explorer Audience

October 30, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Grab the Popcorn!

October 2, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

September  1

Tonsillectomy

September 9, 2012 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

August  2

The Linux Desktop has a place

August 30, 2012 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Review of Steve Jobs Biography

August 13, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

July  1

What’s in your dock?

July 23, 2012 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

May  2

Programming is hard

May 7, 2012 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Notepad++: A Great Windows Editor

May 1, 2012 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

April  2

Record your terminal session

April 29, 2012 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Ikea in the TV Business?

April 27, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

March  1

The @ACR884 Tech Slot #005

March 19, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

February  3

The @ACR884 Tech Slot #004

February 20, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

The Best Cookbook

February 4, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Very Simple Java Twitter Bot (Twitter4J)

February 1, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

January  8

Irish SOPA Law: An Overview

January 25, 2012 · 0 min · Neil Grogan

Is 4K the new 3D? - The Networked Society Blog

January 23, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Nuke support in UK hits record high

January 21, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447

January 18, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone?

January 18, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

@ACR884 Tech Slot #003 – eReaders

January 16, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

@ACR884 Tech Slot #001 - Phones

January 12, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

@ACR884 Tech Slot #002 - Tablets

January 12, 2012 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

2011  23

December  1

Don’t get a Kindle

December 3, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

November  4

All About Platforms

November 26, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Hollywood Tech

November 22, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Faster with Arch

November 19, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Website Improvements

November 1, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

September  1

Reflection on 9-11

September 12, 2011 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

August  2

Review of the Motorola Xoom Wifi

August 27, 2011 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

Plantronics .655 USB Headset Review

August 16, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

July  1

Tech Video Podcasts Worth Watching

July 13, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

June  4

The Paradox of Choice

June 30, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Accidental Sea - When Humans Disappear

June 29, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Software Engineering Job

June 13, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Inter-railing around Europe

June 2, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

May  5

Final Year of Honours Degree, Complete

May 25, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Mobile Carrier Charges

May 19, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Waterfall

May 14, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Cleaning your PS3’s fans?

May 11, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

GeoCampus

May 9, 2011 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

March  1

Sennheiser HD595 Review

March 5, 2011 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

February  3

iPhone 4 Review

February 18, 2011 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Thoughts on IPv6

February 9, 2011 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Output Percentage of File (Bash code)

February 5, 2011 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

January  1

Blogging like a H4x0r

January 31, 2011 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2010  15

November  1

My Top Chrome Extensions

November 22, 2010 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

October  3

First Video Blog!

October 29, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

iPad Evolution?

October 26, 2010 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Alternative Interpretation of the Prodigy

October 1, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

August  1

Garmin Zumo 660 Motorcycle GPS

August 4, 2010 · 8 min · Neil Grogan

June  2

BSc in Computing

June 20, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Haiku: Open Source BeOS clone

June 6, 2010 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

May  3

WebM promises Open Web Video

May 30, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Honda Bros Motorcycle

May 24, 2010 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

A Bit of Bau

May 3, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

April  1

Donating to Charity

April 1, 2010 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

March  2

Computer Graphics: Bauhaus Chess Design

March 17, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Interview - Being a Woman in Computer Science

March 9, 2010 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

January  2

Technology New Years Resolutions

January 4, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Dogs chew things?

January 3, 2010 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

2009  16

December  5

Best KDE/Linux?

December 12, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?

December 7, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Pulp Fiction theme

December 4, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Cheesy Intel Ad

December 2, 2009 · 0 min · Neil Grogan

Yamaha Majesty 400c Review

December 1, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

November  3

Sony Subsidises Supercomputers for the US Military?

November 30, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Nuclear Power Debates… why not in Ireland?

November 28, 2009 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

Is a Mac Pro overpriced?

November 24, 2009 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

April  2

3G Coverage in Ireland

April 20, 2009 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

iPhone 3G Review

April 9, 2009 · 7 min · Neil Grogan

March  3

Eircom Responds…

March 26, 2009 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Love letter to IRMA’s Solicitor

March 7, 2009 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

This post is censored by IRMA

March 7, 2009 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

January  3

Linux Desktop Environments?

January 26, 2009 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Ubuntu in four years

January 21, 2009 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

KDE 4.2 Beta 2

January 4, 2009 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

2008  18

December  1

Firefox and Opera lead the web video way

December 9, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

November  6

Profiling Firefox Extensions I have installed

November 29, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Research proves video games lack harm

November 27, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

SSH Guide

November 17, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Web Multimedia Project 1

November 16, 2008 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Gmail Video Chat

November 13, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Innovation Right Here - Dept. of Education is Wrong

November 12, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

October  2

Domo Arigato, Mr.Roboto

October 25, 2008 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Hurling - Four in a row?

October 19, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

September  3

Geek Thug - “I Had to Beat Up a Girl”

September 25, 2008 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Yamaha YQ Aerox - best moped ever?

September 17, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Wordpress 2.6

September 10, 2008 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

June  1

Summer - One Month On…..

June 29, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

May  1

I’ve decided - I’m decidedly middle class

May 14, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

April  1

Will Google Buy Skype?

April 9, 2008 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

February  2

Letter to EU Commissioner on 95 Year Copyright Extension [Updated]

February 16, 2008 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

Why I think Amarok rocks….

February 14, 2008 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

January  1

A few days with A Nokia N810

January 13, 2008 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

2007  38

October  4

Apple Mac OS X: the most popular Desktop Unix?

October 21, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Nokia N810 Tablet to hit the shops soon…

October 21, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Linux and Patents: Just Patently Wrong

October 12, 2007 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Planning the Computer Build

October 9, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

September  5

Computer Systems - Dismantling PC’s is fun!

September 27, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Apple - Play Nice….

September 15, 2007 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Comp Sci - An Interview with Stanford’s Undegraduate Professor

September 7, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Review of the Official Ubuntu Book, Second Edition (2007)

September 4, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown

September 1, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

August  5

Microsoft settles with Eolas over Internet Explorer

August 31, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Gutsy coming along, Update to Dell Windows Refund..

August 29, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Dell refunds me for Windows!

August 21, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Have you got viruses or spyware? Here’s my tips!

August 16, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Seven financial reasons not to use Windows

August 6, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

July  2

HP to Follow Dell into Open Source? and Ubuntu Home Server

July 8, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Windows Vista Security - Better than Linux?

July 3, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

June  3

Threats to Democracy

June 26, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Leopard - Worth the wait?

June 16, 2007 · 4 min · Neil Grogan

HP Photosmart R927 Review

June 14, 2007 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

May  5

Bill Gates lists Vista ‘innovations’

May 29, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Dell Sells Ubuntu 7.04

May 26, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Update on RTE and the Creative Commons

May 17, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Irish Elections and Creative Commons

May 6, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Kerataconus and Me

May 6, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

April  3

Ultimate Games Disc

April 16, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Apple / EMI Deal - Thank the EU?

April 4, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

My Top 10 Applications of 2007

April 1, 2007 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

March  3

Mac iPod Video Tutorial

March 11, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Tor helps Privacy

March 10, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Open Sourcing your CV

March 1, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

February  4

UK Parliamentary debate “Copyright is not a pension fund”

February 17, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Updates and New look

February 14, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Nokia N800 Review

February 11, 2007 · 5 min · Neil Grogan

Vista is released; Ubuntu gets .exe!

February 2, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

January  4

My Plan to Digitise my past, for the future

January 30, 2007 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

BBC to host Multi-OS Debate and My First Web Auction

January 25, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Get the facts, about “Get the Facts”

January 21, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Engineering Drawing

January 14, 2007 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

2006  36

December  6

New Widget for our RSS feed!

December 31, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Video iPod and Freespire

December 30, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Free Domain name off AOL, too good to be true?

December 19, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Irish Blog Awards

December 13, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Nokia 6234 Video Test

December 10, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Home made server…

December 5, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

November  4

IEDR too stringent? Sorry about my email!

November 19, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Wiki goes live, downtime and Macbook Back!

November 12, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Broken Macbook Update Part II

November 3, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Macbook Issue Identified

November 1, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

October  4

Internet Explorer thanks Firefox, sincerely?

October 26, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Blog Updates, Calendar Updates, broken Macbook

October 25, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Best Bush Satire, Ever.

October 18, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Google buy YouTube, GTalk for everyone and Blogger Bliss

October 10, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

August  3

Macbook Update, Fonero Haven, Commercial Darknet and College!

August 16, 2006 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Why I am getting an Apple MacBook

August 12, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Law and the Interweb

August 2, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

July  2

New Design, Ranking, Gmail Hosted, OS 2006 Finale and YouOS

July 12, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

My Letter to U.S. Dept of Commerce, RE: The Future of the Internet

July 3, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

June  2

Questions, Hosting and IT 2006!

June 23, 2006 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

FON, New Job and Commuting!

June 4, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

May  2

Nuclear or Nothing?

May 11, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Best Radio Podcasts

May 2, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

April  4

Spam, will it ever stop?

April 29, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Google will organise your life

April 16, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Ekiga’s Vorbis

April 13, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Europe’s New Voice

April 9, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

March  6

Bebo and Beyond..

March 28, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Mozilla’s Millions

March 26, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Just Klik it!

March 25, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Virtual Ubuntu

March 10, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Linux VS. Windows

March 6, 2006 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Gallery, Riots and Policy Change

March 2, 2006 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

February  1

German Trip

February 13, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

January  2

Wiki, Awards and Wifi

January 22, 2006 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

New Year, Lets Review!

January 6, 2006 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2005  8

December  8

Million Dollars, Nice!

December 30, 2005 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

Click Online

December 23, 2005 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Google Video

December 23, 2005 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

December 23, 2005 · 3 min · Neil Grogan

Eurosceptics

December 17, 2005 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

The Future…..

December 16, 2005 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

In Sickness and in Health!

December 14, 2005 · 1 min · Neil Grogan

Wireless, New Design and Web Services

December 10, 2005 · 2 min · Neil Grogan

2004  1

October  1

Duey Finster

October 24, 2004 · 1 min · Neil Grogan