Registering a Kindle DX with Amazon in 2023 - UK edition

by Howard Richardson

Amazon tech support would have you believe that it's impossible to register and use your "obsolete" Kindle DX, but with a little effort it can be made to fully work, including the free Whispernet 3G, as long as that stays switched on in the UK. Here's what I did to make this a reality..

Using Adblock Plus to stop Youtube "Breaking News"

by Howard Richardson

A simple one-line rule to save you from being news-bombed, each time you just want to view some cute dog vids.

The dual-boot bug which causes Windows to go unresponsive

by Howard Richardson

Getting to the bottom of a bug which has plagued my latest PC build. It appears on the surface to be a Windows problem but actually the root of it is GRUB - the dual boot-loader.

Flexible CSS grids with dynamic numbers of columns and minimum column widths

by Howard Richardson

Solving the puzzle of how to equally divide up a space into a different number of columns depending on how wide the browser is.

Resurrecting a water-damaged Sansa Clip+ MP3 player

by Howard Richardson

Or "why you should never listen to a Sansa Clip in the rain"...

How to sort Apple Live Photos when your photo software doesn't recognise them

by Howard Richardson

This is my quick bash script to keep my Live Photos from spiralling out of control. It makes sure real photos and Live Photos stay paired, and moves orphaned Live Photos to a separate directory.

Making a password-protected folder on Contao

by Howard Richardson

Is plain old HTTP authentication compatible with Contao? I attempt to find out!

Moving a blog from Wordpress to Contao 3.5

by Howard Richardson

Here I discuss the solution I came up with for moving 150 blog articles from a Wordpress installation to a new Contao blog, complete with tags and categories.