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David Rutland

David Rutland (99)

David is a freelance writer with a background in print journalism, and a love of Free and Open Source Software. He has been using Linux since the early 2000s, and runs a range of sites and services from a Raspberry Pi perched precariously atop his living room couch. David never passes up a chance to take a stray edX course to better his understanding of technology, humanity, and other, related matters.

David is a terrible guitar player, and he spends his free time touring the British Isles, off-grid, with his caravan and dogs. Occasionally, he writes books. No-one likes them. See what he's up to at davidrutland.com.

Occasionally, he pretends to be a bird.

Linux penguins interspersed between a series of zeros and ones

(Book Review) Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody

December 7, 2021 Books
An image of Grant Schapps overlaid on a blurred and titillating background

A Gov.uk site dedicated to porn? Absolutely. Best of British Porn? Not Quite.

November 25, 2021 Internet
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FreshRSS – Stay safe and never visit another website again 

June 26, 2021 Self-hosting
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Your email is leaking - How much data you give away without ever realising.

June 24, 2021 Privacy
Bust of Karl Marx

Seizing the means of production with an Anycubic Photon Mono Resin Printer.

June 8, 2021 3D Printing
Google logo superimposed over a stack of filing cabinets

This item has been flagged as inappropriate - What google reads in your private docs

May 16, 2021 Security
A solar kettle being heated by the sun

Sun Worshipper - Off Grid With A Solar Kettle. Tried and tested

April 16, 2021 Hardware
A peppered fillet caprese overlaid with the Mealie interface

Mealie - Probably the best self-hosted recipe manager... In the world.

April 11, 2021 Self-hosting
Illustration of an astronaut tethered to a capsule overlaid with the Raspberry Pi logo

Far from the Madding crowd - Geminispace and the smolweb

March 23, 2021 Self-hosting
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He's justified, and he's ancient, and he (may have) burned a million quid - He plans to burn more. What Jimmy Cauty thinks of NFT

March 12, 2021
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