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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.

A crow in flight against the backdrop of a red planet

Get My Ass to Mars - The Crow heads into space

February 24, 2021 Offbeat
Acrylic painting of a handsome man, two children and a dog, playing on a counch

Nostalgia, privacy, and family portraits

February 5, 2021 Offbeat
A computer-generated image of a man's face

Does my face look odd in this? Staying anonymous with Fawkes cloaking tech

January 31, 2021 Privacy
Twiiter logo overlaid on BBC HQ

Don't Trust Auntie. The Beeb allows social networks to track you

January 22, 2021 Privacy
A GPD p2Max being spanned by two fingers

The Teeniest Tiniest Laptop In The West

January 19, 2021 Hardware

Comments on a static site? It's simpler than you think!

December 30, 2020 Self-hosting
An image of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Why does this site look like crap?

December 20, 2020 Self-hosting
Polaroid photographs spilling from an album

Google to limit free photo storage – deploy Photoprism and host your own

December 11, 2020 Self-hosting
Text interface of IRSSI IRC client

G-lined by Undernet? Welcome to the world of 2020

October 15, 2020 Software
A visualisation of the Fediverse

AntiSocial media – The Crow dives headlong into the Fediverse 

July 21, 2020 Self-hosting
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