Nic Wise

Nic Wise

Error 53: when good intentions go very, very wrong

The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/08/apple-under-pressure-lawyers-error-53-codes] > Apple has come under pressure to scrap its controversial policy of permanently disabling repaired iPhone 6s when software is upgraded, following

SSL all the things with Let's Encrypt and nginx

With the stories around the 5 eyes snooping of internet traffic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes] from the likes of Edward Snowden[1], its hard to justify not using SSL for

Homebridge: Homekit without Homekit hardware

We have a few WIFI-connected devices here at Casa Wise - AppleTV, printers and the like, and also a few Belkin WeMo [http://www.belkin.com/us/Products/home-automation/c/wemo-home-automation;jsessionid=AB8C346E763C07D574E90283CE9FB674/

Valet: Keychain done right.

Needless to say, as a bank, we need to have "Bank Grade Security". No, not THAT Bank Grade Security [http://www.troyhunt.com/2015/05/do-you-really-want-bank-grade-security.html], but we do need

Stuff and Nonsense. 2015/16 Personal Edition

So I had one post, and it got too long. So while that was all tech stuff, this is more personal stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The main aim for coming back to NZ (rather than