Up to 49 Up now. So 2005/6. Some have dropped out though, but I understand they will all be back for 70 Up.

The APC UPS arrived and its all set up. It's all rather boring - it just sits there and does its thing. I only have 2 NAS connected so far as I'll have to wait for these other leads for the other bits and bobs. The Synology NAS are clever in that the one that's connected to the UPs acts as a UPS server in that it will gracefully shutdown the other client Syno NAS when required.

The Last Frontier -  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26862142/ - the first episode was excellent, and one wonders how this story could continue for another 9 one-hour long ones. The Alaskan scenery is fantastic though and the acting is very, very good.

Would it help if we could make a donation to help with the running costs James?

The power tripped in our house yesterday, which is a right PITA with all the network devices I have around. Bit the bullet and just ordered an APC UPS from Amazon - mainly to cover 3 of my Synology NAS. I also need some IEC C14 Plug to UK Sockets, so despite the UPS coming tomorrow the leads are coming 20th August - phookin' Amazon.

I think everyone should put up their top 5 stinkers and weight them, so no1 gets 5 points etc. Create the compilation from the top 10 highest scorers:

1. Mystic Rhythms
2. Big Money
3. Dog Years
4. Bravest Face
5. Force Ten  (this is not that bad, but it's the song that started to turn me off Rush in the mid 80s)

We are watching 7 Up from the very beginning. It started in 1963 with the group at 7 year old. Currently watching 28 Up (1984) and trying to get them all in before 70 Up is aired later this year. An absolutely fascinating watch, my only gripe is how repetitive it is - but that's due to us watching them all close together, whereas I supposed they were meant to be watched every 7 years. What really strikes me now is how miserable they all seem to be, was it really like that in the 70s? It's all on ITVX.

I picked these 2 up from Burning Shed for a mere £18:

Echorec - The Island (LP, 2020)
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Comedy of Errors - Time Machine (LP, 2022)
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Series 3 of The Terror. The first season was excellent and begins with the Royal Navy's polar explorer ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The ships are frozen and trapped in the ice, and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions and each other, while being stalked by an elusive menace. The second season is about a Japanese community held in interment camps in California during WWII. It's not too bad, but nowhere near as good as the first season. Season 3 is set in an asylum where a normal joe gets interred against his will whilst facing a menacing patient locked behind a silver door - only 6 eps and it's ok but nothing to shout about (Dan Stevens stars).

This album is no.1 on RYM for 2026 so far. I'm not sure about yet as needs a few more listens:

Hesse Kassel - Morir Saltando (LP, 2026)
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Finished Project Hail Mary. Even if you've seen the excellent movie, this book is still worth a go.

Now back to Cixin Liu - a book of short stories called The Wandering Earth; it's as good as all his other stuff. There are actually 2 Chinese movies called The Wandering Earth (1 and 2) which I've got to watch. The book's version is very short and I think the film makers have taken the basic idea and forced it over 2 long movies somehow. Reading the synopsis of both the second film is more closely based on the book story:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7605074/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13539646/

All my favourites have already been mentioned (Steptoe and Son, Fawlty Towers etc.) so I'll turn my attention to US ones, which are few tbh:

Married... with Children I always liked, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show was worth a watch. But the one my wife and I have always loved was Malcolm in the Middle and I've watched all the episodes more than twice - the recent remake wasn't bad but felt a bit too forced. MASH was superb too. What I hate with US shows is the formulaic format like Friends/The Big Bang Theory/Roseanne - the way they jump from scene to scene. Malcolm in the Middle wasn't like this at all which is why I probably liked it. Still, none of them are a patch of the best UK shows though.

https://www.xda-developers.com/caddy-reverse-proxy-integrates-with-opnsense/

Caddy handles everything for you, it's like magic. Nothing extra with Certs and the like, Caddy handles all that. You just need a domain name, I get 4 free from Dynu so I use a very simple caddy file with the 4 instructions for each. Like this and then just start Caddy:

domain.1.org {
    reverse_proxy 192.168.1.xx:xxxx
}

 domain.2.org  {
    reverse_proxy 192.168.1.xx:xxxx
}

 domain.3.org  {
    reverse_proxy 192.168.1.xx:xxxx
}

 domain.3.org  {
    reverse_proxy 192.168.1.xx:xxxx
}

Quote from: Fishy on July 21, 2026, 01:50:38 PMso was looking at a password manager and came across vaultwarden for docker... chatgpt suggested i use a reverse proxy (nginx) which id never used.... so have been immersed with that the last few days... now got it working and can now set domain names instead of ip add:port numbers.. move a few others things into the reverse proxy such as homer speedtest uptimekuma and dockhand..

I know you've got nginx working for a reverse proxy now, but believe me, Caddy v2 is so, so much simpler to use. It really is just a case of install and a simple one-liner to get it working. I looked at nginx, gulped, then moved over to Caddy.