Brian Dorey
@briandorey.com
Web designer, Raspberry Pi expansion board maker, smart home tech, VR gamer see more at https://linktr.ee/briandorey
Aurora borealis visible tonight over the Purbeck hills from Swanage, south coast of the UK #northernights #swanage #aurora #auroraborealis
January 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Aurora borealis visible tonight over the Purbeck hills from Swanage, south coast of the UK #northernights #swanage #aurora #auroraborealis
That horrible feeling when a Linux script crashes and breaks the networking and internet access for the house :(
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
That horrible feeling when a Linux script crashes and breaks the networking and internet access for the house :(
Been sorting out files and photos and found pic of my Orange UFO bike from the 90s, it was a limited to a run of 500 frames and cost over 2K back. Was my first full suspension mountain bike and I rode thousands of miles on it. Pace forks, XTR shifters and mechs, XT chainset and Hope wheels
January 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Been sorting out files and photos and found pic of my Orange UFO bike from the 90s, it was a limited to a run of 500 frames and cost over 2K back. Was my first full suspension mountain bike and I rode thousands of miles on it. Pace forks, XTR shifters and mechs, XT chainset and Hope wheels
Intact cuttlefish washed up on the beach at Ocean Bay this afternoon in Swanage, very unusual to find a full cuttlefish on the beach as there are normally loads of the cuttlebones from them at the high tide mark. #nature #cuttlefish #swanage
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Intact cuttlefish washed up on the beach at Ocean Bay this afternoon in Swanage, very unusual to find a full cuttlefish on the beach as there are normally loads of the cuttlebones from them at the high tide mark. #nature #cuttlefish #swanage
Spent a few days working on further optimisation on my project blog at www.briandorey.com/ Reduced the CSS by over 50% and page speeds are now much faster
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Spent a few days working on further optimisation on my project blog at www.briandorey.com/ Reduced the CSS by over 50% and page speeds are now much faster
Modded Shimano Di2 shifter working in Rouvy to change virtual gears #rouvy #indoorcycling #bikemods see the blog post for how to make your own bluetooth shifter www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Modded Shimano Di2 shifter working in Rouvy to change virtual gears #rouvy #indoorcycling #bikemods see the blog post for how to make your own bluetooth shifter www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
New blog post 🚲🔧 I turned a Shimano Di2 shifter into a Bluetooth keyboard, now you can shift gears in virtual cycling apps like Rouvy and MyWhoosh using your bike shifter. Check out the full build (with wiring, soldering & code) www.briandorey.com/post/shimano... #cycling #DIY #bikehack
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New blog post 🚲🔧 I turned a Shimano Di2 shifter into a Bluetooth keyboard, now you can shift gears in virtual cycling apps like Rouvy and MyWhoosh using your bike shifter. Check out the full build (with wiring, soldering & code) www.briandorey.com/post/shimano... #cycling #DIY #bikehack
Legs are going to be sore tomorrow after a 31.6km (19.6 mile) online ride with 1065m (3494 feet) of climbing up the Alpe Du Zwift route on www.zwift.com/uk/news/5753... The climb section is 12.44 km (7.73 mile) ascent with an average gradient of 8.5%
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Legs are going to be sore tomorrow after a 31.6km (19.6 mile) online ride with 1065m (3494 feet) of climbing up the Alpe Du Zwift route on www.zwift.com/uk/news/5753... The climb section is 12.44 km (7.73 mile) ascent with an average gradient of 8.5%
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After repairing the power supply and replacing faulty RAM I have now added a floppy drive and SD card adapter to my vintage BBC Micro Model B computer.
Time for some gaming 80s style!
Read more: andrewdorey.com/post/restori...
#RetroComputing #BBCMicro #8bit #VintageTech
Time for some gaming 80s style!
Read more: andrewdorey.com/post/restori...
#RetroComputing #BBCMicro #8bit #VintageTech
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After repairing the power supply and replacing faulty RAM I have now added a floppy drive and SD card adapter to my vintage BBC Micro Model B computer.
Time for some gaming 80s style!
Read more: andrewdorey.com/post/restori...
#RetroComputing #BBCMicro #8bit #VintageTech
Time for some gaming 80s style!
Read more: andrewdorey.com/post/restori...
#RetroComputing #BBCMicro #8bit #VintageTech
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First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.
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I tried, and failed, to repair a mechanical calculator from the 1940s.
andrewdorey.com/post/monroe-...
andrewdorey.com/post/monroe-...
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I tried, and failed, to repair a mechanical calculator from the 1940s.
andrewdorey.com/post/monroe-...
andrewdorey.com/post/monroe-...
Just finished a new mod: converting Shimano Di2 shifters into Zwift gear shifters using Zwift Click v2 controllers.
Much easier changing gear from the hoods or drops now.
Full post on: www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
#Zwift #Di2 #CyclingTech #indoorcycling
Much easier changing gear from the hoods or drops now.
Full post on: www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
#Zwift #Di2 #CyclingTech #indoorcycling
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just finished a new mod: converting Shimano Di2 shifters into Zwift gear shifters using Zwift Click v2 controllers.
Much easier changing gear from the hoods or drops now.
Full post on: www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
#Zwift #Di2 #CyclingTech #indoorcycling
Much easier changing gear from the hoods or drops now.
Full post on: www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...
#Zwift #Di2 #CyclingTech #indoorcycling
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Folks I’ve made it big- I got offered $250 whole dollars one off payment for a permanent front-page link placement on Pinout.xyz! 😁
Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout
The comprehensive add-on boards & GPIO Pinout guide for the Raspberry Pi
Pinout.xyz
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Folks I’ve made it big- I got offered $250 whole dollars one off payment for a permanent front-page link placement on Pinout.xyz! 😁
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New batch of IO Pi Plus, a 32 channel GPIO Expander for the Raspberry Pi built on our DIY pick and place robot, order today from www.abelectronics.co.uk/p/54/io-pi-p...
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New batch of IO Pi Plus, a 32 channel GPIO Expander for the Raspberry Pi built on our DIY pick and place robot, order today from www.abelectronics.co.uk/p/54/io-pi-p...
Productive morning on the allotment digging in a lot of weeds and compost into the main growing areas with the rotavator and clearing other areas of weeds #growyourown #allotment #ukplants
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Productive morning on the allotment digging in a lot of weeds and compost into the main growing areas with the rotavator and clearing other areas of weeds #growyourown #allotment #ukplants
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This. A thousand times this.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This. A thousand times this.
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The remarkable thing about enshittification isn’t that it happens, but that people keep using the products. Ahem…Twitter.
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
Has life today been enshittified? Cory Doctorow's new book explores
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
www.newscientist.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The remarkable thing about enshittification isn’t that it happens, but that people keep using the products. Ahem…Twitter.
Clearing the old runner bean plants from the allotment today and had a helper come down next to me to pick up some worms and bugs in the soil. #allotment #growyourown #organicfood
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Clearing the old runner bean plants from the allotment today and had a helper come down next to me to pick up some worms and bugs in the soil. #allotment #growyourown #organicfood
Now the owner of a working 5 ¼ inch floppy drive to go with the BBC micro, just need to install the chips in the BBC to add the support. Using the greaseweazle and desktop computer we have been able to read some of the BBC floppy disks. New post soon on andrewdorey.com/
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Now the owner of a working 5 ¼ inch floppy drive to go with the BBC micro, just need to install the chips in the BBC to add the support. Using the greaseweazle and desktop computer we have been able to read some of the BBC floppy disks. New post soon on andrewdorey.com/
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Toolbox Tuesday - Want to find the value of capacitor codes ?
Try the Capacitor Code Calculator at AB Electronics in our Electronics Toolbox.
www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/capaci...
#tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics
Try the Capacitor Code Calculator at AB Electronics in our Electronics Toolbox.
www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/capaci...
#tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Toolbox Tuesday - Want to find the value of capacitor codes ?
Try the Capacitor Code Calculator at AB Electronics in our Electronics Toolbox.
www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/capaci...
#tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics
Try the Capacitor Code Calculator at AB Electronics in our Electronics Toolbox.
www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/capaci...
#tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics
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Here's the text you can copy+paste into the config page search bar:
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.enable
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.enable
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here's the text you can copy+paste into the config page search bar:
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.enable
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.enable
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
AWS down, Reddit Down, Signal not logging in, great start to the week
October 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
AWS down, Reddit Down, Signal not logging in, great start to the week