Andy Neillans
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andy.neillans.co.uk
Andy Neillans
@andy.neillans.co.uk
Developer (too many languages), cloud and system architect and general geek. Lover of astrophotography, all things infosec and "lets break stuff". MS / FND “sufferer”.

More active (well not so much either): https://infosec.exchange/@neillans
Watched the latest The Witcher series. Not a fan of the recast :/
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Having an inhome electric monitoring display thingy is bad and addictive.
August 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Finally got my act together and setup a Pixelfed instance to get my ass properly off Instagram. Feel free to go poke!

photos.neillans.co.uk/andy

#photography
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And the worst most stupid reporting reward goes to Sky News. Who just assume that Microsoft control ALL updates to the platform. Of course. Everything *must* go through them. Vendors can't do their own updates.

news.sky.com/story/micros...
Microsoft has serious questions to answer after what could be the biggest IT outage in history
There are questions too for anyone whose livelihood depends on IT products made by an increasingly powerful oligopoly of tech companies.
news.sky.com
July 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Yup. I broke Sky Mobile's processes by having a mobile on their system that isn't my account's main contact mobile. I can't get any automated stuff to work as it just shits the bed. Yay.
December 14, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Urgh I hate cutting dog's claws ... and then feel so bad when they move and you catch the quick on the LAST claw. *sigh* At least this little girl is good with it and just sits and waits.
November 22, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Reposted by Andy Neillans
Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.

Availability is doing the right thing, at any time, day or night.

Confidentiality is doing the right thing and keeping it secret.

This concludes today's episode of Information Security Aphorisms.
September 19, 2023 at 2:16 AM
The messages that put fear in your heart. "The battery on your wireless mouse is critical". And you can't find the charging cable.
September 15, 2023 at 8:15 AM
It might be Tuesday, but I'm already missing the weekend. Can it hurry up and be no-longer-working-time please?
August 1, 2023 at 6:22 AM
Going back through some photos this afternoon hunting for test images, and I keep finding Astrophotography stuff. I really want to start getting back into this.
July 2, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Absolutely stunned with the insanity that is going on with Twitter. A guy buys the site for Billions. Makes insane choices, basically burns it to the ground, forcing advertisers to flee, then puts rate limits on to "stop scraping". How on earth is he thinking this is good business?
July 2, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Very tired little old lady this morning. Grumbling that I woke her.
June 13, 2023 at 4:28 AM
How on earth can this make sense ?!? How can this promote a safe platform? (Note: It cant)
Musk says he wants to remove the blocking feature on Twitter
June 8, 2023 at 7:44 AM
It’s one of those rare days where there’s not many meetings and I’m actually able to do work.
Somethings going to happen isn’t it ?
June 5, 2023 at 12:29 PM
If you want something in this life that will stick by you through everything … get a dog. No bullshit, no lies, no motives (apart from feeding 😂).

(Yeah I’m jaded on relationships 🙃)
June 3, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Loving the nice warm weather here in the UK (finally), but it makes me want to just sit with a drink ... and nap.

Hmm - guess there's nothing wrong with that 🍻
May 29, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Really trying to work out the "vibe" of BlueSky. We've gotten into a situation now with so many fractured places of social media, can it even be called social media anymore?
May 24, 2023 at 1:55 PM