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I now have a blog. Which is new, no idea if it will be interesting, but it exists. Along with a first post: blog.alastairtemple.co.uk/post

Also absolutely no idea why the "tags" index page styling is broken. Ah well a problem for future me.

@smilingdemon @mbt3d No HTTPS, I'm not going to fall for this trap. I've always suspected you're a Russian hacker. 😆

@metin @mbt3d yeah I need to sort that out. My webhosting provided got bought out last summer by 123-reg and nominally I was getting the "same product", but I discovered last night they have removed the lets-encrypt CPanel plugin for doing easy SSL certs. Sigh.

@smilingdemon @mbt3d I hear you. My provider needs to extend my SSL certificate, and I've been getting tens of automated e-mails about the SSL that's about to expire for weeks now. 😖

It's all Google's fault. They pushed the HTTPS hysteria.

Mark B Tomlinson

@metin @smilingdemon Yea it is over the top, for read-only sites totally unnecessary, only needed if your logging in or sharing some form of data over the wires.