I still enjoy the “Dell’s poker face” from Only fools and horses…

But probably not what you’re aiming for ;)

https://youtu.be/C_fHScmyWTA?

Will it run doom?

For me probably Terry Pratchett’s dwarves. Or TBH quite a lot of his characters…

Nice bag, where’s it from?

I’d split your network into 3 vlans. One for home, one for IoT and one for guest access (probably over WiFi). That way your firewall can handle the access rules.

Yes

This needs a picture of Bruce Willis taped to the front…

Ooh, that reminds me, need to buy a new beard trimmer…

I always liked Dr. Strangelove

I’m not sure, but from a web search this may have some bearing: “Kaspar Hauser of Nuremberg, Germany”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

Just conjecture, as I can find no other references that make sense.

Yes

I’m not an expert (at all), but I presume that opening a door into a thoroughfare risks hitting someone with the door but opening into a room only risks a person ready to leave (and approaching the door head on?)

Just thoughts…

70% of the worlds surface is covered in water. None of that water is fizzy. Therefore the earth is technically flat…

I’ll be my coat, no need to send the pitchforks.

Green bin day for me (tomorrow morning), so get up, fry up, watch footie, mow the grass that hasn’t been touched for a month, bit of other gardening to tidy up / fill bin. Curry out with mates for supper.

Looks like a Jersey Tiger moth

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/identify-moths

Umm, that’s what a real bear would say…

Password manager, 2FA where available (these for security more than privacy). Firefox with ublock, noscript and privacy badger for browsing. PiHole for DNS using standard block lists to remove adverts and trackers.

Great work, as usual, and thank you for being so open about privacy issues - refreshing to see.

I get most of my code from StackOverflow. Sometimes from the answers too.

;)