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  1. 2026 令和8年 3 posts

  2. Building a Local-First Document Workflow Prototype

    A high-level look at a recent client project: turning messy document intake into a structured, auditable workflow without exposing the client details.

    #client work#document processing#ai#typescript 5 min read

  3. Finding My Feet

    Settling into Japan properly: new friends, better health, too many crane games, and personal projects coming back to life.

    #personal#japan#health#projects 4 min read

  4. A long overdue update

    Catching up after a few quiet years, from Sweden and Cyber Lane AB to Japan and Cogent Labs.

    #personal#moving#sweden#japan#work 4 min read
  5. 2017 平成29年 2 posts

  6. KidSpeak in Lund

    Announcing the KidSpeak Lund event, with signups now live, a Stockholm event coming soon, and more plans around Leetspeak and personal projects.

    #personal#kidspeak 1 min read

  7. Another site for my content

    Separating personal, professional, and project content across Cyber-Lane, Justinel.com, and future Kidspeak updates.

    #personal#kidspeak 2 min read
  8. 2016 平成28年 11 posts

  9. Why Cloudflare gives error 522 to my NodeJS app

    Debugging Cloudflare error 522 on a self-hosted Node.js app and discovering why port 80 still mattered for HTTPS traffic.

    #node#nodejs#cloudflare#dns#dynamic dns#self hosted#nginx 2 min read

  10. Cloudflare Dynamic DNS

    A small Node.js script that checks a public IP address daily and updates a Cloudflare DNS record for dynamic DNS.

    #node#nodejs#cloudflare#dns#dynamic dns#github 1 min read

  11. Finding MSBuild with Windows Batch files

    A quick Windows batch-file trick for finding the installed MSBuild executable instead of hard-coding a version-specific path in build scripts.

    #csharp#coding#msbuild#batch file#build script#cake 1 min read

  12. Blogging with Octopage

    Trying Octopage as an iOS app for writing Jekyll blog drafts offline and publishing a test post from the phone.

    #coding#jekyll#github pages#ios 1 min read

  13. NancyFx localhost only request modules

    A small NancyFX helper for hiding admin modules from non-localhost requests in production, with examples for module-wide and route-level use.

    #csharp#coding#nancy#nancyfx#security 1 min read

  14. Fiddler proxy trick

    A localhost debugging trick that makes ElasticSearch requests pass through Fiddler without hard-coding proxy hostnames.

    #fiddler#proxy#coding#debugging#elasticsearch#nest 1 min read

  15. Parallels shared Mac OS drive over the network

    Fixing trust errors when a Windows Parallels VM accesses Mac project files over a network share, using a mapped drive and CasPol FullTrust.

    #parallels#macos#windows#network drive#caspol 1 min read

  16. Forwarding uploaded files to another service

    Receiving uploaded files from Nancy and sending them to another web service

    #csharp#coding#nancy#nancyfx#services#file upload#async#await#rest 1 min read

  17. Scaling images in CSharp

    Cropping and scaling images in C# with GDI while keeping file access predictable and avoiding large dependencies.

    #csharp#coding#gdi 3 min read

  18. Accessing MongoDb Remotely with Mac OSX host

    Configuring MongoDB on macOS so another machine on the local network can connect during prototype development.

    #osx#mac#mongodb#database 2 min read

  19. IIS URL Rewrite to Self Hosted Services

    How to use IIS URL Rewrite and Application Request Routing to send public API paths through to a self-hosted NancyFX service on localhost.

    #iis#url rewrite#nancy#nancyfx#c-sharp#coding#opensource 4 min read
  20. 2015 平成27年 7 posts

  21. Mini Review | Optimum Nutrition - Caramel Frappé

    A mini review of Optimum Nutrition Caramel Frappé protein powder, covering nutrition, easy mixing, creamy caramel-coffee taste, and availability.

    #review#protein powder#training#optimum nutrition#caramel#frappe 1 min read

  22. EPiServer and PayEx integration

    Debugging EPiServer and PayEx integration when ExtendedPrice excluded VAT, triggering AmountNotEqualOrderLinesTotal after checkout.

    #episerver#payex#c-sharp#coding#gist#github#opensource 3 min read

  23. Struggles of moving abroad

    Honest notes on the harder parts of moving from Brighton to Lund, including lost maker communities, language barriers, money stress, and lifestyle changes.

    #moving#emigrating#language#swedish#english#teaching#electronics#making#sharing 5 min read

  24. Nancy Metadata

    A NancyFX metadata experiment showing how I mapped route metadata into separate modules and used it to build ordered navigation links.

    #nancyfx#metadata#c-sharp#coding#gist 4 min read

  25. Taking a break from social media

    What happened when I paused Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Slack, Hangouts, and IRC, and why a contractor's social network can still be part of the job.

    #twitter#facebook#skype#slack#im#instant messenger#social#social media 4 min read

  26. Making things happen

    A personal progress roundup covering obstacle races, travel, language learning, conferences, NancyFX, Python, EPiServer, open source, and future plans.

    #training#traveling#learning#doing#making#progressing#achieving 2 min read

  27. Settling in Sweden

    Early reflections on moving from England to Sweden, joining tretton37, and dealing with personal numbers, salary, banking, ID cards, and bureaucracy.

    #emigration#sweden#lund#tretton37#ninja#leet#1337 4 min read
  28. 2014 平成26年 7 posts

  29. MultCloud saved my data!

    How MultCloud helped rescue years of data from Bitcasa after pricing changes, broken promises, slow downloads, and the loss of unlimited storage.

    #multcloud#bitcasa#cloud#data#nas 8 min read

  30. Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2014

    A Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2014 recap covering flower badges, Space Buddies Lite, late-night soldering problems, custom kits, and future workshops.

    #workshops#kits#maker-faire#space-buddies 5 min read

  31. Space Buddies on Kickstarter

    Launching my first Kickstarter for Space Buddies, an open source electronics kit teaching soldering, circuits, RGB LEDs, infrared, and C programming.

    #kickstarter#electronics#kits#programming#atmega8 1 min read

  32. Progress Reports

    A reflection on why regular progress reports help personal projects stay visible, motivating, and easier to finish.

    #general-chat#progress-reports 4 min read

  33. Playing with Scalable Vector Graphics and CSS3

    Experimenting with CSS3 and SVG by rebuilding my logo three different ways, then sharing a quick note about upcoming Espruino projects.

    #css#svg#html5#espruino 2 min read

  34. Furniture design with OpenSCAD

    Designing a custom TV stand and bedroom furniture in OpenSCAD using variables, modules, colors, and code instead of a traditional CAD package.

    #openscad#home-improvement 2 min read

  35. OpenSCAD is AMAZING!

    Discovering OpenSCAD while planning bedroom furniture, then modelling my IKEA bed frame in code before designing a custom TV cabinet.

    #openscad#home-improvement#qi-wireless-charging 3 min read
  36. 2013 平成25年 10 posts

  37. Teardown of Poundland Solar Lantern

    A teardown of a £1 Poundland solar garden lantern, looking at its solar cell, LED, Ni-MH battery, switch, diode, resistor, and black-blob IC.

    #solar#batteries#home-improvement#teardown 3 min read

  38. Improvements for XP500 Headphones

    Planning a rechargeable Li-ion and USB charging upgrade for my Turtle Beach XP500 headset so it can run without constantly swapping AA batteries.

    #home-improvement#xp500#headphones#batteries 2 min read

  39. Making Electronics Is Risky

    Lessons from taking real financial risks on handmade electronics kits, from flower badge PCBs to Christmas workshops and simple LED projects.

    #kits#ranting 6 min read

  40. New Batch of Flower Badges

    A quick note that more flower badge PCBs are finally back in stock after ChinaPost delays, ready for the next batch of soldering kits.

    #kits#flower-badges 1 min read

  41. Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2013

    A Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2013 recap after selling out of Soldering Is Easy kits, with flower badge plans, contact details, and instructions.

    #workshops#kits#maker-faire 1 min read

  42. A New Blog

    Due to popular request, I have decided to add a mini blog to my website

    #workshops#kits#christmas#xmas 2 min read

  43. Mistakes made in a rush

    Everybody makes mistakes, including me. Especially when I am in a rush

    #dac#mp3#sta013#pic16f1825#pic 1 min read

  44. Wiring up the STA013, DAC and PIC (part 1)

    Starting the STA013, DAC, and PIC16F1825 wiring, with programming headers, crystal timing notes, and a plan to finish the MP3 circuit code.

    #dac#mp3#sta013#pic16f1825#pic 1 min read

  45. Minor update

    I have 40 MP3 decoder chips along with 40 matching DACs and ready to go

    #dac#mp3 2 min read

  46. SD Card Reader with PIC16F1825

    An introduction of an SD Card Reader I am working on with a PIC16F1825

    #pic#pic16f1825#sd_card 2 min read
  47. 2009 平成21年 5 posts

  48. jQuery - Copy XML from one object to another

    A jQuery and XML tutorial showing how to copy address nodes from one XML document structure into another.

    #jquery#xml#tutorial 4 min read

  49. An Introduction to jQuery and XML

    Introducing a short tutorial series on using jQuery with XML, based on repeated questions and reusable code snippets.

    #jquery#javascript#xml 1 min read

  50. jQuery - Create an XML Document/Object

    A jQuery and JavaScript tutorial for creating XML document objects across Internet Explorer and modern browsers.

    #jquery#xml#tutorial 1 min read

  51. RackSpace Reports

    How I built a small C# command-line tool to audit hundreds of RackSpace domains, subdomains, servers, and where everything pointed.

    #c-sharp#reports#audit 1 min read

  52. Big Update

    A broad project update on CartoLogix, an XNA RTS game, a WordPress parser, forum software, and other ongoing work.

    #cartologix#xna#.net 3 min read
  53. 2008 平成20年 5 posts

  54. Progression

    A personal progress update covering .NET training, ReSharper, server savings, fitness, and plans for more freelance work.

    #status-update 2 min read

  55. Learning Curve

    Reflections from my first month at William Reed, learning jQuery, LINQ, MVC, nHibernate, ReSharper, and planning my own user controls.

    #linq#mvc#nhibernate#resharper#endeca 2 min read

  56. Silverlight Clouds

    Experimenting with Microsoft Silverlight, AJAX, and a possible web version of CartoLogix while starting a new developer role.

    #status-update#silverlight 1 min read

  57. Nearing Completion

    A progress note on finishing the early ASP.NET cyber-lane website, including the home, blog, portfolio, and CMS plans.

    #status-update 1 min read

  58. A Fresh Start

    An introduction to Justin Nel, early programming experience, and the software projects behind the first cyber-lane blog.

    #status-update 1 min read
  59. 2007 平成19年 3 posts

  60. Contour Logic - Second Update

    A second Contour Logic update covering CSV import, editable points, labels, contour lines, and the next tasks before exporting to DXF.

    #cad#dxf#diagram 1 min read

  61. Contour Logic - First Update

    A progress update on my Contour Logic application, adding x/y/z coordinates, contour lines, labels, and a clearer list of DXF export tasks.

    #cad#dxf#diagram 1 min read

  62. Contour Logic Project Started

    Starting on a new project which helps the building industry with contours

    #cad#dxf#diagram 1 min read