Hey, I'm Matthew!

I'm a software developer, system administrator and technical consultant with an interest in open source and wireless telecommunications. I've been tinkering with tech since the 90s.

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PHP Forms Anti Spam released

I've released the first version of my standalone anti-spam library for PHP!

Building Minecraft out of Lego Technic and Mindstorms

Brick Machines implemented 11 Minecraft components in the real world with Lego Technic and Mindstorms. Complete with NFC item detection and even a crafting table!

New features for Walkie Talkie - last heard messages and user registration

HTML5 Walkie Talkie updates for user registration and listening to channel history

IBM's open source Granite 4.0 Nano AI models are small enough to run locally directly in your browser

These compact models from IBM are built not for data centers, but for edge devices...

Serious F5 Breach

Serious data breach at F5, again?

Railway Signals

A visual illustration of railway control signals