Matthew Simpson.net

KeePass: The enshittification-resistant password manager

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Replying to a post about password managers

Modernising my Blog Part 2: Technologies

Mon, 11 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Now that my tools are in order, it's time to introduce some fresh technologies to the browser

Modernising my Blog Part 1: Tools

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:00:00 +0000

My site hasn't been updated in a while, time for a spring clean

Moving my site from DigitalOcean to Netlify

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:00:00 +0000

It turns out that moving my Jekyll site over to Netlify takes no time at all, here's how

My Instagram Hell or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Wind Up Help Center Robots

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:00:00 +0000

It turns out it's incredibly difficult to get an Instagram account reactivated...

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:30:00 +0000

Paul Simon famously sung that there's 50 ways to leave your lover. He never listed all 50, so I've taken the liberty to list them for him.

Writing Prompt One - The Hike

Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000

I picked some Rory's Story Cubes and decided to use them for writing prompts. Here's the first story.

Carol - Therese

Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:00:00 +0000

Therese is anidder een wha comes ta be in a dwam whin missin hame

The Card Game

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

A poem about a particularly intense card game

One Day More (To Aberdeen)

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:00:00 +0000

My parody of One Day More from Les Misérables

Does Varnish Make Jekyll Sites Faster?

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000

I've read a lot about Varnish and it sounds like it could speed up a lot of sites, but what will it do for statically generated sites?

Central Intelligence - My Review

Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000

I’ve just been to see Central Intelligence at Mareel so I thought I would give it a quick review.

Love and Friendship - My Review

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve just been to see Love and Friendship at Mareel so I thought I would give it a quick review.

Project Octagon - My Experience Commemorating the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 17:00:00 +0000

This Friday (the 1st of July, 2016) I got the opportunity to perform in Project Octagon, a nationwide art performance commemorating those that fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

This Week's Movies, 14th February 2016

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:00:00 +0000

I haven’t posted for a while so I thought I’d do some quick reviews for the movies I’ve seen this week.

Personal PayPal Links

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:00:00 +0000

PayPal have released a new link system so you can send people links for quick payments

I Got Another Domain

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:00:00 +0000

I picked up another domain today since it was on sale.

How many 3D films has Mareel had on?

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Another table I’ve made showing off how many cinema showings in Mareel have been in 3D.

Getting Substrings in MySQL

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:00:00 +0000

I recently had a bit of trouble with substrings in MySQL so I thought I’d share my findings

Happy New Year!!!

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year, everyone!

Merry Christmas

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Merry Christmas, everybody!

How many movies has Mareel had on?

Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:00:00 +0000

I got bored and decided to fire out a quick table to display how many films have been on in Mareel since the 21st of June (since I started collecting the data).

Fallout RPG Character Sheet

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

I found the proper V2.0 of the character sheet.

Kamen Rider Fourze Henshin Sound

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

I made a ringtone of Fourze’s henshin sound.