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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

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Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 03, 2026

Just published on my blog: I lost my GRUB, here's how to restore it. - As Microsoft keeps pointing out, Windows 10 has now reached it's planned end of support date. As much as Microsoft is pushing for me to upgrade to Windows 11... Continue reading: https://rachelowens.co.uk/blog/post.php?pID=687ab185bdfff

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 21, 2026

Had a really nice day with my partner today #cycling around #York and #Overton. Even managed to dodge the rain! Today did prove how unfit I am, and I’m very much looking forward to the sleepies later.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 03, 2026

I’ve got a really bad feeling that I’m going to fall apart over the next few weeks

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 02, 2026

@underwood@fosstodon.org I'll take a look into this thank you. I should point out as I have not made it clear in my original post, I do have 80 and 433 open to the reverse proxy.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 02, 2026

Question to those who are #selfhosting or #homelab I want an external service (IFTTT) to send a webhook to a self hosted application on my network, but I don’t want to open additional ports or expose the entirety of that application to the outside world. Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can do this. I run NGINX Proxy Manager and anticipate this is probably the best option but would value any suggestions.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 30, 2026

“We don’t know her”

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 18, 2026

It's so frustrating the likes of Tesco, B&Q and now Currys showing products from "Approved Third Party Sellers" on their sites. I'm tempted to write an extension to hide these listings, unless anyone else knows of one already available? #BrowserExtensions #onlineshopping

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 01, 2026

London do good fireworks. Happy New Year etc

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 31, 2025

2025 wasn’t great. Not holding out hope for 2026.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 24, 2025

A film that I may not be able to watch with my partner… “The Polar Express - Robert Zemeckis”
As a train guard I fear that she’ll point out the inaccuracies of the *entire* film.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 09, 2025

What was ever wrong with just “British Rail?” Why must we insist on prefixing it with “Great?” If re-nationalising a small part of the rail sector and slapping some red, white and blue paint was the holy grail to solve everything, “Great” is going to be doing some heavy lifting. #trains #rail

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 08, 2025

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Thank you for your insight :)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 08, 2025

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk I'd like to give XMPP a try, I don’t know too much about it. If I self host a server, how much storage space would you recommend? I take that any shared media such as photos are stored on the server?

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 04, 2025

To all those organisations who are “regretfully” turning their backs and closing the door on trans people,

Don’t worry, we won’t forget.

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

Rachel Owens 🏳️‍⚧️

@rowens@mastodonapp.uk

Amateur radio operator/UK power grid engineer. Learnt VB.net many years ago (subsequently forgotten), now dabbling in web technologies. Not a professional programmer. Previously done radio presenting. Never became a broadcast engineer 😢. Aussi salut! Je apprendré à français. Je peux lire et écrire en français mais Je n’est peux parler français bien cette temp. All views are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/Her)

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@rowens@mastodonapp.uk · Dec 02, 2025

The good thing about sleep is that you don’t have to put up with the bullshit of the world whilst you’re under.

Maybe I should do it more often than every night.

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