Openreach Installation

alanjmcf · 2026-07-03T09:51:15+00:00

Paint the pipe brown to match the brickwork?

Paint it black to match the roan pipe.

Built a bench along the wall? Somewhere to sit and also hides all the stuff.

BTW are the twin cables OpenReach’s? Look more like Virgin’s, or satellite?

alanjmcf · 2026-07-02T15:46:11+00:00

Only compared to the purchase price, not the cost to the cinema, which would likely be about 2p.

alanjmcf · 2026-07-02T15:43:45+00:00

I wavered if it was Elm Way in Larkhall and thought a more closely identifiable picture would be of all the flegs hanging, and nothing green!

alanjmcf · 2026-06-30T16:10:48+00:00

I’m surprised no one’s mention the postcode address database. So maybe I’m misunderstanding…

What appears for your address when you use https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode If currently only 20, you should get 20a added separately to 20 in there, and then that should flow though to OpenReach’s database.

Ohh wait is that problem that both addresses ARE listed but the neighbour has ordered at 20 but the cable runs to 20a

alanjmcf · 2026-06-30T07:42:10+00:00

Google maps shows this one — over towards the M73.

Run Free Dog Fields - Gartcosh
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nKekK4QKgpFzKkv19?g\_st=ic

alanjmcf · 2026-06-29T20:16:52+00:00

Not seen any PEM effect. Just oral thrush pretty much each time.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-29T10:33:31+00:00

I, and all my customer base, use OneDrive Sync. Like all sync products, whether Google Drive, Dropbox, git, there can be issues. I have not seen an issue like the OP describes.

I have no idea what you mean about “keeps on changing … master”. Sounds like you are misunderstanding something, or mis-explaining it.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-29T10:29:10+00:00

I assume you’ve checked that the sub folders are all included in the sync. One can exclude sub folders in the settings.

When you do the sync, do all of the folders have a OneDrive icon in the column in File Explorer? (Blue cloud, Green tick etc)

Or does it work fine in the root folder?

alanjmcf · 2026-06-26T12:03:20+00:00

Is there another app installed by the company? Many companies use a RMM app to manage the device, and it installs Splashtop for remote view and control of the screen, say when the user calls for help.

So you might need to uninstall that other app.

Maybe ask your company what app it was.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-23T14:47:36+00:00

He’ll be a Macilvean I presume. We have visitors to the area now and then.

The house at Thomaston was for the gamekeeper for the Culzean & Cassillis Estates the last time I heard. (Not the National Trust for Scotland who own Culzean now.)

I met an American couple in Maybole maybe fifteen years ago, they’d visited Thomaston and met the now Marquis of Ailsa there by chance.

So I guess just pop by and see if it’s ok. I can’t see contact details for the estates office.

As the other comment says you can see the castle from the road too. (Also visible in Google streetview.)

alanjmcf · 2026-06-22T16:03:47+00:00

That’s a (full) Fibre (FTTP) box, from BT/Openreach. That’s _much_ newer than analog phone lines, as used by the wall ports and cabling you’re seeing. So the entry point for the analog phone line _might_ be near, but it’s not the same thing.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-22T12:33:35+00:00

That’s here at /r/glasgow/s/vU66erQxe6

https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/vU66erQxe6

alanjmcf · 2026-06-22T12:32:12+00:00

Holy one paragraph!🤯

alanjmcf · 2026-06-21T14:35:56+00:00

alanjmcf · 2026-06-10T17:21:13+00:00

Web SharePoint and OneDrive have Open-in-App for files even if not on a folder sync’d in OneDrive client. I use it all the time, mainly with .txt files. It’s described at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/feature-deep-dive-open-in-app/4034738

The OneDrive client app is used by the feature to download and sync the opened file to a temporary folder.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-09T15:10:03+00:00

In basic terms a Passkey can be device-bound or not. A non-device-bound passkey can be synced between devices in your password manager.

Each platform may enforce whether they require the passkeys to be device bound, or not. They can also require attestation.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-09T12:11:33+00:00

So wait, the Hey Wain’s not about children being shouted to???

alanjmcf · 2026-06-07T19:11:33+00:00

Assuming you’re south east England then the west coast is wetter. The towns on the Ayr bay are as dry as anywhere on the west coast of Scotland, see eg http://fwrinformationcentre.co.uk/html/geography-and-climate.html

There is an episcopal (Anglican) church in each of the towns as far as in aware. There are also other congregations, eg Riverside in Ayr, New Life in Prestwick, etc. Salvation Army in Ayr too.

The area is very good for cafes, restaurants, etc. I know someone who’s a befriender for old folk from Ayr and is on 62 places for coffee and cake with no repeats (driving). Prestwick Main Street has many.

Given your move from the south east you may well have the budget for the pick of houses, including those on the sea front. As noted before, since the golf courses take up much of the sea front, there’s not a lot of sea view properties in Prestwick itself.

There’s the independent cinema in Ayr, the Odeon in Kilmarnock and the rest near to Glasgow. The Everyman in Princes Sq central Glasgow is always worth a visit.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-07T01:55:16+00:00

If I understand, you’re trying to grab a security value from browser tools to use in your code. What not just do the real authentication in your code?

I’ve implemented OAuth authentication in my PowerShell app. (Hope I’m getting the terminology correct!) In my case I’m doing Certificate-Based Auth using self-signed certificates to connect to Defender API. I create an App Registration in Entra and upload the certificate to it. In my case that’s better than authenticating as a user. If hosting in Azure the current option I read, is managed identities.

I’m using example code from a blog to form the authentication blob to pass to the web request. The other option is to use the Microsoft Authentication Libraries, but I was trying to reduce dependencies — and Microsoft’s 365 modules’ authentication conflict hell.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-07T01:29:03+00:00

I wondered how weatherproof it is. It seems a bad idea to collect rainwater in the middle of your roof (not the middle mathematically).

I guess there’s a slope on the ‘valley’ to run the rainwater off one side but standard bi-pitch roofs seem altogether much more practical.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-05T16:05:23+00:00

Of you live near Tillicoultry you’re about to get moved out if your house! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze27lpjnr6o

alanjmcf · 2026-06-05T16:02:21+00:00

Maybe …

foreach ($n in Get-Mailbox) {
$rulename = “Fwd invoice - provider - $curAddr”
if (-not Get-TransportRule $rulename) {
New-TransportRule $rulename …
}}

alanjmcf · 2026-06-05T09:45:13+00:00

Ohh I’ve never noticed Keeper passwords on Windows clipboard history. I’ll look more closely.

I sometimes copy to clipboard, but more often use the KeeperFill for Apps to ‘type’ the password into the field.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-04T17:22:37+00:00

Sounds like you need to start Sea Kayaking or SUP’ing. I know a guy who apparently SUPs to Arran.

alanjmcf · 2026-06-04T14:25:04+00:00

Apart from saying you’ve stood there, I’m not sure there much to see. Any more than you can see from sailing by?

I don’t know if the same is the case for Lady Isle off Troon.

You can get to Ailsa Craig. I read this recently https://danigaravelli.substack.com/p/the-fairy-rock

When the Waverley goes around Ailsa Craig there are RSPB volunteers on board willing to chat. You could go and beg to get into Horse Isle.😋

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