• Raspberry Pi/PiHole

Apple uses a number of networked services for the macOS/iOS devices to have the phone home for a variety of reasons. At least they kindly provide an overview on their website as to:

• which hosts and ports the Apple products use
• which TCP and UDP ports are used by Apple products

I maintain some largely Python-based set of scripts related to GPlates data processing. These are hosted on this website and can be accessed via these links:

• gptools - Convert/reformat GPlates rotation files to the new GROT format, basic error checking, produce reconstructable graticules.
• geotimecpts - Collection of colorscales for various geological time scales to use in https://generic-mapping-tools.org
• GPlates bundle for TextMate - Language syntax bundle for *.grot and *.rot files for TextMate.

• MailMan tips and tricks
• Bibliography tools
• LaTeX - on Mac, Windoze
• VIM/NeoVim: setup, plugins, usage
• GPlates
• QGIS

• PaleoGIS
• ESRI's Arc* applications
• Move
• Petrel

Articles and pages related to the Generic Mapping Tools:

• Python and Jupyter resources
• r: R and RStudio setup and tips
• OGR/GDAL
• PostgreSQL and PostGIS

• Windoze. How to survive the 'doze - my log of Microsoft software quirks I need to get my head around
• Mac OS X tips
• Unix tools tips and tricks

• GPlates Geological Information Model