Articles on technology leadership, cyber security, infrastructure, education technology, homelabs and the Townsville technology community.

North Queensland Cyber Watch: Townsville schools caught in the global Canvas breach

A global attack on the Canvas learning platform reached Townsville schools in May 2026, exposing student and staff data and underscoring why third-party risk matters for education.

Home Lab Progress

An update on homelab backups, UPS protection, VM monitoring, helpdesk alerts and testing the Mailu Docker mail server.

Automating my Home Lab

Notes on documenting and automating a Linux homelab with Ansible, shell scripts, backups and reproducible server builds.