Category: Tech
-
Elden Ring or “How to die with style”
It compels me. Not the pursuit of the Elden shards, but the game itself… It is time for Elden Ring. I’m only three months late, but this game taken the world by storm and there’s no shortage of coverage this long after launch. It’s an incredibly expansive and compelling adventure of your own making. Want […]
-
Are you Board yet?
A week of yet more exam preparation while embracing the whiteboard life. Time to get organised! VanMoof-ing Nowhere? That subtitle is a little bit of an exaggeration, although it serves to illustrate the continuing issues with my VanMoof S3. It has completely changed the way I get to work for the better, and saved me […]
-
A Simpler Time (Sort of)
This is odd. Every time I sit down to write, the situation has escalated. 2020 will be henceforth known as the year that was cancelled. Bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, gyms, cinemas, cafés, concerts, events, conferences closed or cancelled. In what would be a hugely important year for Plymouth, the 400th year anniversary of the sailing […]
-
Car Fun – Fitting an Android Radio
Operation “New Car Radio” is go! Since getting the Skoda Fabia from my parents (it was previously my grandfather’s) the radio has bothered me. It’s fine and all, but being stuck with a very limited selection of FM radio stations (during what can be a protracted commute) was driving me a bit mad. Caution, any […]
-
AlphaSmart Neo – A New Writing Toy
Christmas is over, and we’re well into 2019. You might be despairing at the thought of spending even more money on another gadget, but if you’re into writing at all I’d urge you to read on. It’s (Still) Alive!!! If you know me at all, or are a long time follower of this blog, you’ll […]
-
Another Hardware Video: the Palit GTX 1060 6 GB
Part of an Ordinary Aggressive Marketing Campaign for my latest video. We’ve been doing some updating of the Newforge Studios hardware recently. The main editing rig is getting on a bit, and packed a Core i5 2500K, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Radeon HD 5850 graphics card, and a Samsung 840 EVO SSD for a system […]
-
That’s a Fine Looking Barbecue Pit…I mean keyboard
Another day, another Simpsons reference. Things don’t always turn out as planned, or as beautiful as on the front of the box. I had my last scheduled day in clinical medicine on Monday. I was working the Easter Monday holiday, but that didn’t matter too much. It was a momentous occasion. One of my last […]
-
The Satellite Saga: Phase 1
I’m off to England to reside for the minimum amount of time to allow us to give notice to marry. Apparently the registry office resides in the dark ages, and being a citizen of the United Kingdom isn’t quite enough to get married there. I’ve just finished a set of nights, and another project. The […]
-
Tech DIY – USB Power Socket
It has been over a month since I’ve visited these pages – my recent writing efforts have been centred around the Lismaine Cottage blog, Cottage Life. But I have returned, with a gadget-related post. No, it’s not gaming, but it is something you may find useful. I’ve been trying to tidy up cables that have […]
-
The nth Day of Christmas
We’ve reached the nth day of Christmas, and the tree is still very much a feature in our living room, alongside the stormtrooper decanter full of questionable whiskey, and the ever growing display of trinkets adorning the top of our bookshelf. We’ve only lived here a year and a half, but the amount of stuff […]
Ordinary Decent Gamer 