Have you ever started a project where you end up feeling that the whole damn thing is cursed? I hadn’t, until just recently. A while ago, I decided I wanted a more powerful router than the piece of crap that BT provide with their fibre connections. A couple things have happened in the past couple …
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Carlinkit CPC200-ibox (Tbox-MINI Basic) Review
About a year ago, I bought a new-to-me car. The car is a 2015 Skoda Octavia which came with an “infotainment” system with an 8″ screen, a USB input and Bluetooth to connect your phone to it. It also has an feature called SmartLink, which is Skoda’s name for a feature that enables Apple CarPlay …
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Working in the Sticks – Broadband in a Rural Area
I am no longer living in London. Hurray! We moved away from there about a year ago to a house in rural south-west Scotland. I’m working from home on a permanent basis now, which is what has made this move possible. Therefore, a reasonably fast and most of all stable internet connection is a must …
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Oh Look! A New Job!
This site is starting to read like one giant LinkedIn job announcement. Oh well. Well, as the title says, I have yet another new job. This time, I am working for a pharmaceutical supply company called AmerisourceBergen. I wasn’t looking for a new job, I was reasonably content with my work at Advanced and I’d …
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Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard LXM-00004 Review
I’ve been using ergonomic keyboards from Microsoft, on and off, for around 10 years now. I originally started because I’m on a computer all day long and I started to get sore wrists. Stop sniggering at the back there. My first ergonomic keyboard was the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. I loved that thing. I …
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Another new job
It seems like every other post on this site has been about me getting a new job. But it’s only my third in six years which just goes to show I really need to post on here more. Anyway, I’ve got myself another new job. There are various reasons for me doing this. Chief among …
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Aruba InstantOn AP11 Wireless Access Point
Like it did for a lot of people on the planet, life became weird in early March 2020 thanks to the Coronavirus. We had the order from the UK government to stay at home and work from home if you possibly can. Both my partner and I can do our jobs from home, so we …
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Why I Don’t Use Social Media
In today’s episode of “Who cares what you think? You’re just some weirdo on the Internet who runs a blog that no-one reads!”, I’m going to have a go at explaining why I don’t use social media. Minor spoiler, it’s not just because I’m an anti-social computer nerd. On most of the other blogging sites …
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So, um…
Yet again, I’m going to give this thing another go. I rather stupidly let my hosting package expire a while ago and didn’t get around to archiving my site properly. I therefore lost my site and the host didn’t have a backup which isn’t unreasonable considering I wasn’t paying them any more. I’ve been a …
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Almost Two Years In…
This is bad. I’m paying money each year to host this blog and for the domain name. OK, I’m not paying much but even so, I’m basically ignoring my blog. I said two years ago that this couldn’t stand yet here we are. I must do better. So what’s been happening in my job? Well, …
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