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Currently using - June 2026

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Moving My Blog from WordPress to Hugo

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Moving My Blog from WordPress to Hugo

Back to DAP - the Fiio Echo Mini

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Back to DAP - the Fiio Echo Mini

Reads - Wizard - The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, by Marc Seifer

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wizard - The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, by Marc Seifer

Reads - Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges

Currently using - December 2025

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

After All The Nightmares (Elm Street Part 3)

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Nightmare On Elm Street Film Series (1984-1994) Part 3

The Nightmare On Elm Street Film Series - Part 2

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Nightmare On Elm Street Film Series (1984-1994) - Part 2

The Nightmare On Elm Street Film Series - Part 1

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Nightmare On Elm Street Film Series (1984-1994)

Moving over to Nothing products in 2025

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Strangely moving over to Nothing products?

Currently using - June 2025

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

I Moved Hosting to Kualo

Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I Moved Hosting to Kualo

Moving Back to Desktop Linux

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Desktop Linux

Currently using - December 2024

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Updating the Archive Server

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Updating the Archive Server

Currently using - March 2024

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Bitwarden - My new vault solution for sensitive data

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

An open source backed solution

A new PSU for the old archive server

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A new Fractal Design ION Gold 550W PSU for the old archive server

A Month with the NucBox5

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Testing out a very small form factor

All of that Battlestar Galactica

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Watching the humans and the cylons

Currently using - September 2023

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Some podcasts I've been listening to lately

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Listening to people talk

Some Job Hunting and Interview Notes

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Some tips on job hunting, picked up along the way

Currently using - March 2023

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Publii - a more visual Static Site Generator

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0900

For codeless pages

Razer Review - Robocop (1987)

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Robocop (the original, accept no substitutes)

Currently using - December 2022

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Building the first couple of family PCs

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Family PC Builds

Moving to Syncthing for file sync

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Keeping active files in sync

Currently using - March 2022

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Some Slices of Henry Rollins

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0900

The man in the black shorts

Return to Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0900

Getting back to a classic

Flexispot Standing Desk

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is sitting the new smoking?

Currently using - December 2021

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What I'm currently using, what's on the shelves

Hello Hugo!

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0900

Hello Hugo.

Hello, and this time, if you’re reading this in November 2021 or thereabouts, you’re reading brightblack as generated by the Hugo static site generator. If you were reading for the near two years before this date, it was likely generated by Jekyll. Yes, I switched.

For the reader, I hope this change will be transparent, though my URL redirect for anyone with old links might be a bit sketchy, and so apologies for any 404s. I don’t like it myself, but it is what it is.

The Bill and Ted Trilogy

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A closing third film to these two heroes

Currently Using - June 2021

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A lot of stuff

Razor Review - It Follows

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

It's following me

Became an EFF Member again, and site tweaks

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I became an EFF member again

How I passed my AWS Cloud Practitioner exam

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Another certification

How I passed my PMI Certified Associate in Project Management certification

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since I did a cert.

Site update and Retro

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Looking at old content

Currently Using - December 2020

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What am I using?

Halloween Animatronic Pt.2 - LCD Eyes

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

As a sequel to the motorised eyeballs, now trying tiny LCD screens.

Checking old MiniDV Tapes

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The value of checking media

Identifying Wi-Fi issues and replacements

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Looking into random wifi drops

PC Build Out - December 2019

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

An upgrade a while in the coming...

Family Media Migration 2019

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Moving all those family photos and videos around

Moving to the Jekyll static site generator

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Trying a static site generator

Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi 1B

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

PiHole - a good use for an old pi

Halloween Animatronic Pt.1 - Physical Eyes

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Building motorised eye balls

Tech Grunts - 2019 Quarter 2

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Just a lot of obserations and complaining

Raspberry Pi Wifi Robot Car (2016)

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Driving a tiny car from a laptop

Apple Photos and Its Sometimes Odd Library Structures

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Apple Photos doesn't sometime do what I expected.

My Laptop Usage in the Summer of 2018

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

How I'm using my laptop ...

What My Mobile Setup Looks Like in 2014

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This is what my mobile setup looks like in 2014