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So, a few years back we bought a Ring video doorbell – and despite the early promise of Great Things the reality has been that the whole thing’s a bit pants. Ever the masochist, I decided to figure out what the problem was and then come up with a gameplan to make it better. From…
I love ramen. One of my life’s side-quests is to find the perfect bowl. This is my attempt at tracking and ranking the places I’ve had it. Bristol, unless otherwise indicated. The Gold Collection Kanada Ya (London, Central St Giles) Be still, my beating heart. A place I used to go for coffee back in…
One would think that in Britain at the height of an energy price crisis that switching to a pure electric vehicle might be a silly move. But you’d be missing the fact that lead times on ordering new electric vehicles have been up around the 18-month mark, meaning that when we ordered it we weren’t…
I was going to preface this with a disclaimer about this post not being particularly interesting. However regular readers won’t need any such preparation for the inevitable. This is basically me recording some details for posterity, because I couldn’t find them anywhere by googling and there’s the slimmest of chances they might prove useful to…
The challenging thing about when one of your best mates publishes a whisky book is how is it possible to review it with any sense of objectivity? Well, the beauty of this being a personal blog is that I don’t HAVE to be objective – and can just get on with espousing my enthusiasm for…
I’ve come to value this blog not only as a means of communicating ideas and information to the thousands of regular readers* but also as a sort of time capsule for looking back at what was happening in the past (and I’ve been at this since about 2003!). So this post isn’t to pile on…
Warning: extremely interesting and captivating blog post ahead. I posed a question to some nerdy computery mates about the use of Ethernet over Powerlines, and one of them made a comment “I’ve always been confused about the complexity of your home network setup”… to which I thought “It’s not THAT complicated?!”. My computer, the linux…
In 2009 I thought it would be gripping and insightful to write about all the mobile phones I’d ever owned. And then in 2014 it seemed appropriate to update the list with what had come next. So, another 5 years on in 2020 it seemed only fair to thrill and regale you further with stories…
While I don’t profess to being an information source of any great insight or credibility, I thought it might be useful to collect a few links that I found particularly informative regarding the current crisis gripping the globe. The science of soap – here’s how it kills the coronavirusPall Thordarson / The GuardianAn explanation by…
People who’ve known me a while will know that I’m a bit of a fan of a cheesy souvenir teatowel, and some of you may also be up to speed with my feelings on Brexit. So when the Conservative Party announced that they were celebrating “Getting Brexit Done” with a range of commemorative items including…