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Just like Red Team Blues, ‘The Bezzle‘ is a book that I could have easily devoured in one sitting – if I didn’t have a job. As things were, I got through it in a matter of days. Confession – I parked ‘The Lost Cause‘ so I could get back to Marty’s adventures. It was […]
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Tags: Cory Doctorow, review, The Bezzle
New York – Oct 2023
I joined a couple of my colleagues at the ONUG Fall 2023 event so that we could talk to people about the Networking 2.0 stuff we’re building at Atsign. For the trip to New York I was pleased to find that I could get there and back from Gatwick (and at a reasonable price). Travel […]
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Tags: jetBlue, Norse, Sonder, Aerolite, bags, carry on, personal item, Trtl
I’ve read just about everything Cory’s written, and ‘Red Team Blues‘ is amongst his best work. It had the two key qualities of a great read: I’m now really looking forward to ‘The Bezzle’ and ‘Picks and Shovels’, which promise to continue the adventures of Marty Hench. I was gripped from the very beginning, perhaps […]
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Tags: Cory Doctorow, Red Team Blues, review
USB C Charger Reviews
I’ve had a few things that charge from USB-C for a while: my Planet Gemini, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest, SteamDeck, GL-MT1300 travel router, and a bunch of Raspberry Pi 4s; but the arrival of my Lenovo X13 has had me kitting myself out with a bunch of new chargers. So here follows some reviews (with […]
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Tags: adaptor, Anker, cable, charger, GaN, Mackertop, mains, Mu, power, power bank, PSU, review, Syncwire, USB, USB A, USB C, USB-A, USB-C, Ziwodiv
October 2022
Pupdate The boys were too frequently pulling on their lead when wearing harnesses, so we did a bit of slip lead training, and now they’ve got collars and they’re walking much more nicely :) New VPS I’ve mentioned in past posts that I run a handful of VPSs so that I can emerge from the […]
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Tags: Bay Area, home, Premium Plus, pupdate, San Francisco, solar, travel, United, VPS
Maps
For those who know me well you may be surprised that this is not a post about Wardley Maps. It’s about regular maps to find where you’re going, and the various mapping apps now available. Background I spent last week in the Lake District, my first time back there in over a decade, after it […]
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Tags: apple, fitness, gpx, map, MapOut, maps, os
Background A travel router has been part of my kitbag for many years, starting with a D-Link DWL-G730AP back in 2007. More recently I’ve been using a few GL.iNet GL-MT300N (v2), as they’re small and cheap enough to have in my work bag and my travel bag. I wasn’t particularly worried about speed, as I […]
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Tags: GL.iNet, MT1300, MT300N, OpenWRT, router, travel
Synology DS420j mini review
TL;DR The DS420j is one of my more boring tech purchases. It does exactly the same stuff as my old DS411j from nine years ago. But has enough CPU and memory to do it with ease rather than being stretched to the limit. Background I bought a Synology DS411j Network Attached Storage (NAS) box in […]
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Tags: DS411J, DS420j, NAS, Synology
Review – Apple AirPods Pro
I’ve never liked the hard plastic headphones that come with iPods and iPhones, so when AirPods were launched I was totally ‘meh’, especially as I though they looked ugly and uncomfortable. When AirPods Pro launched a few weeks ago I was willing to reconsider, as I’ve got on OK in the past with silicone bud […]
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Tags: AirPods, AirPods Pro, apple, earphones, headphones, noise cancelling, noise isolation, Pro, Snugs
I mentioned in my RC2014 post that I’d got myself a new oscilloscope, so this is the blog post to complement my review on Amazon.co.uk. Background The ancient single trace Telequipment S51E that I saved from a skip a 6th form college as they upgraded to shiny new dual trace scopes has served me well […]
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Tags: 100MHz, 2 channel, digital, DSO5102P, electronics, Hantek, oscilloscope, review, scope, storage
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