Travis-CI No Longer Free Today I discovered that using Travis-CI is no longer free for OSS. So I just moved deployment to GitHub Actions, which is actually a lot better. Now to secure with SSL as apparently you can’t even... Read more about Move To GitHub Actions
After being suitably impressed with the S8, and there still being no movement on a decent Microsoft alternative since the death of the Lumia 950, or the HP Elite X3 if you were that way inclined, I decided to give... Read more about Samsung Galaxy Note 9
I recall getting super excited about VR as a child, namely the monstrosity of a headset created by Sega that turned out to be a complete pile of shit, and various shows on television that had a computer generated aspect,... Read more about Virtual Reality, here at last?
After waiting for what seems like an eternity for Microsoft to pull their fingers out and give me a reason to commit the next 2 years to their mobile platform, I gave up and decided to join team Android, for... Read more about Samsung Galaxy S8
Well it’s been just over a year since my acquisition and review of the Microsoft Band 2 fitness wearable. Although I loved the device, various issues with it and business choices by Microsoft have swayed me to step away from... Read more about FitBit Blaze or Microsoft Band 2 - A Year On
One lesser known feature of the new Anniversary Update for Windows 10 is ‘Ubuntu on Windows’. This should be shouted about way more than it currently is, it’s an amazing feat of Engineering and enables Windows developers to stay in... Read more about Ubuntu On Windows
Just recently I purchased a Microsoft Display Dock for my Lumia 950 from Amazon. After a pain in the arse getting the item delivered, along with a cheap Samsung TV to go with it, I’ve had a few uses of... Read more about Continuum
This isn’t the topic that I had originally planned for my next blog post but after reading a few articles lately on Spotify getting bitched at by artists and labels alike for not paying out enough money, I though I... Read more about Creativity
Just a quick update from me before a proper post during the upcoming weekend. I’ve been a Spotify user for quite some time now, and have been building up a collection of playlists. As I don’t really have many avenues... Read more about Introducing Siren Sessions 8
Recently I decided to do something that I’ve been meaning to do for a long time now, and that’s go and strip naked, stick some earplugs in my ears (obviously), and then go and lie in warm salty water in... Read more about Floating
Being the Microsoft fan-boy that I am, I have been waiting a long time for this device to surface, and what with all the hate toward Microsoft and Windows 10 over the past year or so, it’s not been easy.... Read more about Microsoft Lumia 950
After a royal pain in the ass trying to get the bloody thing, I thought I’d write a review of the Microsoft Band 2 and my thoughts so far. I won’t go into the difficulties I had getting it as... Read more about Microsoft Band 2
From time to time over the past few years, I’ve been spooked enough by certain news articles and goings-on in the world of IT security to consider using a VPN service, but just how usable are they are, what are... Read more about VPNs
One thing you may have noticed since my last post, or possibly not, is that I’m in the process of open-sourcing a bunch of projects. What Projects? I won’t list everything I’m working on in this post as I have... Read more about Open Source Projects
So on Friday while I was at work, I received an email from the Spotify community forum, it was relating to a post where someone had requested the ability to block artists / tracks on Spotify. The Spotify team basically... Read more about Does Not Want
This post is going to be a little bit off the beaten track to my usual posts, but it’s my blog and in the words of Eric Cartman, “I’ll do what I want”. Like Gold Dust Slipping Through Your Fingertips... Read more about Dreaming Of Submarines
Second blog post for the day, I dunno if that’s excessive or not, but I’m bored so whatever! Anyway… Gaming Against The Clock I used to love multiplayer gaming online, back in the day of Quake and Unreal Tournament, and... Read more about Multiplayer Gaming on PS4
People Seem Surprised Now it’s no surprise to anyone that knows me, I’m a Microsoft fan-boy, have been for a very long time. Their software has enabled me to be creative using computers in ways that I always dreamt of... Read more about Microsoft Reboot
A New Site For My Mothers Work So I spent last Sunday working on deploying another Jekyll site, using a different theme this time which actually tought me a hell of a lot about the differences with themes. I would... Read more about Another Site Deployed
Down with Content Management Systems I’m actually feeling quite liberated with my new site at the moment, and I know that might sound pretty geeky, but hear me out. When I first started out creating a personal website for myself... Read more about A Fresh Start