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In the era where Australia was being explored, there was an explorer named Hamilton Hume or Hamy as his friends liked to call him. Hamy wasn't only an explorer, he was an avid collector of potholes. Large potholes, small potholes. Potholes that will just inconvenience you up to potholes that will bu...

Two posts in a day? Post number two mere hours after this one?

Well, I posted about the fast Internet and then realised I failed to mention a critical other topic - is it secure?

Turns out no - no it's not secure. And this isn't necessarily the nightmare you may imagine however Android and iOS...

I'm currently sitting at the dining room table of a cabin. The cabin is in a camp site. The camp site is a Big4 in the Gold Coast.

It's not exactly the sticks, but it's not exactly a high density urban environment either.

We're in the Gold Coast because my daughter has a sporting competition tha...

From my earliest teens I have been my family's tech support. This isn't just some throw away comment either. At the age of 13 I built my first network, a 10BASE2 setup (that's Coaxial cable, like a TV antenna for those who aren't familiar) for my father's small business. My job was to crawl under...

A few months back I posted my musings on how much AMD technology exists in my house. Since then I've recieved my Framework 16 and upgraded the kids PCs, giving my wife's PC a slight spec bump along the way.

• My Wife's PC was upgraded from an AMD 5600X to an AMD 5700X
• With my wife's "old" CPU...

I've written previously about my Framework 16 laptop and the STM Dux laptop bag that I purchased for it. They're a potent combination. My Framework 16 will come with me most places as a device to consolidate drone footage, video, etc.. The Framework 16's dGPU makes light work of encoding video w...

I'm on holiday currently, enjoying some time down in Wilsons Prom. What I've not enjoyed so much is the crowds. Crowds at the beaches, crowds on the walking trails. Crowds everywhere. This is just the reality of popular destinations however; it just comes with the territory. 🤷

Of course with a mod...

Uncloud yourself

As I sit here putting thoughts to keyboard to write this post, I can't help but marvel at the number of portable USB SSDs that are just sitting on my desk. There was a period of time where I was absolutely certain that the days of USB storage where entering their twilight, that it...