Sir Clive Sinclair
I was saddened this week to hear of the death of Sir Clive Sinclair. It was one of his inventions that set me on the path that led to my interest in computers, my career and, eventually, to this blog…
Is Amazon evil?
It’s hard not to think that Jeff Bezos is a volcano hideout and a white cat away from being a Bond villain…
Streaming TV – another rant
A few years ago I ranted about streaming TV. Is it better now?
2021 Roundup so far
Lockdown continues and with it my lack of motivation for blogging – or much else. The end may be in sight, but I’m not counting any chickens. I’m still not working much on my home automation so in the meantime, here’s a brief roundup of other things…
2020 in a nutshell and other news
I had an email from Google with my maps timeline for 2020, and it very clearly tells the story of the year…
The 2020 Review
As the sun sets on 2020, it’s time for the annual look back over the year and where do I start?
If this… then what?
IFTTT – If This Then That – has angered users by switching to a subscription model, but they’re not the first to go down that route and I’m sure they won’t be the last…
Samsung and its ecosystem
Ecosystems. Everyone has to have one now. There’s the Apple ecosystem, Google has one, as does, to a lesser extent, Microsoft. Now Samsung wants to join the party…