August 5, 2021

First Image of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series

Just this past week, the first image of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series came out online, and I thought I’d give my initial impressions as a fan off the books and Peter Jackson’s LotR movie trilogy.

August 3, 2021

Slow News Day

As you may have noticed, I’ve finally managed to get back into a semi-regular posting / writing habit. Sometimes, though, life is just boring, with nothing notable to blog about. And this is one of those times. So please strap in, and get ready for a short and simple update.

July 29, 2021

Snatcher

Recently, I’ve been enjoying quite a few retro gaming videos on YouTube, and it’s helped to rekindle my desire to play older games, especially as I’m quite constricted currently in terms of my choice of gaming platforms.

July 28, 2021

The Spice Melange

For the last two years, I haven’t had much of a chance to go to the movie theatre, but if there is one film that is high on my list of movies to watch, it’s Dune by Denis Villeneuve.

I’ve always been a huge fan of the Dune series by Frank Herbert, and I also loved the 1984 Dune move directed by David Lynch. There’s something unique about the world and characters in the books that isn’t present in most other science fiction universes. The themes and topics touched on in the books are still as relevant today as they were back in the 1960s when the first book was published.

July 26, 2021

Vaccination Success

Just a short post to say that I’ve managed to get my first vaccination shot today.

July 22, 2021

Returning to WhatsApp

Towards the start of this year I made the decision to leave Facebook and part of doing that meant I had to also move off of WhatsApp to Signal Messenger. A couple of months later and I’m back on WhatsApp. So what happened to my stance on privacy, and why am I using WhatsApp again?

July 20, 2021

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (The Sequel)

Rocket League, the sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, has proven to be one of my favourite gaming experiences in a long time. I haven’t put so much time into an online multiplayer game since my Halo 3 days. So why is a game based around the concept of car soccer so addictive?

July 13, 2021

Typing Joy

I recently picked up a Keychron K2 mechanical keyboard that was on special, and I’ve fallen in love with the tactile feel of typing with mechanical switches.

June 22, 2021

Cleaning House

Part of the reason I haven’t been too productive recently in my writing has been that I’m working my way through my backlog of posts and importing them into WordPress. Previously they had all been saved as Markdown files for a Jekyll site I was using, and as part of the process, I’m also editing and reformatting them to fix plenty of spelling and grammar mistakes that slipped through the net the first time.

April 25, 2021

A Short March Update

I’ve been a bit lax in terms of blogging lately. I’ve been meaning to write more, especially with the #100DaysToOffload challenge, but life has thrown a few obstacles in my way. With how 2020 and 2021 have gone, that is actually a blessing of sorts.