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Steam Link – An alternative to cloud gaming

2019-11-182020-03-27 — Posted inGadgets, Gaming, Software, Technology — 6 min read

A ramble about game streaming, Steam and owning your own games.

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Online Stock Browsers for the Masses

2019-11-042020-03-27 — Posted inProductivity, Software, Technology — 4 min read

I was visiting some charity shops recently and had a thought about how to give them a boost – and the whole high street.

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[A] Windows 8.1

2019-10-072020-03-27 — Posted inArchives, Software — 5 min read

Archived 2013-10-26. I had just upgraded my PC to Windows 8.1. It seems that past me was somewhat impressed.

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Meta Monetization Tags

2019-08-192020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Software, Technology — 7 min read

A tag for internet donations. Easy interoperable ways to support websites and creatives, without any need for ads.

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Streaming Apps

2019-07-162020-03-27 — Posted inMovies & TV, Software, Technology — 6 min read

There are lots of streaming apps for TV shows and films nowadays. I think that’s good, but it does have downsides: The Myriad Apps.

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Redesigning the Notepad++ Logo

2019-06-172020-03-27 — Posted inDesign, Software, Technology — 6 min read

I have an attempt at redesigning the Notepad++ logo using the new style of icons presented by Microsoft for their Office suite. Here’s how it evolved.

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Backing up to Backblaze with Rclone and Restic

2019-06-032020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 6 min read

I talk about how I switched from Backlaze personal to Backblaze B2 with restic and rclone, and draw some comparisons between them.

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[A] Flame Fractals & Java

2019-04-222020-03-27 — Posted inArchives, Software — 1 min read

Archived 2012-10-31. This post shows off some playing around I did with a java program that renders fractals. Neat stuff.

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Extending an Extension for Visual Studio Code

2019-04-152020-03-27 — Posted inPhD Diary, Software, Technology — 6 min read

Last year, I was working on adding some new features to a Visual Studio Code Extension. I’ve decided to try and organise my thoughts on the matter.

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Enabling Telnet & FTP on the Kobo H2O Edition 2

2019-02-052020-03-27 — Posted inGadgets, Software, Technology — 9 min read

In this post I detail how I went about enabling telnet and FTP support on my e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 Version 2. Yes, that is a mouthful.

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Get ShareX to record animated PNG with correct extension

2019-01-222020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 3 min read

How to get ShareX to save APNG recordings with the “png” extension

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