Archive
There are 90 posts in this archive.
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How The Pandemic Changed Me
COVID was a shit show, changing everyone's lives. Here's my experiences looking back on how it changed my life (for the better).
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Importance of Digital Detox
Social media causes a lot of stress and anxiety for a lot of people.
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Blog Questions Challenge - TV Shows
I am addicted to Big Bang Theory. This is all the proof needed.
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Reading Success
Reading was a sore spot for me not too long ago, but now it’s a source of joy.
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My YouTube Silence
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Reading Doubt
Reading has been a hard spot for me recently, here’s a brief summary of why.
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I Swindled A Kindle
I finally swindled a Kindle and can get reading on an e-reader.
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Why I Want To Switch To Android?
I'm yearning to change from iOS to Android.
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Back To My Roots
I go back to my Linux roots, switching back to i3.
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I Want And Need To Write More
I have neglegted my writing of recent, it's been a while since my last blost, time to change things.
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A Decade Of Vivaldi
Vivaldi first released a technical preview 10 years ago, here's to another 10 and more.
- I'm Giving Up On 100DaysToOffload - Take 2
- Should I Change My Website?
- Blog Questions Challenge 2025
- My QTile Journey Begins Here
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Why Learn Linux?
Users switching to Linux often just use GUI and don't bother learning the basics of Linux and the tty. Here's why new users should learn Linux and the tty.
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I'm Dreaming Of A White... January
The weather in the UK is so unpredictable that this January we have snow.
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100 More Days To Offload
I try once again to complete 100DaysToOffload.
- Happy New Year!!! Bring on 2025!
- Site Change In 2025
- How I Got To Polymaths
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Merry Christmas One And All!
Merry Christmas to one and all.
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App Defaults - Part 1 - My Phone
I have a lot of apps on my phone, here are the defaults.
- I'm A Vivaldi Ambassador
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The Great Polymaths Migration
Polymaths migrates to the main domain, a new era for Polymaths.
- Apple Watch SE (2024) Review
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Gnome Is My Home... For A While
Sway has been my daily driver window manager for a few weeks now in my Wayland era, I am now trying out Gnome.
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State of the Station
Things have been changing, and that's not going to change anytime soon, here I discuss the changes and where we are at.
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October 2024 Month Review
October was a gaming month, here's the details.
- Why I Hate Politics On The Fediverse
- Refactor Started
- I'm Remaking My Site From Scratch
- September 2024 Month Review
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August 2024 Month Review
August was an interesting one, here's what I was up to.
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Bookshelf First Look
I have found a great app on iOS to help readers manage their Bookshelf.
- I'm Not An Expert
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Orbital Weekly - Episode 1
Orbital Weekly is my podcast in words, I guess Wordcast you could call it. I have no idea what to write right now so here we go, I will discuss some topics that interest me each week in a nice blost like this
Orbital Weekly Linux Gaming Flashing Lights Cosmic Desktop Environment Google Web Extensions Adblock 100DaysToOffload
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July 2024
July 2024 wasn't as busy as June, but busy enough.
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My Site Is Having A Facelift
I have decided to play around with the look of my site, so have given and am continuing to give my site a bit of a facelift.
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A Race Against Time - Episode 2
- I Am Still Alive
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June 2024
June 2024 was a busy one for me, here's the breakdown.
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My Birthday - 2024
It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to.
- My First Impressions of Wolf 359
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45 - iOS Features That Are Good
iOS has some bad stuff in it but there is some good amongst the bad.
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44 - Back To 11ty?
I'm moving back to my 11ty site.
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I'm Addicted To TBBT
I'm addicted to TBBT.
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43 - XMPP Is Better Than Matrix?
I tried XMPP today, here is my thoughts.
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42 - Bunny Day or The Day Of Christs Resurection
Yesterday was Bunny Day, and so I share my views on the holiday.
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41 - I'm Giving Hugo A Go
I explain why I'm giving Hugo a go as an option for my website.
- 40 - Join The Light Side
- 39 - The Journey of the Space Dinosaur
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38 - My New Found Love Of Liveries
I recently started making a load of liveries for FlightGear, here's why and how.
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37 - Fancy New Name For My Blog?
I have always wanted a fancy name for my blog, now's the time to consider the options.
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36 - Read More, Social Less
I am too "addicted" to checking Fedi, I want and need to read more.
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35 - Automating My Blog
Making my life easier is as simple as shebang, script, run.
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34 - Chromium Needs To Be On iOS
I ramble about me wanting Chromium on iOS.
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29 - I'm Removing My Site Themes
I have been having an existential crisis on which SSG to use.
- 28 - I'm Rebuilding My Blog
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26 - Matrix has a nice community, but is it too small?
Matrix is great but is it too small.
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25 - The Weather Is Bad
Rambling about the weather in the UK.
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24 - All Cars Have Subscriptions
A random thought about cars and subscription services.
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23 - I Switched To Dvorak
QWERTY isn't the only option out there.
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Watch Out Fedi - Masto Here To Get You
Numerous humongous Mastodon instances have been the sources of yet another spam bot wave.
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Christmas Break With No Posts
No more blog posts from me until the New Year
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22 - I'm Going Back To Lunar Voyager
I started writing a novel called Lunar Voyager for NaNoWriMo, and now I'm coming back to writing it.
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21 - I Gave Up On "Normal" Social Media
An in depth review of GoToSocial, the lightweight and fast Fediverse software written in Go.
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Moonlight Bench - Art Timelapse
Here is a timelapse for an art piece I made a little while ago, enjoy the process of by far one of my best pieces.
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20 - This Site Is Powered By 11ty
11ty is a simple and user friendly static site generator - which powers this site.
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19 - Why I Use iPhone Over More Open Alternatives
I use iPhone despite advocating for FOSS software, here's why.
- 18 - RSS Is The Past, Present And Future
- 17 - Site Plans - Changes & Ideas
- 16 - Running Out Of Steam For NaNoWriMo 2023
- 15 - Aliens Are Amongst Us!!!
- 14 - A Fresh Start For My Laptop
- Lunar Voyager
- 13 - I'm Having Random Thoughts All The Time
- 12 - Be Kind Online
- 11 - NaNoWriMo - What Is It? Am I Doing It?
- 10 - Christmas But Early
- 9 - Robinsons R44 Raven in Flightgear
- 8 - Sopwith Camel in Flightgear
- 7 - Spoopy Season
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3 - My Brain Is A Messy Desk
My brain is a complete mess, here's how I easily explain it.
- 2 I Setup RSS
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1 - Mad Ramblings of Your Local Martian
I wanted to get a good headstart to 100DaysToOffload but all that came to me was random thoughts of little importance.
- GnatT1 Flight From Duxford to Lydd
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Why I Chose To Switch To BSPWM
Wayland may be the future, but it isn't the present, things are buggy and need a lot of work before they are ready for daily use.
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The Better Mastodon? GoToSocial Review
Review of GoToSocial, a lightweight Fediverse software.
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New Me?
This is a post reintroducing me to the internet after my rebrand.