Reviews, Blog, and the occasional Rant
My blog and occasional comment on current affairs.
I write for a living, occasionally draw and design book covers, and the rest of the time I read (a lot) and watch stuff on Netflix and Youtube. Portability, battery life and weight were main factors. Being able to play Civilization 6 and Cuphead where just added bonuses. I looked at a lot of hybrids and 2-in-1 options and I kept coming back to the Microsoft Surface Pro 2017. It also has a pen.
Happy Christmas! Go be merry!
Replying to scammers is obviously time-consuming and tedious, so the good news is that there is now an AI chatbox thing that will do that for you.
I got Until Dawn on some sale or other and had been meaning to play it for ages. Then Skyrim VR came out and I thought I had better clear … Read More
If you don’t know who Bob Ross is, then you clearly didn’t stay up late getting stoned while watching terrestrial ‘scheduled’ TV. (I er, saw him on youtube…) Watching Bob … Read More
I have noticed a couple of themes that appear in every writing tips article and they are definitely true. If you are attempting Nanowrimo or want to try out writing a book, this might help a little.
I saw list below on Pinterest and thought it was pretty damned fascinating and handy. I went through it and realised by the time I had hit the end that I could remember the Morse code for the first five letters of the alphabet.
I spend a lot of time thinking, reading and writing about gadgets. And quite rightly so, gadgets are awesome. About 5 years ago, when I first bought a Mac Air, I remember saying to a slightly bored friend of mine that the perfect device would be a Mac Air that could separate into a tablet. Then along came the iPad Pro which is almost, nearly, kinda that.
Now there is too much choice. It is not just about laptops anymore, there are multiple devices. What to get?
You wouldn’t have thought a time lapse of a cargo ship sailing halfway around the world would be so relaxing and pleasant to watch. Especially 10 minutes of it. It … Read More
These days the news is full of stories about the rise of AI. Well, Trump, North Korea, Brexit and AIs. Everything is basically alarming and it is hard to know what to be most shit scared about next.
There are some interactive elements – such as docking (fairly easy) and landing (fairly impossible) – but this is essentially a documentary experience.
I haven’t done this for ages, so it seems the perfect time to publicise my short collection of lighthearted travel tales. “Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories”.
Now you can visit the International Space Station in Google Street View thanks to science and technology and some amazing people.
In this clip, the drummer’s camera was on and the speakers played Bohemian Rhapsody. Londoners love a sing a long and everyone loves Queen. It’s not often you hear 65,000 people sing.
Far Cry Primal is a lot like Far Cry 3 and 4 except it is set 12,000 years ago so instead of a ludicrous amount of guns and grenades, you … Read More
Documenta is a huge art festival that takes place in Kassel, Germany, every 5 years. This one, the 14th, is also simultaneously taking place in Athens. We went to Kassel a couple of weeks ago, so thought I might as well post a load of pictures.
I’m back from holiday and settling into the calm serenity that is my home in Bangkok. It was a superb but exhausting trip to the UK and two arts festivals in Germany – Documenta in Kassel and a sculpture project in Muenster.
I am about to leave the hot and rainy Bangkok and go to the apparently warm and not too rainy UK. After that will be a trip to Germany and the towns of Kassel and Muenster for Documenta and a ton of art. I am a bit worried as I have made the momentous decision to travel with just my iPad Pro (for writing and entertainment) and a Samsung 8+ (for photos and the internet) and no laptop.
This is essentially an interactive 90-minute story featuring you, the Batman, being the world’s greatest detective.