Curiosity Rover’s 1.8 Billion-pixel panorama of Mars
Recently, while all the NASA types were on holiday, the Mars Curiosity Rover got bored and took a panorama. You can’t really blame it, it went to Mars on a … Read More
Coronavirus, what are the best masks?
I wrote about the coronavirus and masks a month ago when it was just beginning to scare people / be talked about by the media all the time. The two … Read More
Dreams on PS4 is a lot of fun and I only just started
I started playing the PS4 exclusive Dreams last night and absolutely loved it. I had read quite a few reviews and it seemed interesting. One common theme running through any … Read More
Deepfake of Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr in Back to the Future
In case you are some kind of ghastly Luddite, a deepfake is essentially when you add someone’s face to someone else and make them say fake stuff. Think digital ‘Face/Off‘. … Read More
Baan Krood in Thailand is downright delightful
A brief sojourn in Baan Krood, Thailand. As I mentioned last week, I have been travelling a lot recently but only locally. I live in Thailand, so local travel is … Read More
The Coronavirus, pollution and living in Bangkok
I was blissfully mask and worry free for two weeks, the coronavirus and pollution a distant dream. I have just spent almost two weeks down the coast of Thailand in … Read More
The Sun in its highest definition yet
The sun, or Sol as it prefers to be called, it a pretty damned amazing ball exploding stuff. Now, thanks to a new telescope that goes by the catchy moniker … Read More
Writing for Medium after 11 years of blogging
I have decided to write for Medium. It can’t hurt. I was a member anyway and decided to give it a bash after realising that The Word of Ward has … Read More
The future is foldable. Laptop screens get bendy
Foldable technology is almost here. Well, technically all laptops are foldable but that is verging on the pedantic. What I am talking about are foldable screens and while a lot … Read More
Stoicism, contentment and ignoring social media
Over the last few years I have striven to care less about stuff in a quest for contentment. Not giving a shit about what other people think has been pretty … Read More
New Year Resolutions are easy to keep
I recently read an article in New Scientist that said statistically, if you make new year resolutions, you are more likely to keep them than merely vaguely wanting to do … Read More
Happy Christmas Eve, Day, Boxing Day and week
Happy Christmas dear readers from all of us here at Word of Ward Towers! I, I mean, er, we, hope you have a joyous one and if your faith allows … Read More
I am now slightly more awesome thanks to Udemy
Well, not just Udemy, a variety of sites and apps, but it is definitely one of the better ones. It is always good to better yourself (even though I am … Read More
Haunted Thailand is now out!
If you are interested in the haunted shenanigans, the occult, ghost, demons, spirits or folklore, then you are in for a treat. A cheap treat too because I am nice … Read More
Winter is coming to Thailand! Bring a shirt.
Winter is coming! I have had several friends and a couple of near strangers ask me when is the best time to visit Thailand when it comes to weather and … Read More
Animated Data on Youtube is surprisingly exciting
I love data, statistics, facts and figures. Even more so when they are presented in easy to understand formats like pie charts, graphs, and bar charts. You learn but in … Read More
The foldable phone and a perfect tech combo
For years, I have been searching for the prefect technology combination and I think foldable tech is going to be the answer. Just not for a while. The other day, … Read More
Video streaming services while living abroad are mostly rubbish
The internet is currently talking about the new Disney+ streaming service. I have to say, it looks amazing and I desperately want them to have my money. Except I can’t. … Read More
I’ll probable write more about writing from now on
After last week’s furious rant you will be pleased to hear I am in more of a chipper mood of late. This is possibly down to wearing noise cancelling headphones … Read More
Stop using your phone speaker in public. Twat
I think the title pretty says where I am going to go with this. In case you are slow on the uptake – and if you are a culprit of … Read More