Author Archives: Ponder
Sod It and Buggery! (Figuratively)
Today my replacement screen arrived. I got down to replacing it. I tested it at this point and it was all working! 🙂The only problem was the buttons wouldn’t stick down. I tried replacing the back panel, pushing the buttons … Continue reading
New Toy
“So what was the phone call about?” I hear you ask (I have very good hearing for things like this) 😉 This had arrived. It’s a Bluetooth controller I’ve seen used in a Mamemeister video for playing via emulators on … Continue reading
[Expletive Deleted]
Cycling to work yesterday I notice a missed call from my wife. My phone is kept in an arm mount while cycling, so I pulled onto the pavement, took it out of the mount to call back in case it … Continue reading
Cable Modem Woes
For a long time I’ve been having ‘fun’ with the Wi-Fi on my SuperHub 2.0. On boot (or reboot) it would take ages for it to become enabled, then even longer before anything would connect. Devices would just sit there, … Continue reading
Cycle “Adventures” Volume 96
Here, for your delight and astonishment at the standard of road usage, is my latest collection of clips from my regular commute to and from work. Amazingly, even though it snowed during this period, nothing unusual actually happened! I could … Continue reading
Cookies?
Since I’m making more use of this blog now, and I know it uses cookies, I thought I’d better make myself a bit GDPR compliant. I have no data harvesting plugins installed so a simple OK box will suffice 😉 … Continue reading
Headaches
I’ve been getting regular headaches again. Paracetamol will shift them but it’s a sign so I thought I’d try something based on what happened to me in the past. There was an unopened bottle of Beconase in the house, so … Continue reading
Archive Complete
I finally managed to get Google Takeout to archive all my G+ history, so I have it saved for prosperity. I’ve also changed links on here and my main home page to remove the link to G+ and replace it … Continue reading
Ingress – The Post That Started It All
Since this post will vanish on or soon after April 2nd this year, I have it here for prosperity. Ingress – the game that’s taken up so much of my life in the last 5 years, started for me as … Continue reading
New User Spam
Hah! Got you! I finally figured out how spambots are getting past my registration checks. The default login URL was active even though the option was hidden. Not any more 😉 User base now cleaned up to those I know … Continue reading