I know, right? The internet takes you on wonderful journeys, and today I found out about adverbial adjuncts. My path there began by wondering about the overused and redundant ‘to be honest’ that is added to statements. To be honest I always lie. Unsure person Similarly there is the popular (and probably American) ‘go ahead’,Continue reading “Adverbial adjunct”
Author Archives: John
SimpleSync
What better way to welcome in the New Year than over-engineering a solution to an edge case that almost no one will need. Hurrah! The thing is, sometimes I need to edit files on a remote server. This isn’t anything new or different, but sometimes I also want to use my editor of choice (VSCode),Continue reading “SimpleSync”
Fallout 4 VR
After not touching my Oculus Rift for a good while I’ve had a resurgence of interest. This is mainly due to buying Fallout 4 VR. I’ll prefix this by stating that I’ve played the original Fallout 4 extensively, sinking countless hours into it (as well as the previous Fallouts). It’s a world and story thatContinue reading “Fallout 4 VR”
Downloading iCloud photos
I take a lot of photos and try to be very careful with their management and storage. Everything gets included in Lightroom, and backed up in a variety of ways. The photos on my and my wife’s iPhone live in the cloud, outside the rest of my archive. This is something that’s always irked me.Continue reading “Downloading iCloud photos”
Retro Mini Controller
My daughter received a Retro Mini Controller as a gift. It’s quite a cool looking little device with a tiny joystick, a couple of buttons, and a battery compartment. In fact, it’s mostly a battery compartment – the entire thing runs on 3 AAAs. The box advertises that it has 200 built in games andContinue reading “Retro Mini Controller”
