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Before The Storm
My favourite video games to play are ones that are heavily story focussed or that allow me to create my own story. I’ve spent many many hours playing games like Fallout and Mass Effect, and will probably continue to play them in the future. I’m a big fan of the Telltale Games series. They’re almost…
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‘Fixing’ a Commodore 64
A while back I made a nostalgic impulse purchase on eBay and ended up with a Commodore 64 – a real breadbin style one, with no emulation in sight. This was my first ever computer and I have fond memories of playing countless games, waiting patiently for things to load from tape, and borrowing library…
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Fixing Sony A7 LCD delamination
I’m a big Sony camera fan, and I’ve been using an A7 for the past few years. Recently I noticed the rear LCD was showing a lot of patchy discolouration. It was starting to get very noticeable and distracting, and was only getting worse. It turns out the camera has a built-in screen protector, and…
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Super Nintendo Mini Classic, for kids
I bought a SNES Mini Classic recently. The original wasn’t that popular when I was young – more of an American thing I think – and I didn’t know anyone with one, so I was very curious. The closest I got as a kid was The Great Giana Sisters on the Commodore 64 (a Super…
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Speeding up a Synology rebuild
After purchasing a Synology NAS I inserted a bunch of drives and left ‘expanding’ overnight. When I came back in the morning it had gone from 2% to 5% complete – about 95% less than what I was hoping. I discovered that you can SSH into the box and check the status of the rebuild…
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