"Ducky"

So, after building my bike to my tastes... I gave it away. I was able to pass it on to a friend who was really happy to get a bike and I am chuffed he can also now come out with me. I was also able to make a choice…

Garmin inReach Mini

I have really been interested in satellite communications since I saw at talk at 31c3 Iridium Pager Hacking (and the follow up talk the next year) along with my interest in RTL-SDRs. Another passion is Hillwalking but I usually only get out by myself and this does leave me concerned…

Cycle Ride Leader

Got to do this great course last Saturday. It was a good day, plenty of new skills learned and it was amazing to build up confidence - with a great ending of passing it.…

Creating *my* bike

After a trip to Glasgow, to see my friend Kevin, we did a lot of bike watching and bike chat while drinking too much Coffee. We even popped in to Evans Cycles to see examples of things we spoke about and to take a look at Bromptons. My issue is…

iPod Classic

I was looking at my Bandcamp music this weekend, most of it is not available on Spotify so I thought lets get my old iPod Classic out, so I can load it up and listen to some of these albums I dont normally listen too. This iPod (a 5th Gen…

E-Waste

I really miss the days of phones with batteries that could just be replaced when needed. What a faff this is nowadays. Even gave an iPhone a RAM upgrade - The iPhone can still take nice photos. Take a look at the post pic..…

RSS Feeds

I have had enough of social media now. Well most of it. Getting angry about things you have no real control over, witnessing horrific acts humans inflict on each other or just mind numbing dross that's pumped out.  I found myself doom scrolling for nearly half an hour the other…