REVIEW: Oculus Quest 2
After nearly 6 months with the Oculus Quest 2. Here are some of my thoughts.
Index
2021
REVIEW: Tokyo Chronos
One thing I’ve done during this early May Bank Holiday weekend is to finally finish Tokyo Chronos. I’ve been playing it intermittently over a period of about three months, and have now completed the game! It’s been totally worth the time and attention to see all the endings an...
2019
Magical Machine Learning
CGP Grey’s video describes a fundamental thing about machine learning that I find interesting: regarding neural networks specifically, even though we may understand the process of training them so that they will produce a correct result, we can’t really explain their “thought ...
2018
Codewars
I joined Codewars just over two weeks ago, on the 17th last month, and it’s been a lot of fun! I’ve been focusing on Ruby because it’s what Makers is interested in but it’s OK, I feel like I could switch to JavaScript just as easily if the situation required it - having comple...
Jekyll Static Sites and the Search for a CMS
Jekyll is wonderful. When GitHub Pages launched, it was exactly what I was looking for. What I felt was missing was decent CMS for writing, managing and updating posts. I found it was awkward having to write, commit and push to GitHub everytime I wanted to post something on m...
Talking My Way Out Of An Internship
So I did get feedback on that Technology Internship I applied for. I thought the video interview went well. In a sense it did but it seems I talked my way out of the job :(
Failing Faster
That’s not pessimism talking. A long time ago, an Extra Credits episode introduced me to the idea. It’s an idea that really resonates with me because I feel that it identifies my greatest flaw.
2016
Thoughts on the TV License
The “number of televisions”* line got my attention. It was in a comment on a Facebook post that was talking about the TV License. If anyone cares, here are my thoughts - as a Brit living in London, UK who feels that the TV Licence is worth it. If I say anything that’s inaccura...
TECH: VR Headsets
More than the mere virtual reality proclaimed by industry commentators, we’ve segued in a big way into augmented reality with the massive success of Pokémon Go. More accurately, this has been the year of alternate realities.
Google Drive misbehaves when sync folder is on a NAS
Problem: If the Google Drive sync folder is on a NAS, Google Drive sync will complain that the folder is missing when computer resumes from Sleep or Hibernation.
2015
REVIEW: The Park (no spoilers)
I did actually preorder this game so I got it on launch day and spent a few hours with it. I guess Funcom can’t be accused of misrepresentation - the second sentence of the description on the game’s Steam page states it clearly enough: “The Park is a one to two hour long… expe...