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A look back at the Ubuntu Phone
About 5 years ago, I read an article on Canonical’s ambitious plans on achieving device convergence with a product called Ubuntu for Android. That is to use the same code across different types of devices and allowing different devices running the same software...
Hungry Jack’s (Burger King) “The Aussie” review
A kind of a follow up to the McRib review I did a few years back. Whilst out in Australia, I just had to visit on old favourite, Hungry Jack’s, the Australian subsidiary of Burger King, as it’s the only place you can order “The Aussie”....
Review of Emirates Business class
Out visiting family in Australia again, as my website is no longer hosted from home, I’m not actually surprised that it’s still online this time. Of course, being a resident of the United Kingdom means that the process of getting yourself from one side of...
My adventures into the world of GNU/Linux. Part 5 – Portability, 64 Bit, Chameleons, and leaving via the Gate.
The long awaited fifth part to the saga. In the last instalment, I had finally gotten online with a Linux system, and was able to perform everyday tasks on my desktop box such as word processing, browsing the web, instant messaging, and DVD playback. In this post,...
Robert Investigates: Another counterfeit mains lead (Guida LP-60L)
Another fake and possibly dangerous mains lead goes under the knife.

Explaining DNS and the DDoS on Dyn
Why did the Internet appear to break on Friday? Today I explain what DNS is, and why it’s essential to your everyday Internet browsing habits.

Red Star OS 3.0: North Korea’s custom Linux distribution
Whilst everyone else in the UK is panicking over the results of the EU referendum, I decided, as usual to do something completely different. Here I’m going to review the Operating System designed for use by the citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic...
Toonbot – a webcomic delivery service for Slack.
At work, we use a chat system for internal communications called Slack. One of the many features of the platform is the ability to integrate other apps, or allow external applications post messages for you. One of the earliest integrations someone integrated was the...