image source I watched the film The Zone of Interest last night. This is a film about the commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss or to be more accurate, his family and their time at the infamous concentration

I suspect this post will interest about twelve people? But here goes. A few months ago, one of my favourite online shops for Raspberrypi stuff Pimoroni announced the release of a single NVMe baseboard.

♫ ♪ "There's a rat in the kitchen; what am I gonna do? There's a rat in the kitchen....." ♬ ♩ Walking Charlie this morning, he suddenly started pulling down the entrance that leads to our local

I took a few days off work over the Bank Holiday weekend as my wife and I were due to look after our grandson yesterday (Wednesday) while his mum and dad went to a wedding. The plan was to take him to

So there I am at 07:30 this morning, transported back to 1973, listening to David Bowie in concert, performing Moonage Daydream at four hundred decibels on my new replacement BOSE earbuds. Charlie and

HUZZAH! The missus had already texted me to say my replacement BOSE earbuds had finally arrived, and the above notification dropped in my inbox a few minutes later. "Thank The Pond Gods, that's all

It's bad enough that I seem to have a face? Posture? Aura? Some invisible sign that I'm not aware of? Without Charlie encouraging all the weirdos, he can lay his hands paws on to come and harass me. Charlie

The ongoing saga of my BOSE earbuds is finally drawing to a close. On Monday, I looked at when all this nightmare started, and it seems I first reported the faulty earbuds on the 4th of February. Now I'm

Tuesday ☎️ "Hi Pete, I created a support ticket, but nobody has got back to me?" 👨 "Actually, you were sent a response, I saw it. It explained that you don't have any support with us, but

The wife works nights; she does Continental Shifts of three on and three off. When she is working and because I'm a very modern man, I cook dinner in the morning, generally at 5:00 am! So that the missus

"It always seems to happen to you!" I really need to get that carved on my headstone. The saga of my faulty Bose earbuds continues after finally getting UPS to retrieve them from their locker

Christmas 2022 and the wife, or should that be Father Christmas? Bought me a set of Bose earbuds. I do love Bose products; the sound is so rich and immersive, and I have to say, the noise cancelling is

Having seen Jeff Geerling's video on YouTube about installing and booting a Raspberry Pi 5 from an NVMe I stuck my name down on the waiting list not only for a Pi 5 (8GB) but also for Pimoroni's NVMe board

Going away for a few days after Christmas is a great idea, you should try it. We booked three nights at The Blue Ball Inn, Countasbury, Devon, from the 27th to the 29th, basically the day after Boxing

image source The wife asked me for a Crosley record player for Christmas, AKA the record killer! Now, dear reader, I did pug my face. "Eew! Not one of those?" But the wife insisted I never said

I'm a classic Traditionalist when it comes to Christmas; I like to open presents and then have a Christmas breakfast, usually smoked mackerel, juice, etc. Cook the Christmas dinner and have all my family

source Me: "Can you create an account and invoice this IT company for £10.00, please?" Accounts: "They [The actual customer] pay quarterly." Me: "I know the customer pays quarterly;

And these people are in charge! image created by MS CoPilot Me: ✉️ Afternoon, Dave, the following products are due to expire. Can you let me know how many years you wish to renew for? ESET PROTECT Essential

image source "I've got a leg! I'm supposed to write an essay about it, but I think I'm gonna mount it on the bonnet of my car."Vyvyan -The Young Ones With those immortal words, I was hooked.

So, let me plant my flag firmly in the ground before we start. I believe there are (Note I didn't say "Has to be.") other lifeforms Out There. I'm not an astronomer or knowledgeable on solar