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Reversing the mindless enslavement of humans by technology.

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2026LON Part 6: Docklands, London Stadium, Holland Park, British Museum, Leake St, Brixton/Borough Market (& More)

With just seven days to tour London on my own on my recent work trip, this post will look at a few more places that I visited. Unfortunately, many of the places I visited turned out to be museums where Continue reading

Review: UGREEN Studio Pro BT6.0 Hi-Res Hybrid Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones (HP206, 55687)

In recent years, I ve been quite pleased with how many of the reasonably-priced products in the personal audio market sound quite good. My most recent favourite for reasonably-priced, high-res audio Bluetooth headphones would be the QCY H3S, but unfortunately, after Continue reading

Project: Extreme DVD Overspeed Writing with the Sony Optiarc AD-7280S

In the last post, I described my glee at receiving a very competent Sony Optiarc AD-7280S. As it would turn out, in this post, I give it some torture as I relive a bit of a hobby from my past, Continue reading

Tested: Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x CD/DVD Rewritable Drive (w/New Media & Quality Scan Tests)

It s fun being on the trailing edge of technology, when you get to catch-up on things you ve always wanted to find out about, at a price you can afford. To that extent, I ve been collecting optical media and drives, enjoying Continue reading

2026LON Part 5: Piccadilly Circus, Whitehall, Westminster and Greenwich

Seven days to myself in London, just what did I get up to? This post follows on from the last, as I finished up in Chinatown, headed to more nearby points of interest. Piccadilly Circus Having done a lap of Continue reading

Review: Anker Solix F1200 Portable Power Station (aka 757, PowerHouse 1229Wh)

As part of my quest to optimise my energy bills, I ve been looking into power stations and building up my arsenal of energy storage. Whenever I spot a reasonably priced power station (and budget permits), I decide to grab them Continue reading

Review: ALIENTEK T90B 140W Smart USB-C Soldering Iron

If you re an electronics enthusiast or a maker, chances are, you ve had to use a soldering iron at some point in your life, whether to build something new or to modify and repair something that already exists. Anyone serious about Continue reading

Tested: Usb-Pwr PAK02A-based USB-C PD + Legacy Trigger/Decoy Board

After my recent misadventures with the WCH CH224K-based HW-443 USB-C PD Trigger Board that simply wouldn t work properly with USB-C PD but managed to work on legacy fast-charging protocols, I was contacted by a reader with an offer of a Continue reading

2026LON Part 4: Natural History Museum, The National Gallery, Royal Albert Hall, Chinatown & More

Welcome back to the fourth part of the series which looks at my one week in London earlier this year. In this post, I m continuing on my quest as a tourist to make the most of the time I have, Continue reading

90mm M.O. Adventures: Part 3 – Performance Tests, Sounds & Reflections

In the first part, I managed to rescue a precious M.O. drive which allowed me to embark on this journey to experience 90mm M.O. firsthand. In the second part, I collected a bunch of media and perused the freely-available standards Continue reading