# general tech (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover general tech. Page: Feed: --- ## [I bought another watch](https://www.thewkblog.com/2026/08/09/i-bought-another-watch/) _2026-08-09 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ Yes, really. But this one is special. Let me explain. Over the last couple of years I have gained weight, a lot of it. And I mean a LOT of it. In my sporty days I used to weigh around 70kg and for a while now 90kg was in the rearview mirror and getting smaller… \[…\] ## [The Straum Jan Mayen](https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/12/30/the-straum-jan-mayen/) _2025-12-30 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ This year marked the moment I purchased one of my absolute dream watches. The Straum Jan Mayen wasn’t it. It is what followed my dream watch, the dream watch now being worn by someone somewhere in Dubai. I owned my dream watch for a month and during that time I wore it 3 or 4 \[…\] ## [Of Patience and Pedals](https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/12/08/of-patience-and-pedals/) _2025-12-08 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ Being a driving instructor I know it’s been a while since I last wrote a post, however, the last couple of months have been rather difficult. I have never been fired in my life, however when I returned from vacation on June 30th this year, the two new business owners of the company called me \[…\] ## [9000 km in the ID.Buzz](https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/05/30/9000-km-in-the-id-buzz/) _2025-05-30 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ In January my new company car finally arrived and this time our choice fell on the VW ID.Buzz, coming from the now discontinued Sharan. It is the newer model with the ID.7s engine, we also went for the long wheel base and seven seater configuration, which comes with the bigger 85 kWh battery. The Tl;Dr \[…\] ## [I built myself a watch](https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/03/16/i-built-myself-a-watch/) _2025-03-16 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ Yes, you read that right, I got the parts, learned how to do it and went ahead and assembled a wristwatch. There are two reasons I did this, I for one I was interested in the process and wanted to see if I could get a working watch out of this and how well it \[…\] ## [My self-hosting odyssey and conclusions](https://www.thewkblog.com/2024/12/26/my-self-hosting-odyssey-and-conclusions/) _2024-12-26 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ Around the beginning of this year I decided to build myself a new server for my home use. This would be the third iteration of a home server. But it’s been a long road, getting from there to here. Gen 1 Gen 1 was a rather cheap dell poweredge that I got back in 2016 \[…\] ## [Apples 2024 Update and other annoyances](https://www.thewkblog.com/2024/09/27/apples-2024-update-and-other-annoyances/) _2024-09-27 · admin · TheWKBlog.com_ I know, it’s been a while since the last post, and for good reason, I have been busy with other things that had higher priority. But, good news everyone, I am back! And to keep with the traditions of this blog, I am going to vent my built up anger about everyones favourite fruit manufacturer. \[…\]