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Yesterday, I turned 30. 12 years into adulthood. A new decade of life. A new decade for World of Matthew. I’m working on several projects. From repairing tech to designing new parts for this website. Waiting for parts to finish repairs on the WH100-XM5 (pretty much finished but waiting for T7000) while I have ordered a AMD BC 250 for a few projects involving GPU compute and gaming (going…
Everyone knows smart TVs are dreadful for privacy because manufacturers make money from advertising to subsidies cheaper units. Avoiding it is as simple as buying another device for smart functionality (Apple TV, Android streaming box, or RPi running LibreELEC). Some TVs might require an internet connect but if not upfront, return it (but 99% of units work fine offline). There’s an online urban…
When you see a Supported Living place, you may see outdoor furniture placed outside. However, neither the local authority nor the landlord will be upfront about how it’s managed. With St. Thomas House in North Walsham, it was “donated” by the council (as I was told way after moving in). Basically, Norfolk County Council Adult Social Care will nominate people into St. Thomas House…
I’ve been watching Rinoa’s Auspicious Travails for years at this point (5+?). Loving watching videos of someone dealing with and repairing old technology. Especially watching their videos, working in her workshop, and doing solar experiments. Really shows the possibilities Americans have. If you are in the care system, you’re forced to apply for every benefit/welfare possible,…
Video Description: On Tuesday, I went for a walk from North Walsham to Antingham. Setting off on the footpath out of North Walsham Industrial Estate. Going through multiple footpaths and country roads. Arriving in Antingham after 1 hour and 15 minutes. Visited St Mary’s Church (looking around, attempted to buy a postcard but the card machine was locked out). Walked around the perimeter of the…
On 8th June, the Labour government once again misused gov.uk to post another political article. This time pressuring big-tech firm (Google and Apple) to scan all phones owned by children or anyone who hasn’t given big-tech their real life ID for “ nude images ”. Even ignoring their example of FaceTime having a less than 100% accurate nudity detector (which won’t be running…
Next week, I will start doing more stuff towards greater independence. From sanding down more wood to going into the countryside more often. It will be “juggling” things to get ready to activate move-on plans in July. Monday will start with paying off one lifetime email upgrade (used for the new backend storage for videos as a onetime investment) and putting another £50 towards my SIPP…
Thinking of new content and promotion. I haven’t posted for the last few weeks, after scrapping the blog post for the last Norwich trip. Not liking how the blog post turned out. I am planning for independence from the care system (hopefully) in the next 13 months, once the weather dries out (Saturday?). I will start Phase 1 of the plan (repairing items and creating art).
Today marks the day I say goodbye to my Steam Deck. In 2021, I waited for the countdown until the Steam Deck pre-orders dropped, and after 15 minutes of dealing with timing out and errors; I placed down my £4 or £5 deposit. In April 2022, I received my Steam Deck (second week) 64GB. Started playing Aperture Desk Job (Steam Deck tech demo) before installing other games on the unit. The Steam Deck…
Last month, I covered the North Walsham car boot sale. The first (April) car boot of 2026 wasn’t very good. Entering May’s car boot, I immediately noticed more cars set up than in April (though like an extra row or two, not nearly twice as large because there’s a large space halfway through). Spent little time there; I ran out of space quickly. First, I bought two children’s books to gift and a…