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I recently bought a new GPU (an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT).

Prices RAM and GPUs are rumoured to exploed in the coming months.

I built a new desktop 5 years ago.

Recently I bought a new piano and figured maybe it was time I modernized to using an iPad for sheet music.

Apple launched their own laptop/desktop silicon line, starting with the M1, back in 2021.

I’ve had my current server, a NAS mostly used for plex, for almost 10 years.

Just in the last month, three companies have decided to screw over their customers hoping to make a few extra bucks.

So, I’ve been using iOS now for around 2 months.

My name is Antony and I’m am a British-born Electrical Engineer living in Seattle.

After 14 years on Android, I switched to an iPhone 14 Pro Max last week.

I’ve used Android exclusively since the original HTC Dream (AKA T-Mobile G1) That was 14 year ago!

I’ve now had my Steam deck for a few months.

I have been running my current server running CentOS 7 for almost 8 years.

Earlier this year my old Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro S mechanical keyboard started giving me problems.

Google just announced that they’re removing free Google Workspace accounts.

Microsoft just announced their intention to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B.

Many, many years ago I used Evernote.

I’ve been using Pushover since 2012.

As I’ve posted about before, my home network is powered by Unifi gear.

I’ve worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for almost 7 years now.

I’ve used Sublime Text for the last 9 years.

When the pandemic started I already owned a pair of Bose NC 700.

All the work Valve has been doing to make Linux a viable gaming OS has led to this one device: The Steam Deck, and I’m really excited.

I thought we’d start the summer with a fun project, so I ordered some boxcars for my two older sons.

Last week I sold a car.

I’ve been rocking a fairly high-end, though consumer-grade, Asus RT-AC88u router for the last 5 years.

My first job after university was designing analogue circuits and programming their firmware.

My thoughts on Redhat’s announcement that they’re abandoning CentOS.

My current PC is 6 years old.

As I’ve lived at my new house for 12 months, you can guess that my Comcast XFinity bill increased.

Starting with the Nexus 4, I’ve owned every single Nexus phone.

Over the last 20+ years I’ve played with many different tennis racquets.

After two and a half years running the back end storage data plane of Amazon S3, I’ve decided to join the Amazon Lambda team.

Two months ago I bought a 4K TV.

I’ve been rocking a cheap Vizio E-series 1080p TV since Black Friday 2012.

I’ve used VLC for more than 15 years.

Last week we moved in to our new house.

In a previous post I described moving my homepage to hugo hosted on Netlify.

Much of the web these days (>26%) is built on WordPress.

I’ve lived in the U.S. for the last 15 years.

I haven’t posted in a really long time.

9 months ago I accepted a job offer with Amazon Web Services.

As rumoured (and expected), Google announced the Nexus 6 phone/phablet last month: And the Nexus 9 tablet: The big shock for many was …

For several years now, I’ve noticed Newegg customer service get worse and worse. 15 years ago, I used to order computer parts from them all …

We live in a world where many companies have been very successful giving an app or game away for free, and charging for extras – called IAPs …

A month and a half ago, I went to Google I/O 2014.

Denisse had been using my old laptop for the last 5 years.

I backed my first Kickstarter in March of 2013.

I haven’t posted in a really long time.

It’s been ages since I last posted.