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Music
đ± OngoingMusic has always been a massive part of my life, let's dive into how that came to be.
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Games
đ± OngoingI've loved computer games forever. I miss having the time and energy I used to have for them.
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Early Web Memories
đ± OngoingMy recount of my earliest memories of being on and growing up on the web.
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Pop!_OS Setup Guide
đ± OngoingI've recently moved from Windows to Pop!_OS. These are my notes for first time configuration to get myself up and running and refer back to later.
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Running World of Warcraft on Pop!_OS Guide
These are my notes for getting World of Warcraft up and running on Pop!_OS.
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Create A Static Site Using 11ty & Deploy to Neocities
đ± OngoingThis is a simple guide to set up a simple static site or homepage using the static site generator 11ty and deploy it to Neocities.
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Gaming PC History Walkthrough
Walking down memory lane of the computers that I've built over the years
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Monthly Recap: January 2023
Hello web surfers and welcome to January's recap. It's been an exciting month refreshing existing content and adding new content.
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Monthly Recap: February 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to February's recap. This month I spent time updating existing pages and added some new pages.
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Logitech MX on Linux
When it comes to computer peripherals, I use Logitech. Keyboards, mice, headsets - theyâre all Logitech. But how do you take advantage of them when Logitech doesn't provide Linux drivers or software?
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Dragonflight Season One Recap
Dragonflight season one is almost over, so I've spent a few minutes reflecting on my achievements.
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Monthly Recap: March 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to March's recap. This month I started writing blog posts again.
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What's On My Steam Deck Autumn 2023
What do I have installed on my Steam Deck for Autumn 2023? How many of these games will I play, and how many will I finish?
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Record Store Day 2023
Record Store Day 2023 has been and gone. What new records did I manage to add to my collection?
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Monthly Recap: April 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to April's recap. This month I focused on automating more of Flamed Fury.
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How have your listening habits changed?
How have your listening habits changed when you started listening to audiobooks?
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Adding game cover art to my /now page
How I'm using Eleventy-Fetch and the Steam API to fetch recently played games, the games cover art and store page URL to display on my /now page.
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Dragonflight Season Two Recap
Dragonflight season two is almost over, so I've spent a few minutes reflecting on my achievements.
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Network link aggregation on Synology and Unifi
My notes on creating a bonded interface for link aggregation on a Unifi switch and Synology NAS.
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Now page update: poster art for shows and movies
Combine multiple API calls and eleventy-fetch to enrich Trakt metadata with poster art.
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Marvel Unlimited Continue Reading
Marvel Unlimited is my preferred choice for reading comics. This post discusses the frustrating aspects of the Continue Reading feature and how it affects my reading experience.
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Whakapapa Ski Trip
We could not have asked for better conditions for a day of skiing at Whakapapa ski field on Mt Ruapehu last weekend.
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Show Some Love: Supporting Your Favourites
Support a free and open web by supporting the projects that you love.
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Bushwalks
Intentionally leaving the house during the day and surrounding myself in nature does wonders for the soul.
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The Secrets of Azeroth
The Secrets of Azeroth world event is a detective caper where players particpate by solving clues to help the Preservationists find a perpretrator in a series of arifact heists.
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New X-Men (2001) Was Awesome
What an amazing run in 2001 by Grant Morrison that sets major X-Men plots for years to come.
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Hear me out: The Whopper is the best type of burger
Whopper odyssey unleashed and a new project underway.
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DRM-Free Audiobooks
Discover the freedom of DRM-free audiobooks and explore how to listen to them on your terms.
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On Blogs and Digital Gardens
Exploring the evolving landscape of the personal website. What are contrasts in content curation, the nature of personal blogging, and the concept of digital gardens?
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App Defaults
Episode 097 of the Hemispheric Views podcast held a fun Duel of the Defaults! competition. Hereâs my list.
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Own Your Web: Whatâs in a Name?
When creating a website, the most crucial decision a webmaster makes is not the design or content, but rather its name and domain.
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Build Personal Websites
I'm a big fan of websites created from pure enjoyment, free of a monetised agenda. Website creation should revolve around fun.
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Podcasts Worth Exploring: Recommendations Received
Following up on filling the fourth gap in my podcast subs
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Relics Of The Web
Blogrolls, buttons, and webrings. Remnants from an earlier Internet era. How do they function in today's digital landscape?
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A Simple Guide to Redirects on Neocities with Eleventy
We need more tutorials for using Eleventy outside of Netlify. Lets take a look at setting up redirects on Neocities with Eleventy.
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Making Websites Should Be Easy
Creating a website can be daunting, especially for if you're not a developer. This is a summary of a conversation with Sara Joy. Our vision is to make it easy for anyone to create a beautiful and functional website.
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Building My Comics Page
How I built my comics page using League of Comic Geeks, a NodeJS module and Eleventy.
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Freaks and Geeks
I just finished watching Freaks and Geeks and I'm happy to report that this show holds up.
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Blogging Anonymously
Exploring the benefits of blogging with and using a pseudonym online, how it still enables me to build meaningful relationships world wide with others who share similar interests.
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Deploying An 11ty Project To Shared Hosting
Forget the usual suspects for your website hosting. You should consider shared hosting for your next 11ty project.
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Surfing The Web And Sharing What I Find
How I surf the web, manage my online bookmarks and share exciting hyperlinks with the community.
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Even if you're not a fan of Wu-Tang, I bet you'll enjoy this dramatised version of their origin story.
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Everything Is Recorded: Friday Forever
Friday Forever is an album that I will happilly listen to front to back in a single sitting multiple times a year.
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Mac Miller: Swimming
Sit back with a couple beers or a smoke and enjoy Mac Miller's sup chill record Swimming with me.
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Halt And Catch Fire
Halt And Catch Fire is a wonderful walk through the early eras of technology and the Internet.
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Nostalgia Music
Nostalgia music... Albums or songs that hold a special place in your heart. What's yours?
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BMF Season 3
Hiliarious acting makes great watching in this dramatised retelling of the story of an organised crime group.
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X-Terminators (2022)
The X-Terminators is a fantastic X-Men story during the Krakoan era, but not part of the main Krakoan story line.
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Challengers (2024)
Tonight I managed to watch a movie, Challengers. A movie about tennis and friendship.
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The Tortured Poets Department
I listened to two hours of The Tortured Poets Department, ask me anything
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Sliding Away
I've been sitting on this for two years... I dive into the evolution of Miley Cyrus between "We Can't Stop," "Slide Away," and more recently, "Jaded."
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Monthly Recap: May 2024
What's up, Internet? Time to recap the posts I wrote, books I read, links I shared and updates I made to the website during May. This month includes a recap of WebLogPoMo2024.
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Blocking Bots With 11ty And Apache
How to block bots with robots.txt, .htaccess with 11ty and Apache. Make it difficult for them to jack your stuff!
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Monthly Recap: June 2024
What's up, Internet? June was code jams, blocking bots, posts, books, music, bookmarks and small improvements to the website. - monthly recap - now
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Monthly Recap: July 2024
What's up, Internet? A couple of blog posts, heaps of bookmarks and a few updates from these corners of the web.
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IndieWeb 101
The IndieWeb can be overwhelming for anyone trying to get onboard and participate. h-card's and h-entry's are a great entry point for anyone looking to get indy with their websites.
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Millennial Energy
Born in the eighties, growing up in the ninetess, losing and finding myself in the two thousands.
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Monthly Recap: August 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, code jamming, lots of books read, new records, a stack of bookmarks, and IndieWeb discourse? Whaaat? Check out how August went for me.
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New Music Friday #1
Cleared a few items out of my music to buy wish list. Come check out some fantastic local artists.
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RELICS: A New World Rises
While up in Auckland last weekend the family and I checked out a sweet Lego exhibition at the Auckland Museum.
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Monthly Recap: September 2024
What's going on, Internet? Blogging, bookmarking, gaming, website workshops and a social web!
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Firefox, From The Ashes?
What must Firefox do to keep the trust of those who want freedom and choice on the web?
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The Death Of Slim Shady
Where I remember when music was a shared experience, not just a personal one.
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Monthly Recap: October 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, dark romance novels, new vinyl for the collection, a stack of bookmarks, the Cafe's haloween event, and HTML for People? Check out how October went for me.
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How Do I IndieWeb?
The IndieWeb is more than just webmentions. It's about having your own website, sharing links to other websites, and being part of communities that work towards building a better web.
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What If Encore Never Leaked?
What if the original tracks for meant for Eminem's fifth studio album Encore never leaked?
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Monthly Recap: November 2024
What's up, Internet? Novembers out, and December's in. What did I write, read, bookmark and get up to in November?
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Reflections 2024: Parenthood
This year has been a whirlwind of parenting challenges and unexpected moments of pure joy. With two energetic kids under four, life is a constant dance of chaos and love.
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Reflections 2024: Beer
my 2024 journey though beer, exploring West Coast IPAs, Bright IPAs, and New Zealand IPAs. Cheers to a year of hoppy adventures!
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Monthly Recap: February 2025
What's up, Internet? Books, new records, getting back into Warcraft and enjoying being offline and celebrating weddings.
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Video Guides
Video guides and tutorials are great for getting a quick overview of a process, but they're hard to go back to for reference.
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Monthly Recap: May 2025
What's going on, Internet? Easter road trips, moving cross country, new vinyls, and physical magazines about the Internet, in 2025? Sign me up!
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Book Report: The Dream Hotel
This book was unsettling because of how close to our reality it really is. Do you go through life thinking you have nothing to hide? Time to check yourself before you're in for a rude awakening.
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Hitting Up The Gym Again
How much do you bench, bro? Working out for mental health. Working out for getting out of the damn house.
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How I Use Kagi
My block list and some fun search lenses. Don't @ me that damn article about the guy whinging about Kagi.
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Monthly Recap: June 2025
Moving city, reading books, new records, new website hosting, and stuff across the web!
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Dinosaur Discovery at Auckland Zoo
We travelled to the Auckland Zoo to discover a wonderful and mysterious world of dinosaurs
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Hairy Maclary's Greatest Hits
A weekend adventure to see Aotearoa's favourite mischievous dog, Hairy Maclary's greatest hits brought to live on stage
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Monthly Recap: July 2025
Settling into our new life routines, open homes, new pages on the website and my favourite posts from around the web.
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New Old Eminem
Lights, action, cameras flashin - a lost Eminem track from run up to The Eminem Show finally surfaces
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Sicker Than The Remix
Monthly recap for August, family life in Auckland, Bandcamp Friday purchases, trips back home, Beervana, golf, books, and website updates.
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Minuit At Double Whammy
Minuitâs reunion tour wrapped up at Double Whammy in Auckland, a fantastic night out with friends, food, and music
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New Music Friday #6
Supporting NZ music with Minuitâs full back catalogue (fresh off last nightâs gig) and Fur Patrolâs classics
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Fall Between The Cracks
When the music industry forgets about an album, local libraries are here to save the day
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She Likes Listening To Punk Rock
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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Anitya Live At The Civic
Tom Scott's latest project Anitya, the album and the once in a life time live show at the Auckland Civic Theatre
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Yeah, I Wish A Brother Would
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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No More Open Homes
We finally bought a house. It needs a full rebuild, but at least the open home era is over.
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Contain The Web With Firefox Containers
A quick look at how I use Firefox Containers and Containerise to keep the big bad evil platforms fenced off and reduce the webâs mess without breaking my web browsing experience
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Ain't Enough To Go 'Round In This World
What Iâve been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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What Music Ownership Means to Me
A personal look at music ownership, streaming, and how I buy, collect, and stream music I actually own.
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Drinking Less, Enjoying More: Beer in 2025
Fewer beers, better choices. A look back at what I drank in 2025
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Orakei Korako Cave & Geothermal Park
The first day of our summer road trip, stopping at Orakei Korako on the way south.
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Fresh 88x31 Buttons
I created a set of new animated 88x31 buttons for Flamed Fury using Ritual's Button Creator.
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The Summer Took Hold
A December and January catch up. Summer road trip, records, bookmarks, and tinkering with the site.
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Carl Cox On Waiheke
A Saturday afternoon on Waiheke for Carl Cox. Ferry rides, steak and beer, new friends on the dance floor.
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Four More Years
A $90 battery replacement and a clean install. My iPhone 13 Pro gets another couple of years.
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Making fLaMEd fury Glow Everywhere With an Eleventy Transform
Giving fLaMEd fury a glowup with an elevnty transform.
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I'll Name This Post Later
What I've been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds
A five-part podcast tracing MF DOOM from Long Island to Leeds. I reckon it's worth a listen, even if you're not a hip hop head.
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MGK At The Spark Arena
The Lost Americana Tour came through Auckland, but all I really wanted to hear was Tickets To My Downfall
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Home Brew Presents: Last Week
A solo night out at the Auckland Town Hall to finally see Home Brew perform their EP Last Week.
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Create A Static Site Using 11ty & Deploy to Neocities (2026 Refresh)
A refresh of my most-read guide. Build a homepage with 11ty, ship it to Neocities, and keep GitHub out of it with Forgejo or Codeberg.
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I Am A Link Curator
I took James' Blogger Archetypes quiz and got "link curator". Take it yourself and let me know your result.
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Outer Banks (2020) Seasons One & Two
A teen drama, but not your typical teen drama. I love teen dramas.
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Link Dump: June 2026
Dumping some open tabs from the month. There might be something in here you might find interesting.
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Dinosaur Discovery Returns
Back to Auckland Zoo for this year's Dinosaur Discovery Track, with a batch of new dinosaurs on the loose.
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RE: We Need A Physical-Digital Music Experience
Olly wants to buy digital music through his local record store. The book world already has this figured out.