Posts in “Technology”

New Motorbike & Broken Phone Drama

I recently bought a new motorbike and managed to drop my phone while riding it. Oh joy.

📅 10 March 2025

Automatically Pulling Multiple Repos From GitHub on Mac

I have a number of GitHub repositories on my Mac and I wanted a way to auto-pull them on a regular basis. Here's how I did it.

📅 12 January 2025

My Default Apps at the End of 2024

As I did in 2023, here's my app defaults at the end of 2024. ⚠️ Spoiler - not much has changed.

📅 30 December 2024

The Cost of Self-Hosting

Since playing around with Android and trying to get some self-hosted services running, I've been thinking about the costs of self-hosting. Ironically, I think the cost to my wallet is the least of them.

📅 26 December 2024

I'm Switching Back to Android

A few days ago I wrote about how I was thinking about a switch to the Farephone 5. I've now made a decision and ordered a new phone, but it's not the Fairphone.

📅 01 December 2024

I’ve Been Thinking About a Switch to the Fairphone 5

I've recently been thinking about a switch to the Fairphone 5, but after some research, I'm not sure it's worth it?

📅 26 November 2024

Repairing My Sony Ear Buds

A couple days ago I wrote about how my Sony ear buds were dead and how I was on the hunt for a replacement pair. I ended up replacing the batteries instead, but did it work?

📅 19 November 2024

My Sony Ear Buds Are Dead

Two and a half years ago, almost to the day, I bought my Sony WF-1000XM4 ear buds, but now they won't hold a charge, so I'm on the hunt for new ones.

📅 17 November 2024

Building a Simple Journal

I saw a post from Will recently about the CLI journalling tool, jrnl. It looked cool, but had some limitations for my needs, so I decided to build my own.

📅 19 August 2024

Three Years With My M1 MacBook Air

I've had my M1 MacBook Air for 3 years now. It's the most expensive laptop I've ever owned, but was it worth it?

📅 30 July 2024