Exploring more of the options with Nvidia Shield, I’ve found the options to stream are limited, and the real benefit is from streaming games from my Nvidia equipped gaming rig. Nvidia Shield The NVIDIA Shield is a gaming console that allows users to play games on their television. The console itself is a small box that connects to the television via an HDMI cable. The console has a variety of…
02/06/2022
This morning I received an email inviting me to use Mozilla’s VPN service. Now I wasn’t really on the lookout for a VPN, as I’ve been more than happy with Cryptostorm for many years… but then I considered that for my mobile I’d give up a little privacy, for a bit more speed. Installed easily, paid for a year with a gift card given to me by a colleague, and…
30/04/2022
Haven’t posted in a while… mainly due to Gran Turismo 7! What a awesome way to pass time, I’ve hooked, and it’s taking me back to Y2K… but that will be another post I’ve developed a love for Rogue games… again another post I should wite My OnePlus6T Android mobile stopped charging, so I’ve picked up a OnePlus9… as they say in Thailand; Same, Same, but Better A Python script…
09/10/2021
Alerted by my darling wife yesterday that Arlo had stopped working, this usually means that the Raspberry Pi that runs Pi-Hole needs restarting… never looked into the issue, as this is few and far between. Checked my Twitter feed @DataAugmented, as a couple of python scripts that I have running on the same Pi post & retweet there… no activity for over 24 hours, bugger :p Reboot Pi… it hangs…
13/10/2019
So this weekend my Twitter bot dropped this link onto my feed: Firebase ML Kit: AutoML Vision Edge I’m currently working with auto ML in a professional manner, trialing both H2O and Azures Auto ML packages, so this piqued my interest! Having built mobile apps before in the early days of Android, and looking for a project to play with again, the timing of this was perfect. I’m still messing…
26/02/2019
Who doesn’t know PUBG now days? It has become the most downloaded game and has been played by not only the youngsters but even the middle-aged people are watched playing it. Even I found many of my office colleagues playing the same and spending lot of their time in office washrooms. You wont believe but many have started their own YouTube channel so that they can upload the PUBG videos…
17/02/2019
I’ve had an Android phone since the Nexus 1, and haven’t been able to get KDE Connect to work… until now 🙂 https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect Easy as installing KDEConnect from the Android Play store, and I grabbed KDE Connect for Ubuntu via Synaptic… I didn’t know the full name to install it via apt-get 🙁 Think I’m going to use it mose to move files between devices… although the shared clipboard could…
16/02/2019
My long serving Nexus 5X suffered the impact of a HotWheels car crashing down onto it fingerprint scanner, knocking it unresponsive 🙁 This was just the motivation I needed to pick up a new phone, and I’ve had my eye on the OnePlus 6T since it’s recent release 🙂 I opted for the 128 GB model, as that’s more than I will need in the near future… and one of…
05/01/2019
I’m still processing Dark Souls iii (sad eh?), so today was a Retro Android Platform evening 🙂 MegaDrive: Caliber.50 Playing Caliber .50 on the Genesis Strangest enemy difficulty where tanks explode quickly, enemy rockets fire faster than bullets, and bosses are mega derranged animals. Novel controls with buttons to rotate#retrogaming #Megadrive #SEGAhttps://t.co/DYCP2mxGhO — Gamer Geek (@GamerGeekNews) January 5, 2019 Played via RetroArch on Nvidia Shield Android: Does Not Commute I…
09/05/2017
Both Android and Ubuntu received official updates today 🙂 Made a clean install of Ubuntu 17.04, everything works well out of the box. Then there’s the compulsory: 17 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 17.04 Was surprised at the size of the Android security patch at over 300 MB to version 7.1.2! All was well until a week later my phone bricked; I pulled it out of my pocket and…