This is a photo of one of the wealthiest areas of Buenos Aires and no, that’s not me being a courier, but a cartonero, a person who wanders the streets collecting cardboard and other materials which they sell on for recycling. At the beginning of […]
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My technician days have been decidedly quiet since March 20th because I can’t go into customers’ houses and vice versa. However, we have been able to pass laptops and other devices over the garden fence, which is precisely what we’ve been doing, but recently I’ve
If I’m honest I probably don’t watch any more TV than I did before the quarantine was imposed on 20th March, probably because I work from home anyway and my routine, unlike for others, has not been greatly affected. When I’ve finished a day’s run
The Inconsistency Of The Lockdown Call it what you will — lockdown, shelter in place, stay-at-home, quarantine — it is enforced to varying degrees around the world and I don’t think anyone needs a history lesson on why the lockdowns were implemented in the first
In 2007 Crytek released Crysis, one of the most influential games of all time, while setting the bar for luscious graphics and action-packed first-person shooters. The question, ”Yes, but can it run Crysis?”, has become a mantra in the gaming world and even today it
This is way off-topic for a tech blog, but since my customers can’t bring their computers to me for repair, I’ve had to branch out into other trades because, like millions of other people, my income has gone down to a big fat zero. If
It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak — ‘child hero’ was the phrase generally
Windows 10 is a huge operating system and most of us probably only use a fraction of its many features, so for those of us who have far too much time on our hands — that’s most of us, now — here are a
When I’m not writing for DCT or catching up on maintenance jobs around the house, there’s now more time to indulge in my favourite video games, especially now. With so many free games and special offers available, as mentioned in my earlier article, Free Games
Traffic And Dogs Okay, we’ve only been confined to our home since last Friday morning, but already I’m feeling the effects of this abnormal situation which in turn makes me question the very idea of normal. Where we live, the road outside the living room
Home Is Where The Heart Is Or so they say, but with millions of people now confined to their homes, that expression may seem a little hollow to many. However, there are advantages to spending more time at home, especially if your normal life involves
Free Games There’s never been a better time for grabbing free games and with the market being more competitive, bargains are all over the place. Probably the newest player in the market and definitely the most aggressive is Epic Games of Fortnite fame, who give
”No hay mal que por bien no venga” roughly translates to every cloud has a silver lining, words that may strike many as somewhat hollow during this COVID-19 pandemic. But, as with so many aspects of life, where there is a negative, a positive has
This is one of those exercises that are completely useless in many practical terms, but it’s fun to do, especially if you have some 16-bit games laying around that won’t run on Windows 10. As mentioned in my previous article, My 10 Favourite Games Of
