I was going to title this as How To Live With Hyperinflation, but since there are no real answers to that particular conundrum, I would have found it difficult to summarise in just a few words. Furthermore, this is not a political rant, because we […]
Living With Hyperinflation Read More »
Whether you like it or not, Monty Python’s Flying Circus is very likely responsible for how all that crap in your inbox is named and their Spam sketch is said to have been the precursor to what we all know as unwanted email. The sketch
Spam, Spam, Lovely Spam! Read More »
Back in the heady 80s, of Filofaxes, yuppies, and telex ticker tape, I was a salesman for numerous container shipping lines, serving Europe and the American Midwest, which is where I cut my teeth in the cut and thrust of aggressive sales tactics. I thoroughly
Be Glad You Don’t Work Under Embracer Group Read More »
I love that we live in a world of diverse cultures and rich languages, but we don’t always understand what we’re reading. For my part, whilst I speak fluent Spanish and can read and write in that language, sometimes I need more than a little
How To Translate Documents Read More »
Rockstar Games launched the GTA 6 trailer about 18 hours ago (at the time of writing this) and it’s already racked up a record 78 million views on YouTube, such is the voracious appetite for the new game, as outlined in my recent article GTA
New GTA 6 Trailer Racks Up 78M Views Read More »
In previous articles, I’ve written about Google’s greedy tricks to clamp down on adblockers used on YouTube despite the company’s revenue for the third quarter of 2023 is nearly $60 billion, so the question remains – how much more do behemoths like this really want?
Are We Supporting Corporate Greed? Read More »
Rumours of a sequel to GTA V have been circulating for over a decade and it’s finally been confirmed by Rockstar Games that a trailer for GTA VI will be released in early December 2023. It’s worth remembering that 2013’s GTA V (for consoles) is
GTA 6 Trailer Arriving Early December Read More »
Following the publication of my recent article Half-Life Is 25 Years Old, Valve has just posted a new website celebrating the 25th anniversary of the game in which we are informed of new game updates, interviews with the original development team, and the inclusion of
Update: Half-Life At 25 Years Read More »
Nothing Will Go Wrong! Half-Life was launched by Valve on 19 November, 1998 and I first heard about it when working at a medical conference in August 1999. I’d been chatting with some fellow PC geeks who had a booth next to mine and we’d
Half-Life Is 25 Years Old Read More »
In a move that has bewildered millions, YouTube Premium is increasing prices in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey. This, in the wake of the company’s vicious crackdown on AdBlock users, as outlined in my recent article YouTube Ads Are Beyond A Joke!
New YouTube Premium Price Hikes! Read More »
Edge can be very annoying if you don’t keep it under control, mainly because it’s possessed by some default behaviors that you didn’t ask for or even want. Here are some of them: Set Edge As Your Default Browser So determined is Microsoft to ram
Microsoft Edge Drives Me Nuts! Read More »
Upside Down Economy As a kid I used to think that everything in Australia was upside down – and then I came to live in Argentina and discovered that not only is everything upside down, but it’s back to front. For reasons that would be
When The Going Gets Tough, I Build PCs! Read More »
We all know that YouTubers make their money from ads on YouTube. Heck, until I was summarily demonetised last year, I was receiving a few dollars every month from Google which I was very grateful for. However, my penury state notwithstanding and Google’s aggressive stance
YouTube Ads Are Beyond A Joke! Read More »
The Argentine Peso Is Junk Frankly, I’m surprised that it’s taken Steam so long to make this announcement. The Argentine peso is practically worthless and is losing about 10% of its value every week. In fact, some experts forecast that it will plunge a further
Steam To Ditch The Argentine Peso Read More »
