Research On Dual 4K TVs vs Dual 4K PC Monitors

Large TV or Monitor

My thought process on looking to replace 2 x 22" monitors with 4K displays of some kind... 4K monitors or 4K TVs. Wait! Wait until later in the year 2020, Black Friday?... next gen TVs coming out in June/July 2020 will have HDMI 2.1, lower latency, Dynamic HDR. Great features to future proof and and … Continue reading Research On Dual 4K TVs vs Dual 4K PC Monitors

My favourite podcast player

Podcast addict https://podcastaddict.com/ Update: I've been using AntennaPod a lot recently. Podcast Addict is more fully featured, but AntennaPod is clean and easy to use. Pros: A million and one menu options. It can download one episode from each of your podcasts and add that episode to your playlist. When you've listened to that podcast … Continue reading My favourite podcast player

Dollar Cost Averaging – DCAing

Dollar cost averaging means buying into your index share funds month on month, regardless of how your shares are doing. If your index fund is expensive one month, then oh well, buy anyway. If one month it's cheap, great, you just bought this month's purchase effectively on sale! If you can automate this then all … Continue reading Dollar Cost Averaging – DCAing

Veg Gardening, lessons learned, year 1 & 2

We have two raised beds, approx 4 metres by 1 metre each. Plant seeds, not trays. Trays were annoying to transplant, and don't think they did as well. Would be ok if bought plugs from garden centre. Watering every couple of days is fine, don't need to do it every day. Thin out more as … Continue reading Veg Gardening, lessons learned, year 1 & 2

Windows Sucks… Try Linux: Pop!_OS

How I migrated, and issues found/fixed. Caveat... I work in an IT team on a predominantly Windows environment for work, so guess I would be considered a power user and I also have higher than usual standards for what I expect from a desktop OS. Why? I was fed up with Microsoft forcing updates even … Continue reading Windows Sucks… Try Linux: Pop!_OS