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Last updated 11 August 2026.

What I've been up to lately:

Abandoning Big Tech & switching off

#digitalminimalism#opensource

Slowly cutting out tech that does me harm — not all-or-nothing (still on Apple after a failed Linux trial, still use gen AI), but cutting back on social media, Big Tech dependency, and phone time.

Retro gaming

#pico8#games

Losing interest in modern gaming's DRM and age-verification nonsense, so digging into the retro back catalogue instead — PICO-8 especially.

Getting back to blogging

Writing online again after years away, making more time for it instead of mindless scrolling.

3D printing / design

Caught the bug a couple of years ago — always got a project on the go.

Home lab stuff

Optimising the home network: Pi-hole, a 3D-printed NAS, 2.5G Ethernet, OpenWrt.

Uppers

• Nine Inch Noize
• Ghost Wave
• Orcaslicer
• Critical Mass
• Dune 3 Trailer

Downers

• Adult verification of all the things.
• Everything is AI now
• Endless hot weather
• America
• Needing a login to do anything