You know when you’re playing Minecraft and you build a base inside the top of a mountain, with an amazing view out over oceans and islands as far as forever? If you’ve ever wondered what that might look like in … Continue reading
My insomnia is well-documented, and Uborka has a good number of insomniacs on what would once have been called its blogroll. Owing to lack of sleep, I can’t describe the history of my sleeplessness, but I do know it got … Continue reading
Follows on from here I didn’t think that I’d be writing this so soon. On Saturday morning, I put the disappointing new alarm clock in the post to send it back to the vendor. Looks like they’re not going to … Continue reading
When I get an idea in my head, I can sometimes become unhealthily obsessed. My latest quest is for the perfect alarm clock. Let me take you back in time briefly. I’ve owned two alarm clocks that I can recall. … Continue reading
Uborka is now served entirely using secure encrypted HTTP! Free SSL certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt The WordPress Force HTTPS plugin was then used to ensure that the site can no longer be accessed using unsecured HTTP, and the Better … Continue reading
Some thoughts on re-reading my blog archives from 15 years ago: It’s all very low-tech. At the time it was just a manually-updated page, so there were no permalinks, comments, categories, tags, RSS feeds or anything like that. My blog … Continue reading
If you existed in January 2014, you might recall a blog post in which I reminisced about every single mobile phone I’ve ever owned. At the time, I’d been in possession of the fantastic Nexus 4 for nearly a year, … Continue reading
Continues from here In the previous instalment I had come to the conclusion that the current design was way too boxy, and the closer I could get it to a cylindrical shape, the better. However, there’s a limit to how … Continue reading