I was not expecting this result. Absolutely for sure 100% definitely thought Jedi Survivor would be my most played game. Shocked.

Since I migrated domains to BTTR.reviews, I haven’t been indexed by Bing. I’ve read the webmaster guidelines, but can’t see anything that would exclude it from Bing aside from (at a stretch) the membership gate. But a lot of stuff isn’t gated at all, and nothing is appearing in Bing results. So, I … read more

Perfect gift for a middle-aged Star Wars geek, really.

Another year, another lap around the sun. Safe to say, this hasn’t been my favourite orbit.

I’ve officially hit the mid-point of my 40s! The verdict so far? The 40s and I aren’t exactly best mates. But hey, I’m hoping the second half of the decade picks up. 🎉

I’ve been stewing on this piece for months. Trying to find the right approach to talk about how I feel about Gizmodo Australia disappearing. Because it is such a personal thing for me: I put so much of myself into that website, and now it’s gone. https://www.bttr.reviews/gizmodo-australia-eulogy/

I have decided, out of a sheer sense of despair at all… this (gestures wildly), to try and write a weekly “good tech news” story on BTTR.

I am a bit lost at where to begin though.

Has anybody got any good stories about tech? Preferably with an Australian angle.

Played Back to the Future: Back in Time today with my daughter. And just as we were getting a rhythm, Marty disappeared from the photo and we lost.

Next time.

I’m looking for a privacy-friendly (no cookies, at the very least) alternative to Adsense that I don’t have to pay for as a publisher.

I can’t find anything that fits the description… Anyone have any ideas?

Got concerned when I heard scratching at my back door today. Just this guy saying hello.

I’m looking at ordering textbooks for the kids for next year, and the Campion ordering platform is a wonderful example of an awful user experience. Let’s start with the onboarding. You’re prompted to start with your child’s email address. Easy enough, except that when you … read more

Tonight I picked up my guitar for the first time time in a very long time to try to play some Taylor Swift with my daughter on her birthday. My fingers ache!

We’ve agreed our goal is to duet “Exile” by the end of the summer holidays.

I am currently testing a robot vacuum that heavily promotes its “AI” features. It has just spent 10 minutes in a carpeted bedroom while on the “mop” setting.

My cheap old entry-level robot vacuum never tried to mop carpeted bedrooms. Is “AI” making robot vacuums stupider? I think it might be.

Purgatory is just clothes shopping for your kids at Christmas time.

Daughter has her piano exam on today. A year of playing the same three songs is about to come to an end.

One of the fallouts from the Google shenanigans this year is that, for me at least, affiliate revenue isn’t really there in any sustainable way.

This means I am putting very little effort into Black Friday this year, and will likely stop covering deals/shopping stuff entirely moving forward.

The roof was leaking. I could hear a steady drip outside the laundry. So I crawled up inside the roof and discovered that the tv antenna I haven’t used since we bought the house 18 years ago had shifted and water was slowly creeping in. Hopefully fixed now, though tomorrow will be the real test.

Jostling, side to side, the train speeds on Travelling with direction, without purpose Home, towards disappointment Can the cycle be broken while stuck on tracks? read more

Urgh. I broke my BTTR email address for the second time in a month yesterday. If you emailed me in the past 24 hours, sorry, I probably didn’t see it.

It seems this year isn’t done fucking with me, yet.

The boy scored a hat-trick at summer soccer tonight. He was very happy about it.

Today I received two rejection notices for jobs I’d interviewed for last week. The first was a phone call I wasn’t really surprised to receive - I knew it was a bit of a stretch during the interview stage. The second was a heads up from a former colleague who had referred me for the job. … read more