Wow, Samsung. Only my closest friends call me “7613683d989a57d6abaa293bc039dbae”.
Nick Broughall.
Writing again.
Tech journalist with 20+ years behind me. Running BTTR.reviews. Writing here about everything else — music, family, food, the odd rant, and the weird stuff in between.
I'm not the target he thinks I am...
I just received a message on LinkedIn: “I wanted to introduce [redacted], an exclusive members club for entrepreneurs with $1M+ in revenue, and our Early …
Continue reading →I experimented with AI to help customise my portfolio site, and I didn't have fun
I will probably end up writing it up for BTTR more comprehensively, but the past few days I decided to try and use Gemini to add features and update my …
Continue reading →At some point today I have to climb up into my ceiling to look at the leak in my roof. Our old antenna – which hasn’t been used in almost 15 years – has cracked, giving the rain a way into the roof. I’ll have to decide if I should just pull it out or get it fixed in case we ever move.
Things that are driving me crazy this week: People opining Apple is failing with its AI initiatives, when everyone else’s AI solutions are terrible for the quality of the Internet, small business and the environment.
Give me a shit Siri over the crap Google plans to unleash every day of the week.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed and depressed by Google’s I/O announcements overnight. It’s so hard to see a way to succeed as an individual publisher in the face of Google’s strategy to vacuum up all the content and repurposing it to keep people on Google.
I made bread today while testing the Ankarsrum mixer. It was incredible.
I’m really enjoying the new Counting Crows album: Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!, but it’s so short! Especially because the second half just runs into eachother, making it sound like one long song. It ends before I’m ready for it to stop.
Car insurance rant
I just received our annual car insurance quote. The car is 5 years old now, so it’s getting on a little bit. But other than the extra year of age, nothing has …
Continue reading →Just watching some football and reviewing a big-ass TV on a Friday night.
Multitasking effort for the day: making lunchbox snacks while testing the Ankarsrum mixer. Can confirm they taste pretty good.
First play through of Striga in The Witcher: Path of Destiny, and my first two player game. There was a bit of confusion on Lauren’s part around the secret objectives which meant she wasn’t playing …
Have enjoyed watching a bit of football this season. The Bulls didn’t make the finals and lost tonight, but at least we managed to get to the match.
Another playthrough of The Witcher: Path of Destiny today. Stuck with The End of the World story as I convinced the boy to play with us this time around, and wanted it to be simple for him to learn. …
Why does the internet only ever feel slow here when I’m trying to download a 20GB image file for a story?
Ahh. The mad scramble to find all my documents from 12 months ago before I go to the accountant tomorrow to do my tax return. Fun night for me!
At the behest of the boy, today we played Monopoly. We played the Avengers version, which adds some really interesting elements that made it the most interesting game of Monopoly I have played in a while. I lost, completely, but had some fun doing it. There were still tears (but not mine).
I must have it.
Also, I want a bigger version. Maybe not life-sized, but make it 5,000 pieces. Let’s go, Lego.
First play through of The Witcher: Path of Destiny.
Took a bit to get used to the mechanic and try and understand all the different elements, but ultimately had a good time. Will probably play that story again before moving on to the next one.
I’d forgotten just how disappointing Batman v Superman is as a movie. Too long and tedious, with squandered talent and no likeable characters. Ugh.
Life is just a crazy whirlwind at the moment. There’s just too much going on - and I’m not even talking about politics. Teenagers and their sport and social lives, freelance work while looking for a job and keeping things ticking at BTTR… I just looked up and April is almost halfway done…
Did April fools day not happen this year? I only received one stupid press release about it today, which was obviously deleted very quickly. But I haven’t seen much around today either. Maybe there’s some hope after all?
Boy’s first trial soccer match today. The team came out strong. He scored the first goal of the year, and had a couple of extra shots. It looked like this year could be different.
Then he fell over and hurt his arm. Came off. Swollen and in a lot of pain. Team completely lost its momentum and conceded 5 unanswered goals by the time we took him to the doctor.
He’s had an X-ray, and it doesn’t look like a fracture right now, but we need to wait for the full results.
Friends, it has been a wild day.
on awards
Yesterday when this news was announced I was feeling a bit down, and couldn’t bring myself to celebrate it. But I’m feeling a bit better today, and I am stoked …
Continue reading →Been a few weeks since the last board game play. Today we pulled out Wingspan, and I managed to demolish the family thanks to a collection of birds giving me extra bonus cards. Personal best score of 99.
