There are many reasons why someone would want to run Android without Google. Privacy concerns are one, but more practical reasons like the significant increase in battery life that you can expect are also worth considering. Purging Google from your Android is not without its compromises, but is easier than you might think. Rooting The … [Read More]
The lack of full Nvidia Optimus support has proved to be the only major stumbling block in installing Linux Mint on my Dell XPS. While the proprietary driver does allow you to switch between the Intel graphics and the Nvidia, each time you do so you have to re-login for the change to take effect. … [Read More]
About once a year I try to convert to Linux, dual booting some distribution or other alongside my Windows installation. Last year my chosen distribution was CrunchBang. It was pretty good fun setting it up and trying to get this and that working, but I never quite got everything going smoothly. This year I decided … [Read More]
There have been a few hits on my review of the Lido 2 hand grinder from people who were after a comparison between the Lido 2 vs. Lido 3. Not a huge number, but enough that I thought I would give the topic its own post (and a nice big table). Orphan Espresso have a … [Read More]
Orphan Espresso’s Lido 2 and Lido 3 hand grinders are two extremely well designed high quality grinders. They’re hefty pieces of kit, and come at a price to match. In the Lido 2 box you get the grinder itself, with a glass catch jar which screws on the bottom. It also comes with a rubber … [Read More]
Just last week, DuckDuckGo hit 10 million searches in a day. I’ve been using it as my main search engine for a few weeks now, and I’ve been loving it; it’s pretty easy to see why it’s becoming so popular. Here are just three reasons. 1. DuckDuckGo care about privacy DuckDuckGo is a very privacy orientated search … [Read More]
I’ve never been fully satisfied with any of the WordPress Permalink options or their corresponding URL structures. Each configuration has different advantages over the others, and all come at a cost. The default URL of example.com/?p=123 is obviously no good from either a usability or a SEO point of view (although note: URLs are not as big a … [Read More]