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<![CDATA[n Check out the store! n I’ve spent today making a few upgrades to the website. Hopefully, you’ll see faster loading times e across the site. I’ve also got rid of a few plugins that haven’t been used, but I thought would come in handy. n Trying to make google happy with you page load…

<![CDATA[n Hopefully, The End Is In Sight n Well, it’s been 60 days since we went into lockdown here at Hope House, well flat really but it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. I finally managed to get the hall floor finished. I’ve designed a Hackintosh (at least 3 times), redesigned the house (twice), thought…

<![CDATA[n The First American Astronauts From American Soil in 9 Years n For the first time since the space shuttle, America is about to launch two astronauts from American soil. This is BIG. Not only will this mean more NASA Astronauts in space but it also gives other nations a way to get people into…

<![CDATA[n I bet you never thought you’d hear me say that n You heard me right… I know. Shocking! Jim Hope thinking about buying things from Facebook.  n For those of you who don’t know, I don’t like Facebook. The fact that they have so much data on everyone, whether they use their services or…

<![CDATA[n No not Really! n As you may have gathered from a few of my posts over the last few weeks. We’ve taken up flaying fortnite to kill time during the lock down. I can safely say that I am as rubbish now as I was a few weeks ago, as the video bellow proves….

<![CDATA[n It’s not as easy as you think n We’ve reached that point of the lock down where we have watched everything on our Plex server that we both enjoy and have watched everything we like on the streaming services. “Why don’t you just watch TV?” I head you ask. We don’t have, nor want,…

<![CDATA[n Now Just To Install The Apps and Updates. n For a while now I’ve been meaning to reinstall MacOS. I usually do this once a year to clear out the rubbish on my computer that has built up over time. I’ve been putting it off since I got it around three years ago as…

<![CDATA[n Playing Snatch To Get Free Or Nearly Free Stuff n For the last 6 months or so I’ve been playing a game on my phone that gives me free stuff ever now and then. It called Snatch and it’s actually quite rewarding. In the past six months I have manage to wangle countless discounts at restaurants…

<![CDATA[n Finally Rigging the Outdoor WiFi n Every since we lived in Beverley were been using 4G to get internet in the home as when we were living in Beverley the only internet provider was K-COM, who are ridiculously expensive. Even when we moved back to Bridlington we kept with the 4G but that was…

<![CDATA[n Can You Really Run a Smart Home Without Giving Away Your Data? n So I’ve been wondering if HomeKit is the only way that I can make my home smart without having it report back to every company I’ve bought something from what I”m doing with their smart product. n About 6 months ago…