We use Synology Diskstations at work, and recently (September 2017) we bought an extra one for an upcoming project. I figured I’d give DSM 6.2 beta a look while it wasn’t doing anything important, and then the world fell in on our heads (one of the other units started failing disks at random) and what… Continue reading Downgrading Synology DSM
Category: The Pub
Quince only mostly dead
Hey there Commanders, Thought I’d pass on my own findings from Quince. As of late, I’m kinda, sorta simultaneously working on powerplay (for Aisling Duval, don’t judge me) and engineers. When I made my 750 merits this week for powerplay, I thought I’d head back up to Quince as someone had said it was out… Continue reading Quince only mostly dead
ALL THE THINGS!
Welp, the weekend saw me finally make it to Rear Admiral in Elite: Dangerous, so I’m the proud owner of all the largest playable ships in E:D now: the Anaconda, the Federal Corvette, and the Imperial Cutter. With the exception of the ‘Conda (currently my “go to” for combat), these are stock ships as they… Continue reading ALL THE THINGS!
WARNING – Politics…
Right, I’m getting pretty sick of the stupidity that appears to have infested UK politics (and let’s not get started on what’s happening in the US right now). Prior notice: I’m a card-carrying member of the Liberal Democrats: I will have things to say about them shortly. The Tories have lurched so far to the… Continue reading WARNING – Politics…
I’m out of the Type-9 Heavy! Good riddance and good luck to anyone else grinding trade rank/credits. I now own an Anaconda in Trade configuration, and I also bought an Asp Explorer in Rank Grind configuration. This is what I’ll be doing until I get to Duke (minimum) to relieve the boredom that was last week and the insufferable Type-9 Heavy.
Sure, I carry 50 tonnes less cargo now, but the ability to manoeuvre outweighs that a whole lot, plus 20Ly jumps again are heavenly. Oh, and naming-wise, they are Castle Bravo and Shrimp respectively.


The (trade) grind is real
Ugh… So, my goals for E:D H were (I thought) quite simple: get all the Imperial ships. There were (I thought) only three (turns out there are four, the Eagle has an Imperial variant, which I do now own), and while I knew full well that you needed particular Imperial ranks to get them, I… Continue reading The (trade) grind is real
State of the Union address (or “where the bloody hell are you?”)
Been ages since my last post, so I figured I might as well post a “State of the Union address”. YouTube has become a dry husk for me, I just haven’t been feeling it for a year or more. Yes, I’m still playing Minecraft, and still enjoying it, but recording was ripping the soul out… Continue reading State of the Union address (or “where the bloody hell are you?”)
Ingress and TeamViewer – grey hatting (again)
TeamViewer 11 is bloody marvelous. There, I said it, and I won’t take it back! And one of its truly great features is it has Android host support; you can connect to an Android device and use it as if you had it in your hand(s). It’s beautifully responsive over all but the slowest of… Continue reading Ingress and TeamViewer – grey hatting (again)
MUFG Capsule Log – Day 3
2015-07-02T20:13:00+01 US8 10 VRPS 12 URAS 6 SBUL 1 VRMH 3 RFA 10 RTu 10 PC8 11 63/100 items +1 UR Axa Shield in last 24 hours. SouthBank Ultra Link added by me. by
MUFG Capsule Log – Day 2
2015-07-01T17:20:00+01 US8 10 VRPS 12 VRAS 5 VRMH 3 RFA 10 RTu 10 PC8 11 61/100 items +1 VR Portal Shield, +1 Power Cube 8 in last 24 hours. by