This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
In previous blog posts I have mentioned the fact that I was still searching for a placement. That search has ended with me going straight into the third and final year of my Bachelors degree. Do I feel bad about that? Not really. Partly because I was somewhat expecting this as the deadline crept closer, and partly because of a book I read.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Since I’ve not been posting on this blog as frequently as I used to in summer 2021, you might be thinking that up until now this blog has been dead and I did absolutely nothing with this website whatsoever, right? Wrong! Dead wrong! So wrong, in fact, that I wrote a whole ‘nother article about it!
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
It will be updated every time I have a new project of note that I feel should be added. At the moment it’s all software.
The secret treasure is found in an error…
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
In previous blog posts I have mentioned the fact that I was still searching for a placement. That search has ended with me going straight into the third and final year of my Bachelors degree. Do I feel bad about that? Not really. Partly because I was somewhat expecting this as the deadline crept closer, and partly because of a book I read.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
In previous blog posts I have mentioned the fact that I was still searching for a placement. That search has ended with me going straight into the third and final year of my Bachelors degree. Do I feel bad about that? Not really. Partly because I was somewhat expecting this as the deadline crept closer, and partly because of a book I read.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Since I’ve not been posting on this blog as frequently as I used to in summer 2021, you might be thinking that up until now this blog has been dead and I did absolutely nothing with this website whatsoever, right? Wrong! Dead wrong! So wrong, in fact, that I wrote a whole ‘nother article about it!
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
It will be updated every time I have a new project of note that I feel should be added. At the moment it’s all software.
The secret treasure is found in an error…
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
I finally got my old laptop to work again by replacing the HDD with an SSD and then installing Linux Mint. Noice. Here’s a short story about how that happened.
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
In previous blog posts I have mentioned the fact that I was still searching for a placement. That search has ended with me going straight into the third and final year of my Bachelors degree. Do I feel bad about that? Not really. Partly because I was somewhat expecting this as the deadline crept closer, and partly because of a book I read.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
In previous blog posts I have mentioned the fact that I was still searching for a placement. That search has ended with me going straight into the third and final year of my Bachelors degree. Do I feel bad about that? Not really. Partly because I was somewhat expecting this as the deadline crept closer, and partly because of a book I read.
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Two year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and last year I wrote an article where I looked back at my year thus far as a Linux user. This hastily written article celebrates two years so far as a Mint user. I’ll also fill you in on some life updates and plans. It’s not a very long read, certainly not as long as the previous anniversary post, but I thought I’d write something quick to fill us in. Hopefully I’ll make more detailed blog posts in the future.
One year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on my old Acer laptop. Since then, I’ve been using Mint as my daily driver, and in this article I’m looking back on some of my highlights so far as a Linux user, what I still miss about my time as a Windows user, and then looking back on if I ultimately made the right choice (SPOILER ALERT: I did indeed make the right choice! 😉) and finally if I plan to switch distros. Strap in, folks! This one’s a LOOOOOOOOOOONG read!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Since I’ve not been posting on this blog as frequently as I used to in summer 2021, you might be thinking that up until now this blog has been dead and I did absolutely nothing with this website whatsoever, right? Wrong! Dead wrong! So wrong, in fact, that I wrote a whole ‘nother article about it!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
The secret treasure is found in an error…
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
It will be updated every time I have a new project of note that I feel should be added. At the moment it’s all software.
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
I last wrote a blog post in 2023, my yearly Linux Mint anniversary post. It’s been almost a year since then, so now is time for an update, now that my life and career path have both changed considerably. Long story short: I started a PhD in February and I just co-hosted my first conference presentation with my PhD supervisor. I’m very much looking forward to it, so read on for a brief-ish summary of what’s going on in my life (as of Tuesday 9th July 2024).
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
Well, its that time of year again, and though I didn’t leave much time to write this article, I did take the time to plan it out beforehand. Not that many things about my use of Linux Mint as a daily driver have changed from last year, but I’m still looking back and checking on the differences. It’s been a fun look back on the years, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Well, the time has finally come to do one more of these, and this year I took the time to plan out what I was going to say. Things are a quite different, now that I am effectively using a different laptop now that my red one got borked. Also, this post is far longer than what I usually write, but I split it up into subsections that can basically count as articles in their own right. I hope you enjoy reading through all of this as much as I have enjoyed writing all of this!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
Who would’ve thought I’d get this far?
It will be updated every time I have a new project of note that I feel should be added. At the moment it’s all software.
Here’s a punny story about that time my friend went on a boat trip.
Here’s a punny story about that time my friend went on a boat trip.
Here’s a punny story about that time my friend went on a boat trip.
Here’s a punny story about that time my friend went on a boat trip.
Gosh darn it, I’m bad at keeping my own secret(s), aren’t I?!
Exactly what it says on the tin. You can download and read it now. Whether you are hiring or just curious. Also I updated some blog page descriptions.
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
Yep, I uploaded a CD image of a 1999 Scrabble game recently. It was quite the journey. Perhaps I got too confused for my own good. But here’s the story anyway!
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
For study reasons, I set up the ontology editor Protégé Desktop to run SPARQL queries on ontologies. Here’s how I set it all up. Maybe this might help you too?
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
I made this blog post to announce two very different things at once: A new version of Xovich made with JavaFX and some changes to this site that account for the new version of my CV while also keeping the old one available for posterity.
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
Getiing the webcam drivers to work was a bit of work, but I eventually got there in the end. The rest of the process went somewhat smoothly (keyword: somewhat). Now that I actually remember (mostly) how mintupgrade worked during the upgrade process, I can actually write an article about it!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
For that same project I hosted a conference presentation for back in July, I decided to start using Vim/Neovim (Neovim specifically) for a very specific reason that ended up being very useful to me for said project. This article goes into depth about how I got to using Vim/Neovim, and also how I continued using Neovim afterwards from there. This isn’t going to be a tutorial, though I will show the most useful Vim/Neovim commands I’ve learnt so far (as of the time this article goes live). Hope you enjoy it!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!
This August (2025), a friend of mine is hosting a talk at University of East London’s CDT Maker Club Takeover, and so am I! I will also be hosting a workshop as well. Read this article to find out more about what we’re doing and where to sign up!