The Bit Where You Unlock Your Bits in the Bitlocker Locker
Bitlocker has been around for almost 20 years. I've never chose to use it, but it's been on by default and my policy is generally to give something a go and not rock the boat unless it's seems to be required. It's never given me any issues; I've tended to print out recovery keys if they are thrust in my face but it's never given me a reason to look into it more or remove it.
Recently though I've had two issues. One with my new ASUS where on a start it asked for the recovery key, (...)
Blocking out Blocks made by Blocking company before I am Blocked
I'm pretty into "block" sets. Like LEGO. Used to just be LEGO, but over time I went from "It's LEGO or nothing" to "I wish TLG (The LEGO Group) did that" to "oh, that one looks OK, I'll buy it". To expand, it was mostly over lines like Halo Mega Bloks, and once the rule had been broken I just kept buying. Often there was a vague excuse; the theme, the price, but the end result was the same. I had learnt the key fact; LEGO isn't the only block in town, and some of the other brands are just as (...)
Switching It Up
Quick Update One: July 2026
As a way of keeping me on track as well as giving updates as well as giving me an easy news I'll be every few months giving quick updates to things that I have kinda dropped on the floor and want to pick up. So lets go!
- VocoPro SDR-4000. Not much to say right now. I've been using it for it's intended purpose but I've made some changes to my audio system that I'll be discussing more later...
- LG V60. I did buy one. I did try to convert to using one. But my carrier didn (...)
Future Predictions Imperfect
I've read a lot of Sci-Fi novels, more in the past I must admit, but I've always found it funny/interesting how some of the common tech of today was not predicted at all. The classic example is phones. Generally at best there's some sort of pager, but in most cases people have nothing. Home phones, often with video, are more the norm. I can understand this too, 'cos I was growing up while mobile phones were becoming a thing. I knew people with a mobile phone and I never really saw the point. (...)
Lens-a-thon
Yes! There are fitness benefits to photography! I often walk around all day with 10+ kg of equipment in my backpack. (Yeah, backpack. I've tried other styles but they are too tiring too fast. Mine's a Lowepro Flipside 400 AW II, might rant more about it later.) And it sure burns off energy. But I don't do it every day. So it probably doesn't work too well...
I would like to start doing long bushwalks though. I'll have (...)
Dave's garage
Dave Plummer had a cool video with associated source last week highlighting some of the how's and why's of Windows ASM software. It's an interesting summary of the power of Windows software... and at the same time why it's a bit pointless doing ASM; you're at the mercy of the Win32 libraries so if they are not running as efficient as your own code you are no longer the (...)
Mega Memory Menance
I bought the ASUS ROG Flow Z13-KJP. Pretty cool machine which I like very much, and I really haven't done much that really pushes it that hard. Mostly photo work, which it handles well as it has 128 GB of RAM..... yeah.... crazy stuff. But while that's really cool and useful and all, it does come with issues. Mostly in relation to when you're not using it. Sleep and hibernation.... yeah. Keeping alive that much memory uses a lot of battery life and I haven't got around to testing how long it (...)
Fitted For But Not With Mirror
So what is the deal with "Mirrorless" cameras? One of the most silly ways to describe a product; by something it hasn't got. EFI wasn't called Carb-less after all. I suppose it's the result of "DSLR"s (Digital Single Lens Reflex) being so descriptive... but... really it wasn't all about that. The SLR was just one aspect of the cameras, what was really just as important was the ability to change lenses, focus, change, aperture and shutter speed. "DSLR" is a incomplete term as much as (...)
One Year Later
So I've been at this zen Slog thing for over a year now... and not really achieving the primary goal sad to say. Or even the secondary goal. But keeping it active was a goal so that's all good. I really do need to get back to the whole software aspect though, which should be easier now I've mostly caught up on my photo sorting backlog. Hurrah!
