In my previous article, I discussed the process I went through to digitise my family’s Video8 tapes to produce a high-quality archive. The files were quite large, interlaced, low-resolution, and had messy borders. I wanted to process the video further to produce a modern file that will work consistently in...

In 1995, just a few months before I was born, my parents purchased a Sony camcorder (CCD-FX730VE). This camcorder documented my brother’s and my childhood - from family outings to random evenings at home, and everything in between. It was used regularly until around 2002 - at which point we...

I’ve been using Evernote since 2013 and I had over 1,800 notes stored. Evernote significantly increased the price of my subscription so it’s finally time to move to an alternative. I started using Evernote as a poor university student - it was a free option and was far more powerful...

When I was about 10 years old I was getting into the first of many little projects on the family computer. I used NeroVision Express 2 to create a Super Video CD (SVCD) containing a collection of family photos, excessive transitions, obnoxious menus and (unbeknownst to me at the time)...

Since I got a Synology NAS (DS920+) about two years ago I’ve had a few false starts with my Time Machine backup, but I think I’ve finally gotten it right. What is Time Machine? Time Machine is the built in macOS backup tool. It launched all the way back on...

When I was a kid, my brother and I really enjoyed playing Dungeon Siege. For the uninitiated, Dungeon Siege is a 2002 action based roleplaying PC game by Gas Powered games. I recently built a budget gaming PC so I finally had a way to play Dungeon Siege again (it’s...