A previous video covered how (and why) I ran three internet cables from my house to my garage. This included two copper-based CAT7 cables that were run in a shallow trench. This project worked well and delivered super fast internet speeds around all parts of my property (and it meant that all four of my … Read more
This very tongue-in-cheek video gives (terrible) tech tips surrounding cable management. If you wanted to let your cables live and be free – and also abolish GPU sag, then watch this video. It covers everything you need to know about how you can use some terrible cable management to support your graphics card, and ultimately … Read more
My Facebook feed is currently flooded with Eero ads for the new Eero Max 7, a Wi-Fi 7 compatible device to rival TP-Link’s Deco BE85 and Netgear’s Orbi 970 range. But is the Max 7 (and its competitors) any good – or are they a waste of money right now? After all, the vast majority … Read more
The detached garage/outbuilding in my new house is 15 metres/50 foot away from my main house – meaning that it was a big struggle to get working Wi-Fi in my garage, and on my driveway. I did try setting up an Eero point in my garage, but the Eero app rejected this – complaining of … Read more
I recently moved house, and this meant that I had to set up my home network from scratch again. My old house had a fairly solid four Eero setup with three wired Eeros (and one wireless in the garage), so could I beat this in my new house? Actually… yes, sort of. I did have … Read more
My understairs cupboard has a fibre optic media converter, an ISP router, mesh Wi-Fi point, network switch, an LED lightstrip and a few other devices. This means that there are LOTS of cables and wires. Here’s how I tidied up this cupboard area and made it all look a lot neater and more functional. This … Read more
The UK regulator has now approved the Microsoft-Activision gaming merger! This is a surprise because six months ago, the UK said they would NEVER change their mind and their decision was final. I just cannot work out what made the UK politicians and regulator change their mind… \s I mean, it is good that this … Read more
I recently moved house, and naturally my mind was laser focused on all the important things: that my wife, kids, cats and PC were all moved safely. Some people assume that their PC will arrive in one piece and will work fine after a move, but sadly this isn’t always the case! Some components – … Read more
I was recently re-setting up my home network, and I noticed that all devices in my study were limited to 100 Mbps read/write speeds. This was despite the fact that I have a 500 Mbps up/down package from my ISP, Hyperoptic. So I went looking into this and I tested various ethernet network cables throughout … Read more
Okay, I’ll admit it: whenever I build a PC, the cable management ends up resembling Medusa’s hair first thing in the morning: What’s worse is that I sometimes leave it that way for months (sorry!). However having good, organized cable management brings a number of benefits: from better case airflow to calming our OCD tendencies! … Read more