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Songs of the month - March 2021

Songs of the month - March 2021

Summer is nearly here, as March rolls into April. It's getting warmer, slowly. Lockdown is slowly not-becoming a thing, so that's good (or bad, depending on what perspective you take.) Anyway, here's some songs from March; Enjoy. Give A Little Bit - Supertramp This song opened SuperTramp's fifth album, Even

Getting Started With Docker.

Getting Started With Docker.

THE SERVER SERIES EPISODE 2 Docker is an amazing tool, allowing you to run multiple programs socially distanced but sharing resources. Introduction "Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker enables you to separate your applications from your infrastructure so you can deliver software quickly" Docker

Installing Ubuntu Desktop

Installing Ubuntu Desktop

THE SERVER SERIES EPISODE 1 Linux is now becoming an even bigger player in the OS market; and one of the most popular Linux Distros is Ubuntu. In this tutorial; I'll show you how to download Ubuntu Desktop to a PC. Let's Get Started. Creating a bootable USB There are

Songs of the month - February 2021

Songs of the month - February 2021

Another Month, some more songs, let's cut to the chase.

Trying Google Assistant for PC

Trying Google Assistant for PC

For a long time, I thought that having access to Google Assistant on a PC would be an obvious starter move by Google in order to push it's voice assistant to new devices. Unfortunately, I thought wrong. Google has not released official support for it's Assistant on PC or the

I built a Discord Bot

I built a Discord Bot

Last week, I found myself discussing potential bots for the MonolithTracker Discord Server, when a user mentioned the name "MonolithBot". It seemed like a joke at the time, but as I thought about the idea, it became more and more of a reasonable project to undertake. I wanted to use

Songs of the month - January 2021

Songs of the month - January 2021

December was busy and because I was migrating posts from my local server to Microsoft Azure, December 2020 songs of the month was never written... But don't be sad! 2021 is here; and with it comes another monthly round up of songs. So, Let's get into it. Running on empty

Memeology ep1. Knowing When to Post

Memeology ep1. Knowing When to Post

Memology is the study of internet culture, particulary memes. I don't claim to be an expert, but I guess no-one is. Welcome to episode 1 of Memeology, a series of blog posts based on the theory of posting memes. This episode will be based on knowing when to post your

Songs of the month - November 2020

Songs of the month - November 2020

Oops. Well, at least I'm only 1/2 a month late. Anyway, here's a list of songs that turned up often in my history for November! Against The Wind - Bob Seger Band Against the Wind was the second single in the album "Against the Wind", by the Bob Seger

7 Automation Tools to make your life easier.

7 Automation Tools to make your life easier.

We've probably all had the problem. (No, not that I'm using the same starter sentence as the last article). You've had a great idea, draw it out and then attempt to code it. It turns out that it's way more difficult than you thought to authenticate between api's using pure

How to Google-ify your Android device

How to Google-ify your Android device

We've all had the problem. As Android becomes more widespread, different OEM's (Phone Manufacturers) keep putting different bloatware on-top of the OS. This problem keeps getting worse and worse; even enthusiast brand Oneplus is changing OxygenOS to be less "android-ish". Samsung has always been opposed to stock Android launcher, using

Best Tech 2020

1. eufyCam 2C (2-Cam Kit) 2. Sennheiser HD 560S, Open back reference-grade 3. Raspberry Pi 400 The Raspberry Pi 400 is a complete personal computer built into a compact keyboard! 4. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G

You Should Use Windows Terminal.

You Should Use Windows Terminal.

At Microsoft Build 2019 last May, Microsoft announced Windows Terminal; A tabbed-based terminal application that can be used to access Powershell, Command Prompt and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Why should you use it? Because it is incredibly customisable. You can change text colour, add shortcuts, add backgrounds, use tabs

Why this Halloween will be ultra spooky

Why this Halloween will be ultra spooky

Its that time of the year again, where we all celebrate the paranormal. This halloween will be ultra-spooky not just because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but also the supernatural alignment this year. It's on a Saturday Remember when you were little and halloween had to be called short at

Songs of the month - October 2020

Songs of the month - October 2020

As October draws to a close, I'd like to share the top 5 songs that I've been listening to this month.