In our household, we resisted buying a robot vacuum cleaner because, for such a long time, we held the belief that they didn’t do as good a job as a traditional vacuum and were more of a gimmick than a helping hand.
Despite being the most technology literate person in my family, other family members (including my mother in law) purchased robot vacuums before we did. We kept resisting the need to buy something that we were sure would end up in a closet after a couple of weeks.
There are many microphones to choose from, and you will read conflicting opinions and reviews on all of them.
Let me save you some time if you’re starting in streaming or YouTube and don’t have a $300-$500 budget to drop on a microphone you might not use in six months if you give up. Some opt for the Shure SM7B, but I believe this isn’t meant for streaming and is a waste of money.
If you want to get into streaming, make yourself look better on Zoom or Microsoft Team calls or perhaps add some better lighting to your office, you need good lighting.
I am no lighting or videography expert but ask any photographer/videographer how important lighting is, and you will get your answer: light is everything.
I have been using lights for a while now, and before I purchased the Elgato Key Light Air, I was using these affordable Absestudio Softbox lights from Amazon. If you are on a budget, softbox lights like these can make a world of difference.
I ditched harmful non-natural deodorants several months ago. Growing concerned with what they put into those store-bought deodorants like aluminium and other unnatural things that are not good for your body and take a few weeks of detoxing before you rid your body of them.
I am also at odds with myself. I am the world’s biggest sceptic when it comes to most things. The effectiveness of natural deodorants is one of those things.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 15 years now. And in those 15 years I have gone between playing every style of music you can imagine (except for country). From rock to metal, to djent, blues and shred.
From extended scale Ibanez’s through to solid body Les Paul’s and semi-hollow body guitars. I’ve tried and owned a cocophany of guitars.
For my birthday, my wife surprised me with the Fender 75th Anniversary Telecaster. It comes in the custom “Diamond Anniversary” metallic colour, and it’s beautiful.
The HP Reverb G2 is easily the most exciting virtual reality headset that you can buy in 2021. Furthermore, it is also one of the more affordable options.
When evaluating virtual reality headset options, I considered the more established VR names first: HTC, Valve and Oculus. HP was admittedly low on the ladder of options until I did some digging into the HP Reverb G2.
You will probably hear about this in every review, but the most impressive thing about the Reverb G2 is the screen resolution and audio quality. While it only has a 114-degree field of view, don’t let that trick you into thinking more expensive options are necessarily better because they offer larger FOV.
When I’m not writing JavaScript or brewing beer, I’m an avid guitarist and drummer. I’ve been playing guitar for a while, but drums are somewhat new to me.
My first electronic kit was a Roland TD-1KV, an excellent beginner kit to see if I actually stuck to drumming before pursuing something more expensive. It’s a compact kit I found myself growing out of quickly.
When assessing my next kit, I knew I would stick to playing electric, so I could play quietly any time of the day and record without needing to mic anything up.
Unbeknownst to some, I am an avid guitar player and I have been playing for around 15 years now. Over the years, I have seen the landscape when it comes to guitars, effects and amplifiers dramatically evolve.
These days, digital amps and effects are commonplace. Amp modelling is so good in fact, and you probably don’t realise many of your favourite artists are using guitar modelling software, VST plugins and digital amplifiers instead of traditional pedals and amplifiers in the studio and live performances.
It’s hard to believe that it was eight years ago when we were told of Cyberpunk 2077’s existence. CD Projekt Red is a studio that has earned a lot of praise and goodwill thanks in part to the Witcher 3 game and subsequent expansions and free content. Although, with the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, that earned goodwill is rapidly depleting.
I am not going to bury the lede here, Cyberpunk 2077 is at times fun, but it gets monotonous very quickly. The game we got is not the game many of us (myself included) thought we would be getting. The open-world is not as immersive as many would have hoped, the AI and NPC’s in the game are stupid.
When it comes to remastered games, they can be hit and miss cash grabs designed to get gamers to part with their hard-earned cash from their wallets by tapping into the part of your brain that longs for nostalgia.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is one of those iconic game series that thirty-somethings like myself played as kids. My friends and I used to stay up all night playing this on the Playstation. When I heard they were remastering this game for its 20th anniversary (jeez, when did I get so old) I knew it was an instant purchase.