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.
I have been absolutely enjoying Cyberpunk 2077, despite only finding the time to clock a few hours in the game. As an owner of an AMD Ryzen 3900x, like many Ryzen owners, there are known issues with core utilisation on Ryzen CPU’s.
I’ll be honest, on my 3900x I had not noticed really many issues. I have experienced frame rate dips in the game but assumed it was optimisation related to the game itself and not core utilisation. So, naturally, I was curious about this fix that someone on Reddit discovered.
I’ve had my eyes on an RTX 3070 card since they were announced, so too, have the scalpers. I was notified recently this card was in stock with my favourite retailer and I jumped on the opportunity.
There isn’t a lot of information out there about this card, so I thought I would share my experience. I didn’t seek this card out, and it was first come, first serve more than anything else. I just wanted a card and bought the only card my retailer had in stock.
A large majority of developers love dark mode. And for years, GitHub (the developer platform of choice for source control) has noticeably been devoid of dark mode. Which is kind of ironic, considering it’s the popular choice.
There are third party scripts and ways of making GitHub dark, but a native dark mode is always best. Admittedly, I’m not motivated enough to go installing some third party creation (especially if the slightest change can break it).
This is quite a specific issue you will only encounter if you are attempting to call the Yelp Fusion API using any of WordPress’ request methods such as wp_remote_get (that’s probably the one you are using). In attempting to do so, you will find yourself faced with a 403 error.
You’re passing up your API key or valid token, but still, the request won’t work.
This issue goes back a few years, but the bottom-line is Yelp block requests made from user agents featuring “WordPress”. The default user-agent for wp_remote_get and other methods just so happens to be this.
The Black Friday deals were a bit so-so this year, but one thing I did get at a way cheaper price than RRP is the Elgato Stream Deck XL. I have had my eyes on this for a while now, but the almost $500 AUD price tag was a deterrent. I managed to get it for $336, a substantial discount from the $460 price it usually is.
Despite the name “Stream Deck” the Elgato Stream Deck is not just for streamers. I do believe that was their initial focus and probably a large part of their customer base are streamers, but this thing can work with your entire system.
My wife and I just sold our house, and for the next seven or so months, while we build a new home, we are renting. The rental property has NBN installed, and annoyingly the NBN box is located inside of the garage.
Googling seems to suggest that this is quite common, especially for NBN fibre connections. The problem with the NBN box being located in the garage is obvious: the reception sucks, and in larger homes, you get blackspots.
My wife loves Grey’s Anatomy and while I do find it somewhat cheesy at times, it’s our thing that we watch together and another couple of good friends. Sometimes it can be entertaining television.
But, we need to address the big fat elephant in the room: Station 19.
The show is associated with famed Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes set in the same universe as Grey’s Anatomy. It is produced by Shonda’s production company Shondaland. Now, given the success of Grey’s Anatomy, it’s understandable ABC would give her another show.
I’m getting sick of blogging about Galaxycove, but they just can’t help but continually be dishonest and attempt to deceive people.
I received an email from Megan at Galaxycove today claiming they are having a 50% off sale. Instead of $159 USD, they’re claiming to sell them at $79 USD instead.
Here is the thing. They are always being sold at $79 USD, even before this alleged sale. That’s the price that I paid months ago.