Welcome to my Blog!

Here I talk about the things that I like that don't fit in with the theme of my main website. Topics will likely fall into the realm of nerdery, with hobbyist programming and web development, tech gadgets, and maybe video games and books.

8 April 2026

KDE Plasma Bigscreen on a Raspberry Pi 5

The Raspberry Pi 5 does a pretty good job of streaming 1080p video. I had been running KDE Plasma Bigscreen on a Raspberry Pi 4, it worked pretty well, but depending on the streaming service, 1080 video would either stagger or choke. I was quite happy just watching my streams at 720, but with the Pi 5 handling 1080 resolution streaming pretty well under the Raspberry Pi OS, and a new version of Bigscreen in the works for Plasma 6, I thought it was time to upgrade.

25 March 2026

BangleJS 2

I ordered the BangleJS 2 programmable smart watch. After having issues with my Watchy, and the replacement V3 board suffering from significant clock drift, I decided to just pay out for a different device.

20 March 2026

Watchy V3

I have read quite a few complaints about the Watchy V3. I try not to listen too much to bad press. A lot of the time it's over the top. I ordered a replacement Watchy from Mouser Electronics. You don't really know what version of the Watchy you're buying in my experience, and just figuring out the correct libraries to use can be a journey in of itself. But after 24 hours of using it, I've noticed one serious problem.

11 March 2026

JavaScript Classes

I've spent a long time avoiding classes in JavaScript. But I found a legitimate use for them, and now I think I like them.

2 March 2026

My Watchy Broke

I like coding. I like tinkering with hardware. I like a good gadget. Watchy is a great way for me to satisfy all of the above. But mine broke yesterday.