Tesla Test Drive

We’ve been talking about buying a new electric car ever since my 2008 Ford Mondeo broke down on the way to my Grandma’s funeral. Everything worked out in the end, but we spent a long journey home from Washington Service on the back of a flat loader which was the spark for yesterday’s Tesla Test Drive

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Remote Controlled

My partner bought me a small remote controlled boat for Christmas (well, I bought it and she paid for it!) which I almost blogged about at the time. It didn’t really seem worthy, even though it is great fun, but I’ve just bought 2 more remote controlled vehicles so now have plenty to say!

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Fire HD 8 and Google Play Store

Ok, who didn’t buy something they didn’t really need on Amazon Prime Day?  Just me?  Surely not!  But for just £44.99 I got an Amazon Fire HD 8 (10 Gen) and with a Mastercard promotion a 128GB micro SD card to bump up the storage for £8.45.  One of the first things I tried to do was install an emby client, which proved to be much more difficult than I’d imagined, at least until I discovered how to Install the Google Play Store on it.

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RetroPie

I’d mentioned Retropie briefly in another Raspberry Pi blogs here, but it really is worthy of its very own blog. I’ve always loved playing video games and grew up in the Pong, Atari, Spectrum/Commodore generation, so being able to go back and relive some of those moments has always been a draw. Nothing has ever made it easier than RetroPie on a Raspberry!

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