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YouTube Video Blitz

Nix McRetro // 24th December 2016 // Categories: News, YouTube

In the next week I’ll be editing a whole bunch of footage, in excess of 250GB! It’s going to be quite a task especially since Apple has changed the interface on Final Cut Pro X (now up to 10.3.1) making me have to hunt down basic settings. At least the... Continue reading

Ghost Publishing Platform on the Raspberry Pi

Nix McRetro // 5th December 2016 // Categories: Guides, Linux, Raspberry Pi

Ghost Publishing Platform on the Raspberry Pi

I decided to have a look around for an alternative to WordPress. I must admit I do have a tendency to do this from time to time. Anyway, enter Ghost. No PHP, just JavaScript built for the new world order. Historical installation notes: This is the Ghost installation process I... Continue reading

Kdenlive and Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.10

Nix McRetro // 28th November 2016 // Categories: News, YouTube

Well that video looks like a complete mess - let me explain! I’ve started to grow very fond of a particular flavour of Ubuntu 16.10. Specifically, Budgie Remix! To me it is reminiscent of macOS and will likely be my go-to distro as they seem to have a knack for... Continue reading

What Helped Me Lose Weight in 2016

Nix McRetro // 20th November 2016 // Categories: News

Now that I’ve lost over 45kg from my starting weight of 114.7kg, I wanted to write down the main things I had been doing. I’m not a medical doctor of any sort. This is a record of my own 2016 weight-loss experiment, not a diet plan for anyone else. At... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Gone Wild!

Nix McRetro // 10th November 2016 // Categories: Sega

Let’s go through some of the different types of Sega Saturns. The eleven internal photographs and original catalogue notes are courtesy of Zyrobs. Thank you Zyrobs! And who knew the Sega Saturn had so many revisions. How Sega managed this… well I suppose they didn’t… too soon? Ahhh, it’s been... Continue reading