Neil Turner

@neilturner.me.uk

Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk

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Letterboxd, the social film review site

Seeing as how I have had a lot of time on my own recently whilst recovering, I decided to sign up for Letterboxd. It's a site where you can log which films you have watched and when, review them, and …

1h ago·4 min read·766 words

Unblogged May

Just a short one this month - as mentioned yesterday, I'm still in my recovery, and my typing is slow and not particularly accurate. What we didn't do in May I did my usual look ahead to the start of …

5d ago·3 min read·581 words

Playlist of the month: Ouch

I'm still in my recovery period - I'm not allowed to lift anything for another three weeks - but I am going to post a few, short blog posts again to get myself used to typing again. So, here's this mo…

5d ago·1 min read·191 words

Turning 42 on Towel Day

It's my birthday today. I'm still recovering, and not yet able to spend a long time typing, so this is coming from my phone again. However, I have re-gained some movement in my arms compared to a coup…

May 25·1 min read·198 words

Hiatus

This is a short blog post that I am tapping out on my phone. Since Thursday last week, I have been in hospital, having had a fall at home which resulted in me fracturing bones in both my shoulders (sp…

May 13·1 min read·173 words

Controlling multi-colour lights with WLED

WLED is custom firmware for controlling multi-colour LED lights. It's designed for string lights, with lots of individual LEDs that can be controlled independently. I've recently given it a try for th…

May 11·6 min read·1057 words

Midlife iPhone overhaul

Last month marked three years since I bought my iPhone 13 Mini. Unfortunately, it was starting to show its age a little - the battery was not holding charge very well, and the charger port was being a…

May 9·4 min read·646 words