In addition to getting a better base for his Lego train, Chris decided he wanted to make more cars for his train. This led to a trip to the Lego store, which is conveniently located about a mile away. We…
Adventures in Lego Trains: Part 1 – LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051
Even though we have much more space in the US than we had in the UK, his new train, LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051 Building Toy, is still enormous when fully built, so it has been far more involved…
Minor Differences: No Daylight Saving Time
A difference from anywhere else either of us have lived is that the majority of the state of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time (summer time in the UK). The rest of the US will be changing this weekend…
Product Review: LEGO Ideas Doctor Who 21304 Building Kit
As regular readers will know, Chris is a huge Lego fan and we are both big fans of Doctor Who. Check out Chris’s review of his the first official Doctor Who Lego set ever available. Here’s the video:
How to Install a Palm Tree
There has been ongoing renovation in our apartment community since late January. The renovation is of the pool, gym and office building, so as we have prime pool access, we also have quite the view of the construction being carried…
Adventures in Linux Mint: Part 4 – Back to Best Buy
We ended up having to return to Best Buy much sooner than expected as Chris’s laptop suffered from some death woes the following weekend. It would turn on, but it wasn’t too keen to stay on for more than a…
Adventures in Linux Mint: Part 3 – Installation and Swapping Kernels
After several days of trying it out on a stick, we installed it permanently. As we mentioned in the previous post, without using a beta version of the Linux kernel, the network, the touch screen and the touch pad didn’t work,…
Adventures in Linux Mint: Part 2 – Lenovo Yoga 900 2 in 1
Rather than buying online again, we decided to try our local Best Buy. It was a much better idea! I have hardly bought anything at Best Buy in years (not just because of living 1000s of miles from the nearest…
Adventures in Linux Mint: Part 1 – ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW
My Toshiba Ultra-book has been dying for some time. I think if we hadn’t moved country, we would have replaced it about 6 months ago as it’s about 4 years old now and can barely load a website in addition…
Chris’s Birthday Legos
We have been having a fairly manic time lately. My computer is at the end of its life, so we have had to shop around for a new laptop. Chris has had multiple courses in Phoenix proper for his new…