My life at Automattic
Last year I finally ditched my Humax Freeview Recorder for a shiny new Manhattan T4-R – the latest iteration of their own recorder, and I’d heard good thinks about their past devices.
However, reporting issues to them has been a combination of frustration and rude responses. Everything is your fault, not theirs. And it seems I’m not the only one with this issue.
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A strong title, I’ll admit. But, as you’ll see, I’m not wrong.
I’ve been a massive fan of Battlefield 4 since it first came out. I bought it for the PlayStation 3 and then upgraded to the PlayStation 4 version, when I got that. I played it for thousands of hours and hit the top rank.
I ran the website bfmedic.com for many years, which gave news and tips about Battlefield, and crafted gameplay videos on YouTube.
Yeah, I was a fan.
Recently, I’ve been getting the itch to return. I don’t have a PlayStation 5, so can’t play Battlefield 6 and BF4 was definitely the best, more recent version of the game. Sadly, BF4 is dying. Not surprising considering its age. But there are just a handful of official game servers left and a sprinkling of other servers, often just playing the same map on repeat.
So, I thought I’d rent my own server.
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If you didn’t know already, I work in customer service and have done for over 30 years. So, it’s important to me and I understand when something is badly wrong.
So, to wrap up 2025 I’m going to mention the companies that I’ve had the pleasure or displeasure of dealing with in my personal life (and nothing to do with work).
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Every year I like to share the contents of my backpack. I travel a lot at WordPress VIP, so it often changes to reflect updated products as well as differences in my own thinking.
So, here I present what I’m carrying around in 2024 (albeit some of these will be dependant on the type of journey I’m making).
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Many years ago my wife bought me a bedside alarm clock with a built in sunrise feature. If you’ve not come across this kind of thing, before the alarm comes on, a light slowly brightens on the clock, simulating a sunrise, both in brightness and colour tone. The idea is that it wakes you more naturally and you’ll feel more refreshed than being awoken suddenly by a loud noise.
It was made by a British company called Lumie, who solely creates products based on light therapy.
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