Nathaniel James
Nathaniel James
Nathaniel is a Web Design Executive who also writes content on technology and loves spending his days researching and building new projects, and generally complaining about new trends.
The commemoration of different groups and jobs has become more common on different days throughout the year, and as the end of July comes around the time has come to show appreciation to all the System Administrators around the world. System Administrators (or SysAdmins for short) in a sense wear a lot of “hats” in the running of an IT system in a company/department. This makes the exact role hard to define as it’s usually quite fluid and scenario specific. Pop Culture In modern day pop culture, the role of SysAdmins have been portrayed in many different fashions, some positive,…
As the summer sun comes out and Euro’s are in full swing the communal rush back into the bars and pubs begin. As we come back out into some sense of normalcy, not all areas of the industry have come out the same they went in. In this new world workers and customers of hospitality face many things that are different. In the UK on the 12th April, hospitality opened up for outdoor table service, and bar staff around the country had to adapt to this new way of working, sweating through facemasks, walking a minimum of 20,000 steps a…
When we think of what the near future might be like, many of the tropes from science fiction start to appear, be it the flying cars or the robot assistants. Despite all these influences, the advent of drones and the technology around them has emerged on the scene in relatively quick fashion. In discussion these days a lot of the focus on drones fit into two categories: military uses and hobbyist uses. On the military side of this technology, drones are being used overseas for varying missions including reconnaissance and combat scenarios. The advantages of using this technology in these…
At the time of writing, today is June the 28th. The entirety of June is known as ‘Pride Month’, where people who support and/or live on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum have the chance to make themselves heard. Their continued efforts to push back against the restricting and oppressive forces on a global scale are an empowering force. But why is June specifically chosen as Pride Month and all the pride marches that come with it? Because 52 years ago, the Stonewall riots happened. Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. A 1969 police raid here led…
Suck at gardening? Well don’t worry, with these tips and tricks you can suck even more! Water your plants with vodka so you don’t have to drink alone.Leave a bottle of water next to the plants in case they get thirsty during the night. That way you don’t have to wake up to feed them!Just buy plastic plants.Plant the seeds the right way up. You don’t want the tree growing upside-down.Play death metal to make it grow faster. The loud speedy BPM will get those plants dancing in no time!If the sun isn’t out, microwave your plant.If you live in…
In the ever growing world of social media, new terms and phrases can enter the public dialogue in an instant, and sometimes it can be hard to keep up. In this article we will aim to break down the history, controversy and applications of all the latest areas in the world of technology. Google web searches for the term “Deepfake”. Deepfake is a term which was coined in 2017 by a Reddit user by the same name who was demonstrating the use of face swap technology in relation to pornography, but the ideas they built on had been around since…
Just like the rise of stocks and shares, bitcoin and other global commerce, NFTs have taken up a great deal of public attention in recent history. However, any public social media post regarding NFTs will likely have most of the comments questioning what they are. Maybe that curiosity is why you are here and looking for a quick explanation. According to Wikipedia, “a non-fungible token (or NFT) is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable. NFTs can be used to represent items such…
Machine Learning (ML) seems to be everywhere these days. Weekly we are seeing interesting applications of it shared wildly online, from everyday applications like Netflix learning about your taste in films to suggest what to watch next or Siri using ML to improve its understanding of your voice to better assist you better. Looking further afield we are witnessing the global boom of technology startups harnessing the power of ML to grow their business. Machine Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence focusing on optimising algorithms to develop efficient and accurate solutions. These applications can be applied to nearly every…
