Reupen’s blog
June 2025
- Everyday Windows annoyances: Things randomly changing
Change isn’t inherently bad. But I don’t things I interact with every day to suddenly become bugged.
May 2025
- No thanks, Adobe
It looks like inflation is 176% in Adobe land.
- What does each step in the ClearType Text Tuner do?
Some things you have to work out yourself.
- Playing around with HDR AVIF images
Great brightness can be fraught with problems, as it turns out.
April 2025
- BypassIO, aksdf.sys and my X-Rite spectrophotometer
Aladdin says no DirectStorage for me. Luckily, I have the final say.
- Seeking a lightweight power bank: The INIU P50-E1
Carrying around too much weight gets annoying after a while.
- Irrationally irritating bad reviews
A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous.
March 2025
- In photos: Sydney and Melbourne
Some photos from a recent trip.
- Emojis in Windows 11: A mess once you look closely
And, I like to look closely.
February 2025
- What do all the recent NTDDI_VERSION values mean?
The answer isn’t always straightforward, as it turns out.
- Civilization VII: It needs some love
A bit of attention to detail wouldn’t hurt, either.
January 2025
- DirectWrite strikes again
Unique things should be, erm, unique.
- The squished iPlayer picture on my Sony TV
No, Sony, I don’t like my TV picture squished, stretched and cropped at the same time.
December 2024
- Getting Windows 11 24H2 to install
Error 0xC1900101-0x40017, you say?
- The (now resolved) crash releasing an IDWriteTextFormat
No, I don’t like infinitely recursive loops.
October 2024
- Goodbye, Ghost
I gave the blog a face lift. And made it static. Happy Halloween?
- Cahoot: An awful 2FA login process
I’m happier when I can copy and paste one-time passwords.
September 2024
- Google Pay and the useless error message
Google Pay, without the ability to pay, is less than optimal.
July 2024
- Why, oh why, does Google Wallet stop working after scanning a Tesco Clubcard?
Reliability is important for a mobile payments app. And so is just plain working.