Last weekend I binge-listened to The Couple Next Door audiobook as well as watched Love Island (I wanted to see what all the fuss was about - it's bad reality TV so that makes it really good) while sewing. I haven't sewed in a while so the unpicker and I became well acquainted. It was so nice to do something that wasn't for work and was…
Months ago I dropped a tweet asking whether I should get an iPad or a Kindle. It was probably after I returned from the Ukraine after hosting the Overwatch Contenders Europe Season 1 Top 8. I'd been hooked to a book during that time, which I'd randomly picked up in the airport after a friend suggested it. It made me realise how much I miss reading. When…
The Last Dictator Standing by Nandos and the Kreepy Crawly wrangler ad are some of my favourite ads ever. Retroviral, an online communications agency that focuses on making viral content is the brains behind both of these. When I saw Retroviral founder, Mike Sharman had written The Best Dick I was really excited to read it. A lot of people talk the talk but don't have…
It's late in the evening and I'm alone in a hotel room, again, and originally started this blog post as a means to update you on some schedule changes for live streaming. But, after rewriting it a few times it is evident that this is going to become a life lately update with a giant overshare. Maybe it is because I'm alone and feeling the desperate…
This week I had to hang my head in shame. I had an IT issue and when our IT guy came over he looked at me and said: "You know what I'm going to say to you right?" I had no idea. My colleagues were laughing at me. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Two things - the problem was resolved after a…
Last weekend marked the first out of two beta weekends for Call of Duty's latest addition to the franchise, Black Ops 4. With Treyarch at the helm, COD fans know our upcoming release is in good hands. (Heads up, this isn't a review but an opinion piece. You can head here to see what the local pros had to say about the game so far.) The…
My name is Sam, though I'm also known as Tech Girl and this is my little space on the internet. My friends and I share our love for all things gaming, geek and gadgets here. I'm a South African Esports host and content creator. Links to all my various platforms are here on the blog. I'm a giant nerd, own far too many pairs of Converse and secretly wish I could be one of the X-Men!
