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2026 63

  1. My BC-250 Journey (with 40 CUs Unlocked)
  2. At 30
  3. Your TV Won’t Connect to Open Wi-Fi Without Permission or Have a 4G Modem
  4. Supported Living and Outdoor Furniture
  5. Supported Living and the Problem With Attempting to Progress
  6. Walk from North Walsham to Antingham
  7. The UKs Smartphone Nude Filter Plan is Insane
  8. The Week of Change
  9. New Future
  10. Got rid of my Steam Deck
  11. North Walsham Carboot May 2026
  12. Budget LTE Home Network
  13. A New Project
  14. Future of Lists
  15. North Walsham Carboot
  16. Risk of Supermarket Reward Apps
  17. Magnetic Therapy at North Walsham Market
  18. Return to Cromer
  19. Trip around Morrisons
  20. Where Next?
  21. Fuel10k Sweet Chilli Protein Noodles
  22. E-Bikes = Freedom
  23. Summer of Progress
  24. No Fuel in North Walsham
  25. Namecrane Lifetime Email Hosting Review
  26. Autism Awareness Day 2026
  27. Mark Owner in The Sims 4
  28. Unlimphotos Review
  29. Upcoming Week
  30. Maddox: The Website. The Missed Opportunities.
  31. Lack of Affordable Third spaces
  32. Normie Internet
  33. The AAC Revolution
  34. Internet Autism
  35. CryptoStorm. The Paranoid M247 Problem
  36. MacBook Neo and the Windows Laptop Problem
  37. The Vibe Coding Soydevs
  38. Just Be a Happy Person
  39. A Fun Internet is not NeoCities
  40. Only Offgrid is my Future
  41. First Solar Panel Test
  42. Consume Labudubai
  43. The Three Cottages, North Walsham Review
  44. 11 Years of World of Matthew
  45. Shoelaces and Progress
  46. First Plantings of 2026
  47. Sudden spring
  48. Short Video: Hockey Puck Mouse = Awful
  49. A Small Update
  50. Colchester Trip 09/02/26
  51. Website Progress
  52. Acecook SiuKay Spicy Cheese Chicken Noodle Review
  53. Went Back to Nature
  54. You can't be 'based' on YouTube
  55. Soon Back to Nature
  56. Unneeded Praise
  57. r/Anticonsumption Political Invasion
  58. Don't Want to Spend
  59. No Analytics, No Pressure
  60. Public Toilets Degradation of Public Behaviour
  61. Caught a Cold
  62. First Snow of 2026
  63. For 2026

2025 48

  1. New Year's resolution for 2026
  2. A Trip to Norwich Castle
  3. Entitled Dangerous Driving and Pedestrians at Risk
  4. The British Police Decline
  5. On Public Nudity
  6. A Dream to Progress
  7. Lidl and “DeadStock
  8. Fly-Tipping Outside Charity Clothing Banks
  9. First Bus is the worst.
  10. The Sunday Charity Shop Flytip
  11. A New Theme for a New Future
  12. 7th August Trip to Norwich Castle
  13. Charity Shop Charges £10 for an Audiobook CD....
  14. 29 Years Old
  15. The Average Person Does Not Understand Their Internet Connection
  16. PSTN Switch Off and Taxi Phone Move to Mobile
  17. What Even Is ‘Adult’ Content?
  18. Chantry Place McDonald’s = Ugly
  19. No.1 Cromer: Greasy Chips and Burnt Sausage
  20. Planted Potatoes
  21. Lidl’s Bakery ‘Happy Hour’ Is a Joke
  22. McDonald’s Lying About Food Being Ready
  23. Saving Money with 4G Internet
  24. Working on a Updated Theme
  25. Starting to Garden
  26. I Want to Live In Nature
  27. Norfolk Sunsets are best
  28. Kens Traditional Fish & Chips is Awful
  29. End of JPEG Support
  30. A New Video Start
  31. The Future of World of Matthew (Part 2)
  32. The Future of Matthew (Part 3)
  33. A Decade of World of Matthew (Part 1)
  34. The Squeamish High School and Nude Statues
  35. Cheap Butter
  36. Bullshit Ends up at Charity Shops
  37. Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
  38. New Shelves
  39. The Awful Condition of “Barcadia”
  40. Walk from North Walsham to Mundesley
  41. What is the “End Stage” for a blog or Personal Website?
  42. Temporary Net-Negative items
  43. Decline of England
  44. To Eat More Healthy
  45. Switched To Mac
  46. Reusing Temu Cheap Light as a TV Backlight
  47. The Sand Cliffs of North Norfolk
  48. Welcome to 2025

2024 28

  1. Self-Dianoises and Autism
  2. A trip to Great Yarmouth (No Commentary)
  3. Short Video: Loads of Taxidermy at Norwich Castle
  4. Charity Shop Charges 300% More Than Shop Price
  5. A Boat Trip
  6. The Return
  7. 2024: Week 17
  8. 2024: Week 16
  9. 2024: Week 15
  10. 2024: Week 14
  11. A Video Update
  12. Autism Screening at Cineworld
  13. 2024: Week 13
  14. 2024: Week 12
  15. 2024: Week 11
  16. Thank You for the Past 9 Years
  17. 2024: Week 10
  18. 2024: Week 9
  19. A Trip to Sheringham
  20. 2024: Week 8
  21. 2024: Week 7
  22. 2024: Week 6
  23. 2024: Week 5
  24. 2024: Week 4
  25. 2024: Week 3
  26. 2024: Week 2
  27. 2024: Week 1
  28. For 2024

2023 26

  1. Strange Apple TV Bundle (MJ9N3B/A)
  2. Thinking About 2024
  3. A trip to Woburn Safari Park
  4. Quickly testing the 'One by Wacom'
  5. My trip to Potton Wood
  6. My trip to Wrest Park
  7. On Privacy Memes
  8. The Internet has become Stale
  9. Bus Canceled Without Notice
  10. Pot Noodle Meta-Review
  11. The Outdated Placeholder Tech on IKEA Showfloor
  12. Reddit, Houses and Immigration
  13. Consoom 'Free' Tellyscreen. Enjoy being spied on.
  14. The Failure of a Mobile Network, Known as O2
  15. 8 More Years of British Censorship
  16. 8 Years and Counting.
  17. Cyclists Are the Worst. A Perspective From a Pedestrian.
  18. The Anti-competitive Practices of Google Bard
  19. Migrated Web Hosts
  20. Anker Soundcore Mini -- Review After (Nearly) 4 Years of Use.
  21. Using platforms encourages internet censorship
  22. What comes next for websites, after the effective 'death of Google'
  23. Use socks5h, not socks5 when using newsboat with Tor
  24. To Write Shorter Blog posts
  25. The Lifestyle Creep's
  26. A Rural Adventure Is the Best

2022 10

  1. For 2023
  2. ​The Deception of “Buying” Digital Movies
  3. ​The M247/DataPacket Problem With Mullvad VPN
  4. My YouTube Journey Comes to an End (Next Few-Weeks)
  5. AYA NEO Pro is not the future of Handhold Gaming
  6. Enable Javascript to View This Image
  7. The Spooky introduction to The Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion
  8. Installing shadowsocks on a NAT VPS
  9. Don’t make the mistake of signing up for random websites
  10. Website plans for 2022 (part 1)

2021 8

  1. WorldofMatthew.com Changelog
  2. The 376 Spam Emails Deadline Hollywood Sent in Less than 2 Weeks
  3. Building a website without becoming a ‘soydev’
  4. A Starbucks 'Pumpkin Spice Latte' or plant 50 Trees?
  5. The Rigged Game of 'Build Your Own DDOS Protection'
  6. A Paywall Is Not Acceptable to Revoke SSL - a Response to Pro-CF Comments
  7. The Irrevocable SSL certificates of CloudFlare
  8. #Teamtrees: A Wasted Opportunity

2020 12

  1. Don’t Give Your Content Away for Free to Tech Giants
  2. The Advantages of Piracy (for consumers)
  3. Archived Video: Never Use Tor with a VPN
  4. My Tor Nodes
  5. Use Tor for privacy and VPN for downloading Linux Iso's
  6. The German Problem with Tor
  7. Ultra Cheap VPS hosts for Tor Bridges
  8. Webhosts for Tor Relays Who Are Not; OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway
  9. Avoid using OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway for your Tor relay
  10. Create Your Own Darknet Website in Just 5 Minutes
  11. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Used Old PC Games
  12. The Autism Supremacy Idea is misguided and Dangerous

2019 33

  1. Encoding Audiobooks with Opus
  2. Archived Video: Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 (Puppy Linux Boot Times with Dying SSD)
  3. How to Play .opus Audiobooks on Android
  4. Free Remastered Public Domain Audiobooks
  5. Free Audiobooks for Children
  6. InnoHosting: Fraudulent Bait-and-Switch WebHosting
  7. The Fake 1080P Action Camera Being Sold by Argos
  8. The Boring Summit of Mount Chiliad
  9. Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Static Websites
  10. MikeyFnBrennan: Fortnite Livestream V-Bucks Giveaway Scam
  11. EaseUS: Special Offer with Fake Countdown Timer
  12. Trustpilot. A Tech Support Scammers Best Friend
  13. Acuta Technologies: Tech Support Scammers who Pretend to be Visa
  14. Pale Moon hacked due to Crybaby admin who can't secure a Windows Install
  15. Scambaiting #1: Joining the Illuminati
  16. The Many Problems with Librivox
  17. How to Add an Anycast IP to Your BuyVM Slice
  18. Is TelerainMD/telerainmd.com a Scam?
  19. How Last Minute Changes to AlphaRacks Privacy Policy Screwed Customers
  20. Warning: PSK Hosting Illegally Using Alpharacks Customers Personal Data
  21. Why the Opus Codec Is Perfect for Audiobook Lovers
  22. DDOS Attacker: Henry Shepherd/LI Brakework/libw.h_blocks
  23. Cloudatcost and Their Bait-and-Switch Scam “Lifetime” VPS
  24. How to Solve “Microphone Audio” Only Coming out Left Channel in Cakewalk by BandLab?
  25. Why are there so many Ponzi schemes in cryptocurrencies?
  26. Small Businesses Need to Stop Using WordPress
  27. The Inefficient Websites, That Make up the Internet
  28. The Tor Network Urgently Needs More Relay Diversity
  29. Opinion: The truth to why there will not be an advert free internet
  30. The real dangers of internet centralization
  31. The GIF Inefficiency of Cloudflare
  32. The Worst Lapel/Lavalier Microphone Ever (ISSLM01U)
  33. The New Blog

2018 2

  1. Archived Video: Vault 108 The Worst Vault in Fallout 3
  2. Quorn Cocktail Sausages Review – A Meat Eaters Perceptive

2017 14

  1. WordPress Is Overkill For 99% Of Blogs
  2. Why The Internet Of Things Should Never Be Mainstream
  3. Where is the individuality in modern website design?
  4. Stop It With The Copy And Paste New Build Homes
  5. Skyscraper Articles and How Google Ruined Niche Search Results
  6. Parents, Stop Being Lazy And Start Being Parents
  7. Why You Should Do Denoising On Your Videos
  8. Big Snack Chicken Burrito Wrap Review, Might Be The Worst Burrito Ever
  9. Heat Em Up Southern Fried Chicken And Chips Review
  10. Archived Video: Walk Around St.Peter Church In Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire
  11. Katie Price And Her Authoritarian Petition
  12. Archived Video: The Perfect Way To Make A Pot Noodle
  13. Archived Video: Broken VCR From eBay Seller (Poor Packaging)
  14. Schools, ransomware and shitty security

2016 54

  1. Archived Video: Y061RL Battery Soldering Iron Fail
  2. Some issues I see with “hate speech laws”
  3. Victory For Donald J Trump
  4. Remainers Attempts To Undermine The Will Of The People #Brexit
  5. Petition Calling For A referendum to Vote Scotland out of the UK Now At Over 10,000 Signaturesk
  6. Pink News And Jeremy Corbyn Wants Identity Politics In The National Curriculum
  7. Some of male victims of domestic and sexual violence fund 2011 to 2013 was given to women services
  8. Scam Email Claiming To Not Be A Scam
  9. Scotland Just Get The Second Independence Referendum And Leave Please
  10. Pro-Censorship Idiots: Stop The Free Distribution Of The Daily Mail At UK Airports
  11. Nigel Farage Did Not Mislead The Public
  12. Don’t Reintroduce an early state pension scheme for women aged between 60 & 65
  13. Turing Bill Is A Useless Bill
  14. Don’t Lower university fees down to £3,000
  15. Pot Shot! Review (Shameless Pot Noodle Rip Off)
  16. Scotland Please Leave The United Kingdom Already
  17. Gary Lineker Using Ad Hominem Instead Of Real Arguments
  18. Parents Should Not Kids Unless They Can Afford Them
  19. Jeremy Corbyn Doing More Identity Politics While His Party Dies
  20. Archived Video: Night Drive Bedford
  21. Idiots Who Can’t Cook
  22. Fucking RAM
  23. Nottinghamshire police “Misogyny Law” Response
  24. The Electoral Commission Anti-freespeech and Authoritarian
  25. Sexual Risk Orders are worse then useless (The case of John O’Neill)
  26. Re: Blacklivesmatter UK Shutdown
  27. 20 years old today
  28. #blacklivesmatter don’t understand statistics
  29. Rant about Jeremy Corbyn (ACTION TO SECURE AN EQUAL SOCIETY)
  30. No To Fat Acceptance
  31. Criticize blacklivesmatter and get racism back
  32. Lefties Protesting Against Democracy
  33. Rightscorp want to become judge jury and executioner
  34. Archived Video: Update Vlog 1
  35. Music industry being selfish twats
  36. Genital Mutilation Hypocrites
  37. Teddybear87 False DMCA
  38. Matt Hosseinzadeh suing h3h3Productions
  39. Maria Schneider encouraging copyright abuse #WTFU
  40. Crying babies in shops
  41. Debunking NaturalNews.com
  42. Reverse Racism And Creative Access
  43. Idiotic anti-vaxxers
  44. BBC Discriminating Against Straight White Males
  45. PETA are fucking hypocrites
  46. SocialAutopsy.com FAQ Crapness
  47. SocialAutopsy.com and doxing
  48. Fuck clickbait
  49. NoughtPointFourLIVE Clickbait
  50. Fucking spam email
  51. EEVBlog world's worst soldering iron
  52. Glasgow thought police
  53. Archived Video: Radio Romania International Shortwave (Received at Cambridgeshire UK)
  54. Archived Video: CB Setup Question

2015 18

  1. Archived Video: My Minecraft World
  2. Archived Video: CB inconsistent noise floor
  3. Archived Video: +30 CB FM noise floor
  4. Archived Video: CB radio strange sounds 14/11/2015
  5. Archived Video: Greece Skip on CB Radio
  6. ESA WRAG and the impending Trainwreck
  7. Archived Video: CB Set-Up Upgrade Planning
  8. Archived Video: CB Radio Noise Floor 27.385Mhz LSB
  9. Archived Video: No Skip on CB Radio
  10. Archived Video: CB Radio AM Signal Received on a FM radio
  11. Archived Video: Autism.pw Minecraft Server (WIP)
  12. Aurora master Wave Review
  13. Archived Video: Let's Play Minecraft Season 2 Episode 1 (The lost episode)
  14. Archived Video: Casio portable TV freeview upgrade (Casio TV-1800) part 1
  15. Globalsign – Good news for SuperCo, Ltd Customers
  16. UK and internet censorship
  17. My first post here
  18. Archived Video: Age of empires collection

2014 1

  1. Archived Video: The sims 3 let's build: $10,000 house

2012 15

  1. Archived Video: Let's Play Sim City 4 Episode 1: Very Good Start
  2. Archived Video: Let's Play Minecraft Episode 2: Fake Luck
  3. Archived Video: Let's Play Minecraft Episode 1: Trying to Remember the Lines
  4. Archived Video: Minecraft Seed: NORWICHCITYUK
  5. The Reasons Why I Did What I Did
  6. Waiting for That Damm Secound CPU
  7. The Reasons Why I Did What I Did
  8. Current Progress
  9. Archived Video: Cambridge Regional College Speedtest
  10. Archived Video: The Press Keep Going Downhill about Aspergers
  11. Archived Video: Australia Worried About DSM-5 my Thoughts
  12. Archived Video: Nurotypical
  13. Archived Video: Rant About News on Asperger's
  14. Archived Video: Wrongplanet how's your day?
  15. Archived Video: Norwich Lord Mayor’s Celebration 2012 Fireworks Show

2011 9

  1. Archived Video: Minecraft How to Build a Basic House With Smart Features
  2. Archived Video: MineCraft Fun With TNT
  3. Archived Video: Minecraft: 3000 on SMP Server
  4. why even slower internet speed
  5. still slow
  6. slow internet 11:53
  7. Archived Video: Minecraft: Simple Redstone Door Tutorial
  8. Archived Video: Minecraft Safe
  9. Archived Video: Playing Minecraft Building Lots

1996 1

  1. Photography