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Split Slate and Fiction
A little bit of gaming, and a little bit of DIY. The dry stone walling workshop at Quince Honey Farm was fun, and though the stones were heavy, the detail was light. The most important messages I took away were to just give it a try. And backfill. Lots of backfill. In this context it’s…
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Reading on a Deadline
Because what better way is there to relax than a threat of impending confiscation… The Library No, I’m not talking about your Steam Library. Or your PlayStation catalogue. We are discussing brick-and-mortar (and sometimes chassis in the case of vans) libraries. I have an on-again, off-again relationship with the library system. It was a convenient…
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Travels and (Almost) Total Solar Eclipse
There are plenty of reasons to holiday in the Catalan capital. Sangria. Tapas. Gaudi. Xocolate. Our summer holiday was a re-do of last years washed out trip to Barcelona. Surely it couldn’t rain the entire time in August? Thankfully this time we only got an hour or so over the duration of the holiday. X…
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The Second Day of Ramen-mas
Friday night was ramen and retro gaming night, as you might be able to tell from the place setting and the SNES controllers. The tenugui I brought back from Tokyo, a Traditional Japanese dyed piece of cotton, became the focus of the place setting. The ceramic spoons were Chinese, but then again, so were the noodles!…
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Red Bull and Ramen
If Red Bull was a person… How would you describe their personality? This was just one of the interesting questions I was asked as part of a market research survey around soft drinks. I approached as I was docking my Belfast Bike near Avoca by a friendly looking woman, who walked with purpose towards me.…
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Back to work
Originally posted on Ordinary Decent Gamer: This week has been pretty busy. I moved into my new place in Belfast properly on Tuesday night, and my time has been spent getting stuff organised for living there and the start of my university year. There’s a year of hard work ahead of me, but also a…
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Feedback and comments happily received!
Originally posted on Ordinary Decent Gamer: Hello again, just a short post here whilst I’m watching classic Batman on ITV4 (same bat time, same bat channel!). Feel free to comment, or leave feedback or anything! The only way I can improve my blog is from hearing from you guys, and any suggestions are very welcome.…
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