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An Unusual Cup of Coffee
My new job has well and truly started, but I wasn’t exactly thrown in. There were two full days of induction which gave me no indication of what my day job was going to be. But it did mean I got out early on both days. I was walking back to the bus station on…
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Bloody New Beginnings
Don’t be alarmed! I haven’t had a breakdown and gone postal. The title refers to my new job in haematology starting this Wednesday. That’s not the only change. I’ve got a new laptop, moved out of our apartment of two years, and my fiancé has set off on the ferry back to her homeland. I…
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The Gran Fondo – Nope, not another Tim Schafer Game
Way back in at the end of March, what feels like an eternity ago, we signed up for the Gran Fondo. Gran Fondo is an italian term for a bike event at least 75 miles long and individually chip timed. There’s a competitive element, but they’re not strictly speaking races – rather, sportives. For the…
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The MST3K Special
Where have you been my whole life? That was the predominant thought in my mind when I stumbled across the Netflix reboot of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K to its many fans). This was a series that ran for over ten years from 1988 to 1999 and pioneered the practice of riffing over bad films…
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Back to Basics: A PC Building Issue
Back to Basics: A PC Building Issue It has been a while since I’ve written anything for Ordinary Decent Gamer (blame the PS4, and other exciting life events), and even longer since I’ve worked with a computer properly. And by worked properly, I’m referring to sitting on the floor with a toolkit and pieces of…
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The Next…I mean, Current Generation
No, it’s not a rejected title for a Star Trek series following a group of dejected university graduates working in an outer space fast food chain with little job prospects. That was a mouthful. Instead, I’ve given in to the current generation of gaming consoles. I caved and bought a PS4. More specifically, a PS4…
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Making the ODG Videos: Part 2
Continued from Part 1 back in November 2016 Work has been slightly less tiring of late, but I have not increased my writing output significantly. Even the act of setting aside time for writing is difficult to commit to. I’ve been writing a lot about the process behind the videos. I talked about it briefly…
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Lismaine Cottage Update – Cooking in the Cottage
Lismaine Cottage was closed over the Christmas period to give everyone a chance to recover, but it’s back to business as usual. As part of a spur of the moment idea, and an opportunity for some promotion, we decided to make a short film about food. Macaroni cheese specifically. Whilst I wanted to make dinner,…
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The nth Day of Christmas
We’ve reached the nth day of Christmas, and the tree is still very much a feature in our living room, alongside the stormtrooper decanter full of questionable whiskey, and the ever growing display of trinkets adorning the top of our bookshelf. We’ve only lived here a year and a half, but the amount of stuff…
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