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Noughty but Nice
I have a reputation as one who chases the shiny, the new hotness, an ever revolving swirl of Kickstarters and spanking new tabletop roleplaying game lovelies. A recent example would be the new Warpstar from Fire Ruby Design. Dom’s provided … Continue reading
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Set a course for online conventions. Hit it!
My esteemed convention co-organiser, Dom, has already summarised the development and delivery of North Star in his recent blog post here: https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2020/05/north-star-online-2020-last-best-hope.html A few observations from me to round off North Star and plan ahead for Furnace and, perhaps, others… … Continue reading
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Cameron builds me a new PC
Thanks to my Cam for being the technical expert over the past few days as we have discussed a new PC> Cam specified the components and checked them through with me. I ordered and he built it, demonstrating considerable knowledge … Continue reading
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Windows Cave In
I’ve been using an aged Lenovo laptop running Ubuntu as my main desk machine at home. I’d bobbed in an extra 4GB of RAM to keep ‘The Dinosaur’ functioning at a suitable level. With a fun desktop wallpaper, no-one would … Continue reading
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Boys in Exile
We’ve had a bit of a reorganisation in the house, with Carmel taking the guest bedroom as her PhD study room. The next dimension has been the banishment of the boys to the Garage Games Room, which we have now … Continue reading
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Broadband Pressure
I thought losing the boiler was bad, but it is as nothing to inadequate Broadband and inconsistent WiFi in the house. Broadband pressure. Our Apple user keeps getting Wifi drop out, and we are MBS miles away from our minimum … Continue reading
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Lenovo Ideapad 330s
Unexpectedly, impulsively even, I decided to dip back into the laptop market, in part to get something that would run some decent DTP and PDF software. Who knows, I may look at Scrivener for my writing? Inevitably, this pitches me, … Continue reading
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Linux on ChromeOS – Loved Up
Gimp running on my Acer Chromebook 14 I have recently dallied with the notion of a full Linux laptop, just because. I love the Gnome desktop and many of the apps that Linux offers. But hey, technology always overtakes me … Continue reading
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Roll20 Shenanigans
I have a tottering RPG game pile. I’m not wanting to compare how prodigious my stack is with yours, but it is safe to say that I now have more games than I have gameplay left in the time allotted … Continue reading
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Insomnia #60
Set off excitement Me and Cam had a great day out at Insomnia 60 yesterday. Much excitement a we set off on our adventure to the NEC. A smooth, Easter Sunday, journey down in the Qashqai, with little traffic, some … Continue reading
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