That’s How It Was, by Sheila White A heart warming story of a great love that blossomed during the difficult times of the last war. Sheila (my gran) met her husband to be, Chalky, on a dull day, a day that changed her life. This is a remarkable account of two people’s lives with all […]
Wacom One: no display signal “No signal. Press the OSB button to switch the input source” Sorting this issue was a complete pain in the arse – and it was needlessly so! I’ve worked in IT since the early 80s, building PCs using barely legible instructions translated from Chinese to Tiawanese to English by people
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Rogue Trader survival guide: Grim Darkness [This is a work in progess] Like all games of this type, after the first playthough or two it’s so easy it’s tedious, even on harder sitting. Grim Darkness raises the stakes as one misclick, one misjudgement, one bad roll, one bug can ruin your day. The guide assumes
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Discord friend gives you $50 steamcommunity card “$50! Hell yes” 🤑 *click* *login* “Gimme gemme gimme!” 🤑 “Huh? I’ve been hacked? How did that happen?” Obviousy it’s a scam! People, especially not strangers, or casuals haven’t spoken too in ten years don’t just pop up and give you $50! Apparently this has been around for
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Intro Questions you may want to ask your web developer. This post could equally be titled ‘Questions a web developer should ask themselves’. If you are a web designer yourself it may help you focus on what value you offer, what you may miss, what your competitors are doing (or not) that you can do,
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Everholm guide I like this little game. Sure, like many others of this genre, it borrows heavily from Stardew Valley, but it’s easy going, so… The ending though, if you can even call it that is, does seem to be… unfinished. Definitely a deflating feeling of: “Huh? That it? Nothing?” Really! REALLY!” Everholm is an
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Mirthwood Foreword This review is based around final release, patch 1.0.41.p2. Overall, my thoughts – and Steam review – are negative, with the observation that I’m still playing and that Mirthwood is not a terrible game – just that I don’t think it’s not worth buying yet. Overall reviews at present are mixed, with only
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Len’s Island Guide Flow Studio – a four-man Aussie indie – have been working on Len’s Island for seven years now and expect it to be finished later this year (i.e. mid 2025). I played in early access (0.9.041) and found it bug free and very polished. The final release will add a multi-player option
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