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Table Games 🎲

Necromunda

A round-up of my experiences with the new Necromunda release from Games Workshop. TL;DR you should buy it 😉

Events 📅 Featured

The Big Party

How not to organize a birthday party, and have it turn out okay anyway.

Family Life 👪

Owl Sanctuary

This weekend we paid a visit to the local owl sanctuary. My son chose the destination; > I want to see the owls So naturally we obliged. The sanctuary is behind a garden centre, so we ventured through the swathes of christmas-ness; Trees, lights, lasers, various ornaments, even a £2000

Factorio

Quite a fun game that was gifted to me recently. It has all the hallmarks of a classic RTS, fused with an infinite world, resource gathering and crafting. It reminds me a lot of minecraft, with an emphasis on automation. You are a character that is stranded on an alien

Opening Night

Tonight was a big night for my wife; it was the opening night of her final year degree exhibition [https://www.facebook.com/UCLANDS17/]. There has been a lot of preparation in advance, and a lot of stress over the last few weeks. It was nice to see her enjoying

Family Life 👪

Miniature Railway

Yesterday we decided to take the boy out to burn off some energy; the first thing that came to mind was Worden Park. It's not too far away, and is a massive space for him to explore. He loves being outdoors, especially with the relatively pleasant weather we

Manchester Bombing

Manchester Bombing

Today's commute was surreal, to say the least. I work in the heart of Manchester; there was tension in the air from the moment I disembarked from the train. The police presence had a certain duality, instilling feelings of both safety and concern. The armed police at Piccadilly

Fallout 4

So I finally convinced myself that buying Fallout 4 [http://www.fallout4.com] was a good idea. So far I'm not regretting it; my meagre 20 hours game time has been a slow-paced but thoroughly enjoyable experience. The game world is beautifully crafted, and incredibly immersive. I'

Family Life 👪

Bristol Zoo

We got back from a short trip to Bristol this weekend. It was great to get away for a couple of days and to spend some quality time together. I'm pretty sure that the weather is better south of the wall! The main event was a day at

Blog post subject list

Blog post subject list

Just planning out a few possible subjects for future posts on the main blog. * Cloudflare updater project * Background * Spring / Gradle * Systemd * Rsyslog * Debian Packaging * Todos and future improvements * Ghost blog * Running as a system daemon * Theme development environment with docker * Bind9 RPZ for internal nat-ted services. AKA running a forwarding