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Read the ‘structions!
My papa had a great phrase while we were growing up “Read the ‘structions!”, mainly about LEGO, to read the details to get everything in order and built. Overall, it is a very versatile phrase and even now I wish people would read documentation more. Tonight I built the Playmobil Ghostbusters House with a little…
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Music of 2018
As the years go on, my list of “albums of the year” has become worse. But this year I have noted some great music that I’ve kept going back to. There are probably more but I don’t focus on release date anymore (as the final entry will testify) MxPx came out with their self-titled: …
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Take a nice photo!
We were watching TV after getting a new inhaler at the doctor, and I enjoyed the fact for once, he was calm. He then spied the picture and demanded “a nice one, I’ll give you cuddles” He can be an affectionate wee boy at times.
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This Is Going To Hurt
I’ve known about this book from when it was published but mainly due to the fact that I rarely (if ever) read books, it took me until getting it for Christmas this year to read it. No idea how it took me this long to read it but I've just finished it. Now I understand…
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Boxing Day Boxes
Literally living the definition of Boxing Day today. Including the complete move about of a certain four-year-olds bedroom.
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How do you wear your Watch?
My brother, who works in a phone shop, upon seeing my Apple Watch orientation “that’s against the Apple Style guidelines, crown should be on the right”. 😒 Alright, I’ll just wait it upside down ya frumpet. Or y’know, the software let me turn it about. *(I’m left handed) pic.twitter.com/urJM5evNbA — Doug (@dougaitken) December 25, 2018…
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Will 2019 be the year of Linux on…
…self-service tills? Another classic for the Windows Is Broken tumblr site.
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Monzo Ambassador
Yesterday I was doing the last of my Christmas shopping and due to the Apple Pay limit, I had to use my Monzo card more than usual. Due to the hot coral color of the cards, you can’t miss them. I was in one shop and the girl saw the card: “aw you should be an…
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
I have a small obsession with the mobile version of PUBG. Today was Friendsmas including Secret Santa and my mate got me this great t-shirt (grabbed from laundry basket purely for this photo).
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I used to be a poker dealer…
Last night I was at the new Water’s Edge place to deal some poker for a work function. Aside from the odd double/triple pot where calculations were… difficult, it was really fun. The people seemed to enjoy it, even if I dealt the founder out on a very early hand… and had no idea who…
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