Test from Links
This post was done using the text based browser links, from Linux mint. I really do love the way Linux makes me go right back to the early days of using the command line, while managing to stay with the times.
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Xbox One
When I got in from work tonight I watched the Microsoft live broadcast for the review of the new console. Xbox One, so named as they are promoting it as the centerpiece of any home media system, the one device that will do everything. I have to admit I don’t usually flock to be the…
Black Friday!
Just watched a video from Philip Defranco on Youtube…. It was showing the fighting at Wallmart in the states when Americans were in what can only be described as a mosh pit trying to get to the deals in the electronics section. It makes for sobering viewing when you see these people pushing and shoving…
Think of the Children….
This rant is brought to you from the Writing Magazine (August 14) the article was called Think of the Children. It covers an author called Loraine Mace and the books she wrote starring Vlad the Inhaler, this is a YA fantasy book with vampires in it. Seems she was subject to the age old fools…
Bloody Trainers and Import Tax…….
It all starts with doing something nice. Christmas is coming up and the wife wanted some specific trainers that I could only find on-line from america. She had found some of then in TK Max on offer but there were no more available, so we had to go looking for more. I found them on…
Time planning vs Hobbies
I am a jack of all trades and master of none. For a long time now I have started and not finish many things, I have taken many things on as hobbies and done little with all of them, basically a convoluted form of procrastination. Below is what I have been doing with my time…
Day off and NaNo 2024 start
Well, it is almost midnight on the 31st of October, and although I would normally have a good plan in place for NaNo by now, this year I don’t really have anything prepped. I had planned to pick up my Fantasy novel Rise of the Fallen and see if I could finish it, but given…
Quick update
I have been regular (until now) with posts on this blog and I have slowly moved forward a bit with writing. I have been watching a motivational video every day and it helps a bit. I do need to start planning my time better so that I am making more time for actual writing. I…
Fantasycon 2024
All checked in and in my room for the weekend. I am looking forward to the panels and books. I will be doing a proper post with some more info but just thought I would share this one, went to the lift and noticed above the toilet doors, that there were… toilets 🙂 Off to…
23rd June 2017 – Transformers – The Last Knight, a short review
Last night was the release of Transformers the Last Knight. Written by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway and directed by Michael Bay. This film covers a war between Humans and Transformers, Optimus is gone and the key to saving the future is buried in the past. This outing sees the return of Mark Whalberg as…