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  • Let It Snow?

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    The news has a cutesy rhyming name for the storm which is bringing so very much snow to these parts. They can keep said name, because it’s stupid. So, we’ve had the Working In A Snowglobe thing the last few days. Also, the canal froze a bit. And then a bit more. Yes, that’s a…

  • Google Image Search To The Rescue

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    I currently have some form of lurgh, so this may descend into even less comprehensible ramblings than usual Back in 2016. at the start of my trip around the USA, I stayed in a hotel with some … unusual … wall art; This was in the corridor. On the walls of the room itself were…

  • Yearly Tube Map Challenge

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    Some time ago, I ran into a set of ‘rules’ for tracking how much of the London Underground you’ve used in a year. That version had the counter starting on New Year’s Day, but I chose Boxing Day, mostly because the tube wasn’t running on Christmas Day. Me being me, I decided to map it.…

  • A Christmas Market Straight Out Of Doctor Who

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    In my experience, if I try to do some form of grand summing up of an event with lots of bits, I get bored partway through. So let’s not do that. Instead, let’s talk Christmas Markets. This is the one in Leicester Square, which I visited while wandering around on Christmas Eve, and where I…

  • Contributing to the Global Nollidge Base

    Contributing to the Global Nollidge Base

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    Every so often I’m reminded of my alleged contributions to the global store of … let’s call it knowledge … over on Google Maps. Places I’ve reviewed, information I’ve provided, and photos I’ve uploaded. As I type this, 1216 people have viewed this image, taken on the mound by Oxford Castle; it looks like I’m…

  • Adventageous?

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    ok, that was weak I’ve been doing a “Christmassy Picture A Day” thing for advent, over on The Social Medias. Daily posts to WordPress are a bit annoying, so here’s a digest version – I’ll update it as new images happen. 1 2 3 4 I couldn’t decide for the 4th of December, so there’s…

  • Snowfall In Berryfields

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    So, this happened. I’d thought it was pretty quiet out there, even for a Sunday morning, and when I looked out … Yep, there was a reason. Naturally, I went for a walk, and because there’s not really a lot of Berryfields to walk to, ended up at the train station. Where, despite the signage,…

  • Holiday 2018: The Voyage Home

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    Yes, I’ve already started planning. And what of it?!  Gen Con is at the start of August next year, which means that for about three weeks of leave, I could be in NZ in time for π Approximation Day, spend about a week in-country, then go to Gen Con 51, then back to the UK.…

  • This Year’s Gen Con Firsts

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    For the first time, a game with no female players was noticeable for that reason. There’s one game where I genuinely cannot remember, but I very much get the vibe that the gender ratio is very slowly shifting. Two different games had pre-teen players. That’s a new one on me. First time I’ve seen the…

  • On Navy Pier, Surrounded By Chicageau

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    There are a couple of really big statues North of the river. No idea who the other guy is, and it only now occurred to me t go and see whether there’s a plaque, but the vibe I’m getting is “Dude, I can actually see the rabbit in that hat; You are a terrible magician.”…