Some adventure gaming nostalgia
TL;DR: Two rubbish text adventures I wrote as a teenager are online My business, Soft Rock Software, has existed for just over thirty years, but my programming – and my… Read more »
Category: Miscellaneous
Desecration of a grave
A couple of weeks ago, the statue of Edward Colston in central Bristol was pulled down and it reminded me of a local grave – that of (possibly freed) slave… Read more »
ARMX6 vs VirtualRiscPC – a totally unscientific speed comparison
Back in February, at the RISC OS Southwest Show, I purchased the new ARMX6 computer from R-Comp, which was seeing its official launch at the show. Once I got the… Read more »
Ryanair: a website and telephone support FAIL
This morning, I booked some flights with Ryanair on behalf of my parents, who don’t feel confident enough with computers and the internet to do this sort of thing themselves…. Read more »
You can blog about it all you like – we’ll allow you to do that
This post is a follow up to the first, second and third rules of the Virgin Media forum moderators. The title of this post are the words spoken to me… Read more »
The third rule of the Virgin Media forum moderators…
…is don’t piss off the Virgin Media forum moderators. This post follows up the first and second rules of the Virgin Media forum moderators, was updated on 1st May, 2011… Read more »
The second rule of the Virgin Media forum moderators
…is DON’T talk about the Virgin Media forum moderators. This post follows up the first rule of the Virgin Media forum moderators, and is followed up in the third rule… Read more »
The first rule of the Virgin Media forum moderators…
…is don’t talk about the Virgin Media forum moderators. Updated 30th April 2011 and followed up in the second and third rules of the Virgin Media forum moderators…, and you… Read more »
Additions Direct: The story begins
I discovered today that I have an account with a company called Additions Direct and, although I don’t owe them any money, there is only £971 of the £1,000 credit… Read more »
Easyjet and Contactability
Some of my family and their friends are currently on holiday in Spain and their return flight is – or, rather, was – scheduled for tonight. That return flight is… Read more »