Category: Ramblings

Review: Firestarter

Firestarter by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars Very very good. There are a few odd little phrases used here and there – the occasional repetition. I suspect Mr King was living in interesting times when he wrote this. None of that detracts from what is essentially a straightforward tale of anti-establishment paranoia

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Review: A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was a little concerned about this book, having just watched the TV series. I needn’t have been. Good though the series was, the novel wipes the floor with it. So much more of the intrigue and the history is revealed

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The Great Pyramid

Waste too much time on Minecraft? Me? Don’t be ridiculous. This was originally going to be a 1:1 representation of the great pyramid at Giza. Sadly, doing 1 cubit : 1 block would yield a pyramid taller than the max height of the world. So I’ve gone for 1/3 scale instead.

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Turing, Wilde

How can we say we’re civilised? A friend of mine has worked ceaselessly over the past few weeks to raise enough money to make a bid for Alan Turing’s papers. Sadly, the bid was unsuccessful although the papers haven’t yet been sold. How could this even come about? Alan Turing was a mathematician and logician

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Friendship and The Rev

Some people would have you believe that an ‘online friend’ isn’t the same as a ‘real-life friend’. Maybe it’s because they’ve never had one; maybe they think shared experience isn’t enough and physical contact is needed; maybe they’re just plain stupid. Allow me, Dear Reader, to tell you a story about that gentleman to the

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Private Lessons

So I’ve modified my usual synth patch to not reset the attack envelope on keychances and added a little bit of portamento to give a rather nice sliding effect. Here’s a little tune to demonstrate what I’m talking about. The chord progression is based on a song called Private Lessons by Kevin O’Neill, Peter Ward

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Adminy Stuff

Ok, so Mr Daniels pointed out that there was no obvious way to login, register, or anything like that. So I’ve re-added the meta widget. It’s over there, on the right, at the top of the sidebar.

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