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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Random Things of Recent Interest
(1) Microgravity Yo-Yo tricks. This is excellent. And makes me want to dig out my old yo yo. (2) Molerabilia Adam mole, erstwhile keyboardist of Pop Will Eat Itself, auctions off a bunch of stuff in an attempt to pay … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Random Things of Recent Interest
Tagged pwei, science, space, spektrmodule, warren ellis
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Newcastle Gamers – 25th August 2012
Bit of a worrying start to this meeting… I arrived at the venue at the appointed hour of 4:30 to discover the car park gates were locked, and none of the building lights were on. Oh oh.. this didn’t look … Continue reading
Thing of the week: Joust!
This week we went to see the Battle of Bosworth commemorative event, on Bosworth Battlefield in Leicester. This entailed lots of battle re-enactments, falconry demonstrations, a huge medieval market, a beer tent selling the (excellent) wares of the Williams Bros … Continue reading
Newcastle Gamers – 11th August 2012
Saturday was a special day on the Newcastle Gamers calendar. “Special” because it was the date marked for an ALL DAY gaming session. Well… perhaps — technically — not quite all-day, because it didn’t start until 10am. But it definitely … Continue reading
Thing of the week: “A Very British Games”
(or: how I made a TV documentary without really knowing). A couple of months ago, an interesting email arrived in my inbox. A TV producer had spotted the string of clips about unusual British customs & traditions that I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Calendar Customs, TV, Video
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