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Magic Unicorn Story | doof.me.uk
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At work last we week were subjected to an interminable two day “New Hire Workshop” despite having worked there for nearly three years. I learned all sorts of useful things like how to “ideate” and that I should be “training at the empowerment gym”. Hmm. Anyway, to pass the time I started writing a story about a disappearing unicorn in Chinese to practice my characters. In the first chapter we meet the protagonists; their occupations are discussed; and a startling event occurs. Laquo; Watership Down.
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Staines: not my most inspired day out | doof.me.uk
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Staines: not my most inspired day out. Today I decided I would go for a walk down the Thames to Magna Carta island near Runnymede. For the location of such an important event in British history it’s surprisingly difficult to find. Perhaps part of the confusion stems from it not actually being an island, as a map shows. This is Eton: nice place. With a name like that it’s. To have something worth visiting…. Staines is an odd place. I think it doesn’t want to be called Staines for some reason and...A Thame...
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Photos | doof.me.uk
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London - Sept 2009. Hull and Humber Bridge. August Bank Holiday 2013. High Wycombe to Henley. Is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. Updated on June 16, 2010. Minor Lunar Lander update. Unix:Multibooting FreeBSD and other Linux distros – Unix Questions. On Getting GRUB2 to dual boot Debian and FreeBSD. Content doof.me.uk.
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adventures | doof.me.uk
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Due to an unexpected hiccup at the factory I had to extend my trip by a week and so had a weekend to do some sightseeing. Now, this being my fourth visit to Suzhou I’ve done most of the attractions of the city and surrounding area, and plus there was a typhoon threatening to ruin […]. I’ve visited Wallingford a couple of […]. Don’t Look Down. I had one last day in Shanghai after my holiday before flying back home. I arrived really early on the overnight train, so I had a great opportunity to beat the...
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June 25th, 2016. With the forecast suggesting torrential rain for the whole week, the Monday on which I arrived in Tunxi looked like the best day for ascending the local mountain, Huangshan. The entrance fee to the mountain is very high: 230元. Makes me so glad to live in a country with free access to national parks. The pass is valid for three days I think, but after one day I thought I’d done the majority of it. It’s possible to take a cable car to the summit, but what’s the point of that? Huangshan is ...
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Train Game | doof.me.uk
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Train Game (working title) is a game about trains! You control a train which you drive around a 3D world picking up cargo, trundle it about, and deliver it for PROFIT; whilst avoiding disasters like falling off the rails, hitting other trains, bad weather, or privatisation. Imagine Elite. But with trains instead of space craft. Can’t believe no one’s thought of it before. It’s very much a work-in-progress, but you can download a demo below which has these features:. You can drive the train! You can get t...
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Lunar Lander | doof.me.uk
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This is a Lunar Lander clone written in C and OpenGL. Use the arrow keys to move the ship and avoid crashing into obstacles. Collect all the spinning keys and then land the ship on one of the landing pads. The levels are randomly generated and become progressively harder. It’s written using relatively platform-neutral SDL, and I’ve successfully built and run it on Linux, Windows, and OS X. A few screen shots:. Follow these links to download the latest version:. Windows binaries: Lander-0.5.zip. Int Sound...
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musings | doof.me.uk
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Tintin and the Mysterious Snowman. I found this little probably-not-genuine Tintin book on a stall in Jixi Longchuan a few months ago. The original story is obviously “Tintin in Tibet” but the Chinese title – which I read as 柛校的 雪人 – was initially a bit of a mystery. 雪人 literally “snow-man” is clear enough, but what is 柛校? The only […]. Nick the Art Collector. I’ve been decorating my home recently! Coats Without Hanging Loop. By the hood or […]. The left-hand one looks like a normal crossing sign with th...
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Silchester | doof.me.uk
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Yesterday evening I went for a walk around the remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum. At Silchester a few miles south of Reading. Silchester is rare in that it was abandoned after the end of the Roman empire, leaving the walls, an amphitheater, and various other archaeological bits largely undisturbed. It’s a very nice place to go walking, highly recommended! Here are some photos I took:. Published July 18, 2010 and Filed in adventures. Laquo; A tasty paprika stew. July 19, 2010 @ 10:04 am.
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No Talking! | doof.me.uk
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The wearing-a-mask-when-ill thing is such a good idea. I wonder what it would take for it to catch on in the West. Published May 31, 2015 and Filed in photos. Laquo; Advances in toilet technology. Some pictures of Slough. Unix:Multibooting FreeBSD and other Linux distros – Unix Questions. On Getting GRUB2 to dual boot Debian and FreeBSD. Content doof.me.uk.
