Monthly Archives: May 2007

Settlers of Catan

Posted on May 31, 2007 by flotsky

I’ve been playing quite a bit of Settlers of Catan on the Xbox 360 recently. It is a great board game brought onto Xbox Arcade, which as far as I can tell keeps all the board game elements, and then … Continue reading →

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I want a Wii and I want one now (or at least I think I do)

Posted on May 30, 2007 by flotsky

On Monday I set out to try and track down a Nintendo Wii. I’ve been pondering it for a while, and having just been paid this weekend, I felt the urge to own one overwhelm me. Could I find one? … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-29

Posted on May 29, 2007 by flotsky

Atari – Best Electronics Home Atari Traders since 1984, Still the best place to find spares and oddities. (tags: atari retro hardware store)

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Yet another long weekend to come

Posted on May 25, 2007 by flotsky

Bank Holidays rock. 3 days off to relax, achieve little, and think of what I could be doing were I bothered. Great. Hopefully we’ll get a wander down by the river in sunshine tomorrow. Weather is supposed to last for … Continue reading →

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Tagged

Posted on May 18, 2007 by flotsky

Well, I’ve just been tagged by Emily who writes one of my favourite blogs, Doing it all again. So this means I have to give you all 8 random facts about me: I’m a distant relation of the godfather of … Continue reading →

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More like it.

Posted on May 16, 2007 by flotsky

Well it seems the weather gods do read my blog, lovely day outside at the moment. It may get wet later, but it’s been nice thus far. I got slightly drenched on the way home last night, despite having a … Continue reading →

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Rubbish weather, where is my global warming now?

Posted on May 15, 2007 by flotsky

All cold and wet outside, this is no fun at all. A few weeks ago it seemed like we were in for the longest and hottest of all summers, now those thoughts are relegated to thoughts of should I have … Continue reading →

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Back once again

Posted on May 10, 2007 by flotsky

Good rest, not achieved too much in the past few days, caught up on a few things like reading a Valentino Rossi autobiography, just generally took it all very easy. Had my Xbox 360 break (booooooo) which I’m not happy … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-03

Posted on May 3, 2007 by flotsky

Base64 Online – base64 decode and encode Will convert an image into a Base64 string, useful for building Firefox search plugins (tags: base64 tools encoder decoder web development online firefox programming search developer dev coding code generator 64)

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Happy Thurfriday to me

Posted on May 3, 2007 by flotsky

My last day in work for six whole days today. Can’t wait for a nice little break. We have a few plans, hoping to try going to a couple of different places, and possibly take the odd photograph or two. … Continue reading →

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