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December was not the month of getting things finished, nor was January, and February’s not looking too good either.

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At the end of last year, I said December will be the month of getting things finished. It wasn’t. January was just as bad. February is unlikely to be much different. So what went wrong? To be honest I have very little idea. If I were to guess, I would …

That time we almost caused a gun scare (Telling Stories s01e03)

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In this video, I tell the story of the very short lived shooter alert my friends and I caused back in 500 BI (Before Internet) by being suffering from a complete failure to brain.

IDK why lockdown is suddenly getting to me

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Lockdown seems to be getting to me. I don’t know why. In this blog post, I explore the ins and outs of that. I have not planned for this post – everything from here on out is written in the order that I thought about my lost motivation and looked …

There is more to Matrix Dreams than you might first think

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First, what is Matrix Dreams? Short answer – Matrix Dreams is an awesome website. Long answer – Matrix Dreams is an awesome website full of all sorts of nerdy stuff most of which is coded by me. If you like games, code, movie trailers, and random cool stuff, Matrix Dreams …

That time we faced danger because mobile phones were not a thing yet

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In this first episode of my new YouTube series, Telling Stories, I take you back to a time before mobile phones when my friend and I did something very foolish and ended up lost in the woods.

Gallio’s Independence Claims

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In 2081 CR Gallio joined the Lagorin union. Gallio’s adsorption into the Lagorin empire was not without its difficulties. Many fled what they saw as an invasion, fleeing to the nearby island of Fallanxis. The people of Fallanxia (the only significant settlement on the island) consider themselves the true heirs …

Time to fess up about my unfinished projects

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I am really good at starting projects. I am less good at finishing them. They tend to get to 90% to 98% and then tick over waiting for me to “find time”. The thing about time is that it largely refuses to be found. If one needs time, one has …

Writing another 20k words by the end of the year

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I got to 55,000 during NaNoWriMo. I was on target to end at 75,000 but life happened to me. Still, I have decided that December if the month of getting things finished.(You can see my progress here). My December word sprints This list does not do totals at the moment. …

Things I have finished in December 2020

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As I said in my last post, December is the month of finishing things. You can keep track of things I have finished on this post. As I add to my list of stuff I have got across the finish line, this post will automatically update. Things I finished in …

December – the month of getting things finished

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This December will, for me, now be the month of getting things finished. This works out rather well as, at Midnight on the 31st, I will (like you) finish the month and the year too. The reason for such a vague theme is that even as my understanding of what …