Author: nealpp

  • On the Hoof

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    For Anne's birthday today, we went to Fountain's Abbey near Ripon in North Yorkshire. The weather was slightly different to the crisp, icy and foggy weather which we had last time we visited; today was as wet as wet can be! However we had decided we were going to visit and so got fully wrapped…

  • Elite needs more pledges!!

    Elite needs more pledges!!

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    The amazing Elite: Dangerous game only has a few more days left on Kickstarter to make sure development continues to complete the game. Please pledge on Kickstarter for the game to be made as soon as possible!! Go here to pledge: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous   Posted with Blogsy

  • Elite – Procedural Generation

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    As an update to the Kickstarter project to get Elite: Dangerous into production, David Braben has released a very interesting video into how procedural generation enabled the original Elite to be so comprehensive while fitting in such small memory, and also how he intends to use it to make Elite: Dangerous stand out from the…

  • Elite: Dangerous

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    This is superb news. The wonderful old BBC Micro game ‘Elite’ is hopefully making a comeback. Elite was the first game which allowed the player to make their own decisions what to do, it wasn’t all laid out. There were missions, like modern games, but they could be ignored and a player could make their…

  • Patriots in London

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    Ian and me went to Wembley for the Pats against Tampa three years ago. We were incredibly lucky that they were playing again in the NFL International Series game against the St Louis Rams, again at Wembley Stadium. We stayed in a hotel in the City for a change, very near London Bridge. What a…

  • Autumn at RHS Harlow Carr

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    A trip today up to RHS Harlow Carr near Harrogate on a lovely autumn day. Trying an iCloud journal for showing these pictures. Pretty amazing that the photos were taken, journal created (using iPhoto) and blog posted all on a phone!! Isn’t technology fab!! Click here for the pictures – Posted using BlogPress from my…

  • Autumn Colour

    Autumn Colour

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    Tried to find some nice autumn colour on a walk today – quite nice!!

  • Skyview app

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    I don’t normally review apps but this one is ace!! Skyview is an app to recognise stars. The main advantage of this app compared with usual ones is that it superimposes what it knows is on the sky on top of your camera view. This helps you identify stars and planets really easily. Not only…

  • Classic 80s gaming

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      I came across this this evening which I haven’t heard in ages. Fond memories of the arcades in Cleethorpes at BB summer camp . . . I wonder if a video game has ever had a more iconic and memorable tune than this!! Also didn’t realise it went on so long – perhaps I…

  • MyPhone

    MyPhone

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    A while ago I blogged about my annoyances with the Windows Phone 7 HTC Mozart I’ve been using for nearly two years. They key issue was the update schedule, following the Android model of letting carriers control the updates. When Windows Phone 7.5 was released, it was a terrific update, and Orange sent it our…