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The Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) is the western part of the Reykjanes Peninsula; the border is drawn to exclude Reykjavik and its suburbs. Suðurnes is the first point of call for most visitors to Iceland. The main international airport,...
Summarising the long life and very eventful career of Mike Westbrook in a maximum of five minutes was not the easiest assignment I’ve ever been given. But that was the necessary limit placed on the tribute I was invited to deliver during...
a bit of a self serving piece
In the last month I've found I've been hyper aware of noticing folks writing open-source everywhere I look, which feels like there's something slightly larger at play. Where I've had access and means to, I'll correct references to...
If you are reading this on Tuesday morning, I am on my way back to IMS for the week of practice for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Susan has to work some this week and she’s not quite as keen on watching cars go around a...
After a good while since the last Marvel Zombies models shown here we return today to the game’s bystander figures with a pair from the X-Men Resistance Core Set. We have Senator Kelly, an X-Men character who is notable because of his...
Carmel, Indiana is masterfully built. a startlingly nice place. But I couldn't ever call it home. I finally figured out why.
Thank you, velvet ribbon of time, for finally ending April; I cry more in that month than in any other, and it is piteous, and awkward, and a defeat for all of my senses. Cruel month for a cruel girl in a cruel world. Walking beside the...
I can't believe we haven't had that title yet, given Z is one of the hard ones to find decent titles for! Heay-ho, we've had it now, and the Zorro in question is a set of chocolate egg collectables from Maraja from a good while ago, and...
I find myself in a world where online content lies guarded behind gates of ad-infested websites. Today's process of looking up information isn't all that straightforward. While you would assume that the human experience matters most,...
This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is: “May Flowers (This is a companion to the April Showers topic from last month. Interpret however you’d like: books with flowers on the cover, colorful covers,...
A lost Palace Software title from 1986 is not something you hear about every day. Stuntman appears to have been an ambitious project for its time, likely targeting emerging 16-bit platforms, but ultimately never seeing the light of day....
Finally a very good movie adaptation of a book! The characters are the best part, but kudos to the writers for both cutting some “boring” parts and making the plot easy to understand in the film format. Also, the soundtrack is amazing....