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Brew Day: Nuka Berry II

Brew Day: Nuka Berry II

Since my last blog post, I’ve brewed a few more beers: A Saison smash for the Smash-Off 2018 competition/beer-swap.  This didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, so that’s being disposed of and I’ve brewed a replacement. An English Barleywine for the Black Beer of Christmas 2018 beer-swap.  At time of writing, this has been in the FV for just over 2 months and I’m planning on bottling it this week. My Eyes Are Pies! – A Brewdog Jet…

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Something different for 2013 – Windows Phone 8

Something different for 2013 – Windows Phone 8

Last November the Orange contract on my old HTC Desire-Z phone came up for renewal. I’ve been intrigued by the new Windows Phone system since its original launch but never really though about switching, at least until a friend lent me his old Samsung Omnia 7. This phone runs the older Windows Phone 7.5 system, but is good enough to get an idea of what switching to a new Windows Phone would be like. I really liked the new system…

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New year, New Theme

New year, New Theme

I’ve finally found a new WordPress theme that I like.  So out with the old fixed-width(ish) browns & greens, and in are the new dynamic-width whites & blacks of the Atahualpa Theme. I’ve also replaced the default banner images of fruit & trees with some banners snipped from my photo collection.  They’ve turned out much better than I thought they would. Not bad for 5 mins work with Paint.NET 🙂

Google EPIC Fail

Google EPIC Fail

Looks like Google have cocked things up BIG TIME for a lot of people. Every search result is tagged as “harmful” so you can’t click through to your destination: Update: Looks like someone at Google noticed. Everything’s back to normal for me now…