Archive for 2013
The year Edward Snowden leaks a huge collection of classified NSA files.
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In which I take a two month hiatus due to a family emergency.
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In which I show you our Christmas in pictures.
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In which I tell a short story about Lego santa wrecking havoc in a village with a fire-breathing Lego dragon.
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In which Lucien and I re-imagine the classic ’Twas the Night before Christmas story to include bears and purple tentacle monsters.
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In which I share a recipe for mulled wine from Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management.
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In which I continue to count down the days ’til Christmas with some limericks.
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In which I share a my own take on my mom’s gingerbread cookie recipe.
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In which I share a delicious saffron bun recipe, just in time to celebrate Saint Lucia’s Day on the 13th.
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In which I talk about my experience using Duolingo to learn French.
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In which I, and five co-workers try mince pies to determine which is the best.
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In which I get the flu instead of managing to release the novella I’ve been talking on about.
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In which I finish the multi-part short hardboiled noir story about our very softboiled detective.
A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part VII — A White Blanket of Forgiveness
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In which I continue my crazy cupcake experiments, learn more French and wear a dinosaur onsie for charity.
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In which, instead of reviewing Batman: Arkham Origins, I tell the story of Steven, henchman #537.
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In which look at the sadness that is one of our pumpkins, how terrible I am at playing Pokémon and start growing a moustache for Movember.
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In which I carve not one, not two but three pumpkins in honour of this year’s Halloween.
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In which I talk about Pokémon, amazing cupcakes and getting a new washing machine.
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In which I give you the sixth instalment of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.
A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part VI — Dem Dee-licious Golden Pancakes
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In which I keep one of the many promises and actually reveal the plans for my upcoming book.
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In which I get creative with Lego and bake a shocking chocolate cake for Rebecka.
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In which I tempt fate and any unknown pre-existing heart conditions by drinking the world’s strongest coffee.
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In which I reveal the plans that I’ve made for my multi-part short story. Spoiler, I’m making it a book.
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In which I admit to liking two people.
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In which the Erikssons visit Rochester Castle and its medieval re-enactment.
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In which I give you the fifth instalment of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.
A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part V — Nothing but Yellow Newspapers
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In which I confess how poorly the challenges I set myself went.
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In which I’m quite positive about the casting choice of Ben Affleck for the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film, unlike the rest of the world who is up in arms.
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In which beije and make a game called Monorun! that is now also available on Windows Phone.
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In which I show off my holiday pictures from our trip back to Finland.
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In which I subject myself and the Eriksson family to a double-blind study to determine whether we can tell Coca-Cola and Pepsi apart.
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In which I get ready to go on a vacation back to cold and dreary Finland, except it’s in the middle of the summer right now and warmer than here.
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In which I revisit the game Fable, first released ten years ago I have fond memories of it.
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In which I go into greater detail about the things I did take with me when we moved the UK.
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In which I talk about getting rid of 80% of the crap I owned before we moved to the UK.
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In which I continue part four of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.
A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part IV — Leering Pale Green Eyes
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In which I play and, sort of, review Assassin’s Creed III.
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In which I talk about why I think Superman is boring and Batman is awesome.
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In which I show you the actual cake with 29 individual candles. Fire hazards ignored.
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In which I’m about to turn 29 and in honour of that ask my wife to bake me a cake with 29 individual candles.
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In which Lucien and I fold and compete paper planes.
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Follow the self-proclaimed awesome adventures of Corvo as he stabs his way through Dunwall, seeking revenge for those who dissed his honour in Dishonored, a stealth action adventure game originally released in 2012, that I just got to on my to-play list.
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In which I reach day 251 of not smoking, not that I’m counting the days or anything.
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In which we make a Sunday roast, play Pétanque and talk about the game Beije and I made.
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In which I continue part three of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.
A Rainy Night on Drury Lane, Part III — Underneath a Turquoise Sky
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In which Beije and I design and make our own browser-based game.
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In which I look at how Finland faired against the UK in this years Eurovision Song Contest.
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In which my journal turns five and I take a look back at the different entries I’ve written over the years.
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In which I look back at the 11 years of Eurovision rivalry that’s been between Finland and the UK.
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In which I become surprisingly patriotic having lived in the UK for a year.
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In which Lucien and I create a message in a bottle with the hopes of someone finding it some day.
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In which I engulf myself entirely in the yearly spectacle that is Eurovision Song Contest.
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In which I talk about barbecuing as if I was doing a radio broadcast with music and all.
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In which I redesign my own avatar in the style of Hanna-Barbera.
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In which I talk about the basics of bean freshness and roasting my own beans using a Hot Air Popcorn Popper.
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Hitman: Absolution was on sale—on Steam—for £4.99 so I couldn’t resist getting the latest instalment in the long running franchise that is the Hitman series. What follows is the recollection of a tale of failure and ineptitude because as it turned out, I am a pretty terrible assassin.
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In which I talk about the things that have happened in the past week in the aptly named Abominable Weekly Update.
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In which I continue part two of the multi-part short story about an ineffectual detective with a lisp.
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In which I take you on a picture journey from last July to two days ago.
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In which I finally manage to record and upload a couple of songs.
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In which I switch from Notepad++ to Sublime 2.
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In which I make a chart, looking how people feel about different thing such as love, hate and Marmite.
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In which I invite you to join me in the messy process that is the redesign of my personal brand.
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In which I show some of the designs I’ve been working on lately.
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In which I refuse to do what I’m told at work, to make the web a better place for everyone.
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In which I ramble to myself about things I’m doing and going to do.
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In which Beije’s never-ending gaming session gets me thinking about how gaming has shaped me.