In one of those post-Christmas moments where you're sitting around with nothing better to do I decided to see if I could restore my old blog about MUDs. Between a scrape of the wayback machine and an old wordpress database backup I think I've gotten most of it. I've restored the posts and hopefully caught … Continue reading Old bc-dev.net blog restored →

Today I updated wordpress and the various plugins I use so please let me know if you notice anything broken. Speaking of letting me know, I noticed that I haven’t been getting admin emails so apologies to the people who have had comments pending over the last few months. I’m not sure what happened; it … Continue reading Blog Update Time →

So I was bored today and decided to tinker with the blog… I’ve added a recent tweets section to the sidebar now that I’m back on Twitter and you probably also noticed that I’ve slimmed the header down a bit. Hopefully it looks a little slicker and gives more room to the actual content. I’ve … Continue reading Blog Changes →

Xpango is one of those websites that promise “free” gifts if you collect enough points by signing up for various products and services and/or referring other people to do the same. While Xpango has been around for several years, I’m usually very skeptical of these schemes so I thought I would share my positive experience … Continue reading My Xpango Experience →

I recently succumbed to temptation and bought myself a Kindle Fire so I thought I’d share my experiences of getting it to work in the UK. Getting your Fire Although Amazon will only ship the Fire to a US address you are able to use a UK card and billing address when ordering it. I … Continue reading Using a Kindle Fire outside the US →

Arthur James Adcock was born on 16th July at 8.08pm and weighed in at 8lbs 8oz. With all those 8′s it’s a shame he’s not Chinese. It was another section but at least Suzy knew what to expect this time and fortunately in the UK there’s no requirement to eat wallpaper paste for two days … Continue reading Another New Arrival →

As I’ve been using this version of WordPress forever I thought it was about time I upgraded to the latest version, as well as update the various plugins. I’ve added an email notification checkbox to the comments form which if checked will send you an email anytime someone else leaves a comment on that post. … Continue reading A Few Blog Updates →

I love Derren Brown, I really do. I find his brand of modern mentalism, where psychology and NLP have replaced psychic powers and ESP, hugely entertaining. Tonight’s show was the first in his new series, The Events, and it was utter bullshit. On Wednesday he did a 10 minute live show where he appeared to … Continue reading Derren Brown: The Events →

I don’t usually post personal stuff on this blog but I wanted to share this. Emily Rose Adcock was born at 15.55 on 15th November by cesarean section. She was a week overdue and weighed in at a rather hefty 8lbs and 15 oz. The strangest thing was that Suzy barely put on any weight … Continue reading A new arrival… →