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My second proudest development moment… and why I regretted it
A couple of years ago I wrote about “my proudest development moment“, where I triumphed over a bullying manager. Well, many years later, but at the same company, my second best development moment occurred. But, equally, why I regretted it – it’s a warning for us all!
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Evercade Nexus – All 11 Hidden Games
If you’ve just got hold of the Evercade Nexus games console, there are some fun secret games to unlock, via combination of secret codes and button combos. Once unlocked, you’ll find they appear on your games menu (the star icon in the UI), under a section titled “Hidden Games”. Secret Code Games These are codes…
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Manhattan TV – good Freeview players but terrible customer service when they go wrong
Last year I finally ditched my Humax Freeview Recorder for a shiny new Manhattan T4-R – the latest iteration of their own recorder, and I’d heard good thinks about their past devices. However, reporting issues to them has been a combination of frustration and rude responses. Everything is your fault, not theirs. And it seems…
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Water flossers and an example of form over substance
Water flossers are great dental hygiene product but, for what they are, they can be pretty expensive. Spending over £100 for something that sprays water through a nozzle is steep – whichever one you buy, it’s just a pump and a water container. Normally, though, you get what you pay for in terms of better…
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Crossing the fuzzy grey line of humour
Anybody who knows me will know that I love to try and make people laugh. At school is was predicted I’d be a comedian. Computers came along and changed that path for me. But, it’s still within me. The thing about humour is that everyone has lines in the sand where humour doesn’t land with…