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Age of Empires 2 “have you played”
The story at the end of this review made me laugh. It was around new year, and I was in Edinburgh, staying with some friends in their student house. We were playing a big ‘ol LAN game of AoE2, and … Continue reading
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Trouble with bluetooth headset & android phone
Able to hear but can’t be heard? Try disabling the google assistant: Open the Google app on your phone. Tap on More at the bottom right. Tap on Settings. Tap on Google Assistant. Scroll down to Assistant devices and tap … Continue reading
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Tagged android, bluetooth, calls, headset, mpow, oneplus, silent
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USB power cable for Philips Hue Hub v1
You want a 3.5×1.35mm USB cable as these can be powered from a router.
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Using Center Parcs wifi with Amazon Fire Stick / TV
Trying to use the Center Parcs wifi with an Amazon Fire Stick doesn’t work out of the box, it prompts you for a login page that disappears. I got this to work but it is not easy. The way these … Continue reading
Turing Tumble
I like the look of this educational programming game: Turing Tumble.
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George Allan (footballer, born 1875)
Random wikipedia search of the day (while I was actually looking for the programmer of Zool). 41 goals in 49 games in his first stay at Liverpool. Died aged 24 of TB.
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Track if your train journey is late
http://www.mytrainjourney.co.uk/
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Getting “Failed to create FBO” for magnum opus on Linux?
If you’re using the proprietary Nvidia Linux drivers, try upgrading them to v390+
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