Family, Cool Stuff and Assorted Geekery; the finer things in life. Updated when I have something interesting to write :)
We went to see Brian Cox live at Wembley Arena recently and had a great time. If you’re not familiar, he’s a physicist who appears on various TV and Radio shows about science. He’s proven very popular because he makes the science interesting and fun without dumbing it down or over-simplifying it.
The Infinite Monkey Cage is a brilliant podcast to listen to if a humourous science panel show sounds like your thing. Continue reading “Brian Cox: Live”
Sometimes I’m pulled away (struggling / screaming / whimpering) from my PC to interact with my family in the real work. Of course, ‘real’ is relative and it’s cool to play board games when the mood takes us. I’ve got a lot of games but most aren’t really suitable for family play either because;
A) The game takes 3 hours to even set up the board. By the point one or more family members have lost the will to live and have gone back to something more interesting like counting floating dog hairs or squabbling with siblings.
B) It involves the kind of cut-throat competitiveness that would make Machiavelli look like the Dalai Lama.
I wrote about some cool ones in another post. Here are some more; Continue reading “More Family Board Games”
We’ve just come back from a great week’s holiday in the Brecon Beacons. We had a great time; weather was good, tasty food, interesting scenery and decent broadband (phew).
Continue reading “Holiday in the Brecon Beacons”
I had a great time on holiday with my family to the Brecon Beacons. A key part of any extended family-time is the opportunity for me to be ruthlessly mocked by my children.
This holiday was no exception. Continue reading “My Daughter’s Guide to Gaming With Me”
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