Written by Remy Sharp
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on Dec. 31, 2020
I literally have no idea what I read! This is far from any kind of review. I just finished the book but I really don't know what I read, or even if there was a story. It was certainly well told, with weaving and turns and hand offs between characters but I couldn't tell you what it was about. The…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Dec. 25, 2020
Many, many personal stories of Christmas, perfect for Christmas time reading even if most carry the same message: family. I like to read a feel-good-christmas-theme book around this time and having just watched Last Christmas the movie it appeared that this book was released in relation and in aid…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Dec. 1, 2020
At some point in mid-2019 I discovered the advent of code and when it was released for 2019 I thought it would be a perfect chance to play with some code by way of simple(ish) challenge. I think these next 25 days of puzzles are a perfect place to practice a programming language. I use it partly to…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Nov. 30, 2020
Heydon Pickering this last weekend released a redesign to their web site and upon visiting it, the contents prompted a series of interesting thoughts and ideas to run riot through my mind. The URL is https://heydonworks.com and it (currently) looks like this: Seeing Heydon's redesign prompted me to…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Nov. 23, 2020
For the last few weeks I've had a mostly working version of the game logic for Marbles2 on the Spectrum Next. One of goals I wanted in place was to be able to share high scores and to get remote high scores from an online service. There's a number problems presented with this. First of all, to shar…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Nov. 15, 2020
This last week I scheduled a week off of work. My second week of the year which given how 2020 has gone was rather not enough. Around mid October I had a bit of an episode in the middle of the night which culminated in me passing out and when I came back round all that was going round my head was:…