Introduction Nine times out of ten, Amazon get it right. I'm an Amazon Prime customer. I get it solely for the free delivery and "guaranteed one-day service". As noted, normally there are no issues. Lately, however, things seem to be changing. For one, the delivery drivers seem to be inconsistent in their ability to read instructions or actually work out how to safely deliver stuff. More on that sometime in the future. This, however, is about what happens when Amazon FAIL ... Read More

Over the Christmas period, amongst the upheaval of my dad and stepmum's deaths, something wonderful happened. I was approached by a university lecturer on universe building to provide some information about Elite (you know, that game that I kinda like) to an initiative he was working on. It turned out that the initiative he was working on was the official writer's bible for the upcoming Elite: Dangerous game and associated fiction that I was wittering on about a few weeks back. To ... Read More

Posted this on Facebook today.   For those who care: I'll be deleting my facebook account very soon. I'm thoroughly fed up with game requests, friend requests from people I don't know or don't like, notifications about absolute bollocks that I have no interest in and people who post their entire lives on here. I signed up to Facebook to keep in touch with 3 people, none of whom are still using Facebook regularly. I don't like facebook, I don't agree with its ... Read More

What a month. The first part of this post is more of an announcement, I suppose. It is with regret that I report the passing of my stepmother and father, Beryl and Andy Hughes. Beryl died on the 20th December 2012 and her husband Andy died two weeks later on 7th January 2013. Both died of complications due to cancer. My dad Andy had kidney and lung cancer amongst other things, since the kidney cancer metasticised in to his bloodstream and glands. He was diagnosed three and a half ... Read More

Pledge to Elite Dangerous NOW. If this game doesn't get made I'll blame YOU. Yes, YOU personally. Look. Trailer to show how awesome it's going to be...