In which finally paint some 40k Orks...
I’ve always enjoyed Ork stories as they seem quite fun but for whatever reason I’ve never picked them up as models. The new Armageddon box was the perfect opportunity and they were a nice fun project to paint up quickly and really pop on the table!
In which I get ready for Dawi to return to The Old World...
With The Old World bringing back two of my white whales from my childhood in the form of Bretonnians and Dwarfs I’ve had a lot of fun projects this year. I wanted to do a slightly different Dwarf scheme than the old green and gold I remember seeing in White Dwarf as a kid and settled on the old Zhufbar livery of white and light blue. It makes for a striking force on the table top and is relatively speedy to paint up as detailed below!
In which I finally start delivering on the promised painting guides...
I have been sat on a fully constructed Battle of Pelennor Fields box for just about a year after purchasing it as a Christmas present to myself at the tail end of 2021. Having signed up to a few "slay the grey" style challenges in the New Year I thought it was time to start with a nice easy paint job.
In which I modify an old family recipe to be vegan friendly...
After successfully turning my hand to vegan Christmas cake I thought it was high time I adapted my old Christmas pudding recipe to be vegan too.
In which I discuss getting the dominant colour from an image quickly...
I have recently made a Discord bot that searches for online versions of board games to help people find games to play remotely. This link will add it to your server.
Discord embeds have a colour bar down the side that can be manually set. I thought it would be cool to have this display the 'average' (i.e. dominant) colour of the board game box and decided to investigate the best way to do it.
In which I discuss the safest way to lose blood and it's proper replacement...
So I want to take a break today from PhD based ramblings to talk about giving blood. Did you know that 96% of people rely on the other 4% for blood donations? [1] Maybe you've not thought about it before or are a little worried about what it entails so I'll tell you now that it mostly involves biscuits, drinking and sitting down. Easy eh?
In which I celebrate...
Look what greeted me today:
Thank you everyone for reading my ramblings, costume ideas, recipes, geeky computer ideas, airsoft tales, reviews and tea posts! Everyone knows that people who read my blog are the best kinds of people!
Thank you all!
Tom Out!
In which I start teasing my Halloween costume...
So here's the deal:
In which BT fails to deliver, just like OP...
Dear BT,
It appears you didn't take the sentiments of my previous letter to heart. I'm afraid that is going to be detrimental to our ongoing relationship. In fact I'm afraid I have some bad news for you - we're going to have to part ways.
In which I moan about BT...
Dear British Telecom (BT),
Last year I had the pleasure of enjoying BT Infinity. In a student house of five I don't recall ever experiencing slow internet or any outages. Naturally when I moved to a new house I was more than happy to start a contract with you. I was even looking forward to having a landline for the first time.
In which I describe a tea failure of epic proportions...
Dear Reader,
Let me set the scene for you. It was a warm but not unpleasant summer afternoon. The kind which threatens rain.* The kind we British deem perfect barbecue whether. And indeed I did barbecue for it was the last evening of Cubs this term.
An enjoyable game of kwik cricket, two burgers and a few glasses of fiery ginger beer later I was satiated. The cubs all left with their respective guardians and I set off home.
On the drive back I got to thinking, as I often do, that I desired some good company and a pot of tea. Potentially even a biscuit to round off the evening.
A week 2 round-up...
So here's how week one has gone :)
| Weight | Waist | Arms | Legs | T.I. | KCal | Chest | Neck | Hips | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 92 kg | 41.75" | 25" | 45.25" | 111.5" | 1,970 | |||
| Week 2 | 90 kg | 41" | 23.75" | 44.5" | 109.25" | 658 | 41.5" | 15.75" | 39" |
| Difference | -2 kg | -0.75" | -0.75" | -0.75" | -2.25" | -1,312 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Yet another good week :) I had trouble with my right leg last weekend so didn't manage to go running. Hopefully everything will pick up this week :)
Tom Out!
A belated week 1 round-up...
So here's how week one has gone :)
| Weight | Waist | L Arm | R Arm | L Leg | R Leg | Total Inches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 94 kg | 42" | 12" | 12" | 24" | 23.5" | 113.5" |
| Week 1 | 92 kg | 41.75" | 12.25" | 12.25" | 22.5" | 22.75" | 111.5" |
| Improvement | -2 kg | -0.25" | +0.25" | +0.25" | -1.5" | -0.75" | -2" |
So a good improvement over all :D I'll be talking about the diet tomorrow!
Tom Out!
In which I set-up a nice web GUI for my home server...
So I recently invested in a HP ProLiant MicroServer N54L to backup my PC to. Also it should be quite useful as a media server etc. I've installed FreeNAS as my OS but wanted to have a easy-to-use Web interface for accessing my files over my Network. I followed the guide here: http://forums.freenas.org/threads/howto-ajaxplorer-with-nginx-in-plugin-jail-mysql-optional-webdav.10297/ but a few things need changing as always.
