Part 1: My first experience of video games during a day out to the Spanish City Fairground, Whitley Bay, in the North-east of England. I never really enjoyed the rides, I was a sickly traveller, so the spinning waltzers and anything more extreme were out of the question. So one rainy day I ran indoors […]
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: In The Beginning Read Post »
This new blog series will chronicle a golden age of my life, before home consoles, social media and even mobile phones took over. I was lucky to be born in 1974. As a young boy I witnessed the birth of the arcade computer game (and computer games in general) in the late 70’s, was a
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The time has come to grow our community of contributors and readers. Welcome to the brand new Forums page! I’ve decided to set up a bunch of forums on the site to bring our readers and contributors together, ask questions and share thoughts. I’ve tried to make it as simple and accessible as possible. so
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After 9 years as a WordPress and Jetpack user. Jetpack has now started to charge for stats. Bye, Jetpack! You read it right. It’s no longer free to view your website stats if your site is deemed ‘commercial’ (ie. running Google Adsense). It’s a tiered system starting at something £6.95 per month for 10k views
Did Jetpack just ruin WordPress? Read Post »
On this Easter Sunday, my tribute to Jim Johnson. Who was Jim Johnson? Jim Johnson was born in 1926 and died in 2011. He was the founder of the North East Marine Karate Club in North Shields, England. I first met him in 2001, the day I first walked through the doors of the club
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I was a child of the 80’s. Of the space shuttle and the real Star wars between the Soviet Union and the U.S.A., of technological leaps in computer technology and Concorde. What happened to the advancement of the Human Race? Where’s my hoverboard? You’ve heard it a thousand times. But back in the 80’s it all seemed
Is the Human Race going backwards? Read Post »
Travelling the world while writing about your adventures seems like a pipe dream to many stuck in the 9-5 grind. Living your dreams while getting paid to share your experiences with the rest of the world? Can’t be true. However, unbeknownst to many, this is exactly what some people are doing, and it’s a rather
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Google’s March Update has caused a significant drop in traffic for many publishers. Here are 5 ways to beat it. What is Google’s March Update? Google’s March update goal is, in response to the advent of generative AI, to ensure searching suggests the best quality content possible, filtering out spam and AI-generated content. Full details
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Gone are the days when musicians simply hung flyers for their local gigs and sold LPs from a table along the venue’s back wall. Today’s musicians are operating in a digital industry, and their marketing efforts should match that fact. Think you’re an artist, not a techy? It’s time to change your perception. For success
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