David Peach

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    The new resident evil game, Resident Evil Re9uiem, looks great so far. And from the initial remarks I’ve heard, about a short demo feeling like an extension of the house of Beneviento sequence from RE Village, I find myself getting excited for next year.

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    The ever-growing sleep debt

    I have a compounding sleep debt. We have a 2 year old and a 6 week old. To say my wife and I are tired is an understatement to say the least. Our children are definitely worth it all but I am looking forward to a full night’s sleep again. It’s like being in a…

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    The Tsunami in the fridge

    This morning I opened the fridge door to be greeted by a slight splash of water. Okay — not quite a tsunami — but that’s clickbait for you. Underneath the veg drawer of our modest 500mm wide fridge freezer lies a small pool of water in the recesses of its base. First thought of course…

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    The ActivityPub plugin for WordPress is incredible.

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    Another test for the creating of status posts from the mastodon app to my WP site. This should not create a post with a title. Instead, should be a status post.

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    This morning i had my last decaffeinated tea bag. All I have left is Alta Rica coffee. I’ve had half-portions but something tells me that I’m going to be wired for half the day, before having a big caffeine crash. School boy error.

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    Overtaking — a wake up call

    Yesterday I gave a family member a lift somewhere. On the way there, entering a country road I began overtaking the car in front as I was struggling to get the person to their appointment on time. The road ahead was clear and overtaking was permitted in this particular part of the stretch. When all…

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    There’s a strange sense of joy and accomplishment that comes after mowing the lawns and thus filling the garden bin. Knowing that you’ve cleaned the garden somewhat. And knowing that you’re getting your money’s worth from the garden bin subscription. Nothing worse than seeing that collection truck go past for another week and having nothing…

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    Black Mirror: Common People

    Dark as fuck. And so brilliantly doing a send-up of the modern “subscription culture”. Both leads were great. This is the second thing I’ve seen Chris Dowd act in after The I.T. Crowd. So it was a complete departure for me. And he is incredible in it. Similarly with Rashida I’ve only seen her in…

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    Hospitals and Supermarkets

    What do hospitals and supermarkets have in common? Go on – take a moment to think about it. Got it? No? Well, I’ll tell you. Both are places where absolute fucking plebs congregate right outside the front doors, smoking. Smoking is an individual choice, regardless of how completely dumb it is, but Christ if I…

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    The Last of Us series 2 episode 1

    On the whole it was great to see the series back. I’ve played through part 2, the game on which this series is based, five or six times through. So seeing certain scenes happen in this episode that were towards the end of the game was very strange for me. But I get it from…

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    What the hell was I thinking

    “What the hell was I thinking?”; “Huh?”; “Who’s the fucking idiot who did this?.. oh. It was me…”. Three questions every developer / coder / programmer / whatever-er asks themselves from time to time. And I am definitely no different. I built an initial version of a web-based tool for work some time ago. I…