Thor: Ragnarok was excellent.
Holiday over, back to reality next week!
I should really get a record player to actually play all my Radiohead records.
Such a nice day!
I was not expecting it to be actually hot out right now. You know, like it should be in summer.
I look forward to when we eventually get all this AR technology in a regular pair of glasses.
Knaresborough Walk
Majora's Mask
I just finished Majora’s Mask on the 3DS this weekend. It was fantastic again although my memory of half of the game from the N64 version was nearly completely gone.
I clearly remember the first half of the game; the first two dungeons. The second half I have nearly no memory of. I remember a lot of the side quests, and definitely getting the very last mask before.
I find it strange not remembering half of a game but I suspect I only played it through once rather than, for example, the many times I played though Ocarina of Time on the N64.
Song: Black Skeletons
Hype Machine is a great place to find some really good new music (they have a Spotify app with some featured playlists to make it really easy to listen). Sure it’s not all to my taste but sometimes there is a great one that won’t leave my head.
Black Skeletons by Chin Injeti is one such song. It’s the first single from his upcoming album The Reverb, which I am now very interested to hear when it arrives.
iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud
Tour de France 2014
Had a good day with friends watching Le Tour de France in Knaresborough last week. Here are a few photos.
No Anchors
Bruges
The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain
Scotty Loveless has written this great guide for those of you who have some iOS battery issues.
The first step is my favourite because it confirms my crazy suspicion since iOS 6:
Step 1: Disable Location and Background App Refresh for Facebook
Fake miniature train tracks
My usual train was cancelled tonight so I was waiting for the next one.
Some sort of battle bot
(It’s a Puzzleman)
Best cup of coffee all week
A Link Between Worlds
I have just finished the latest zelda game: A Link Between Worlds. and what a fun game it is. It has all the regular fun of Zelda but with the added nostalgia of the older top down Zelda games (it’s set in the same world as A Link to the Past).
One of a great things about this game is instead of having to play for hours before you get various weapons you can rent nearly all of them very early in to the game. So instead of passing cracked rocks that you know can be broken by a certain tool you can break them right there and then. This also allows you to tackle the dungeons in whatever order you happen to get to them.
I would definitely recommend this one.
New Year, New Website
I have actually updated this website after a number of years with the same design.
As you can see the blog is no-longer on Tumblr (although I think I might keep posting there too so people can use the Tumblr dashboard. When Kottke.org was redesigned he created a Tumblr blog where he cross-posts everything and found it to be a good thing). I am running the blog on a Ghost installation. I have found Ghost to be really easy to design for; it only has three template pages at the moment that you need in your theme.
I will try to write some posts this year too!
About
My name is Toby Curl, I’m a software developer in North Yorkshire, England. I am currently working as a web developer. I try to make things in my free time but also play video games.
Contact
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Email me at [email protected].
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Projects
Dart
Dart was an app for iPhone and iPod touch that saved links to Pinboard with minimal effort.
Screen Watching
Everyone has the same advantage. It’s just that they get annoyed when they can’t use it effectively.