Monthly Archives: January 2012

Puns: A not-so-guilty pleasure…

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Mark A. Cooper

Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve been discovering that an increasing number of my Twitter friends are revealing themselves either to be into telling puns, or they simply appreciate puns, and this is incredibly pleasing to me. … Continue reading →

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Tales of a Lousy Adventurer

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Mark A. Cooper

One of the stereotypes of nerdism is a love of Dungeons & Dragons (or Advanced Dungeons & Dragons), and I have to say that it’s a stereotype I conformed to – plus, it provided me with the penchant for collecting … Continue reading →

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On the awkwardness of fanboi-ism

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Mark A. Cooper

(NSFW Advisory for Language) I have many failings, but one of them can be a source of severe potential awkwardness, especially when it’s compounded by my nerdiness: I become star-struck by celebrities. I’m not the sort of person who incessantly … Continue reading →

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My pre-blog writing endeavours

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Mark A. Cooper

OK, so I’ve got my stuffs transferred across from Scribd – there were only three items that didn’t relate to Minecraft that I wanted to put up here (there’s another item on there, but it’s utterly terrible). First is Go … Continue reading →

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Coding Anecdotes

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Mark A. Cooper

Originally published on Scribd on January 21, 2012 (NSFW Advisory: Language) Michael Schwarz’s (@xwcg) talk this morning about updating his code editor reminded me of the fun and games my friends John Croucher (@johnnycroucher) and Antony Gouldsbrough (@agouldsbrough) and I … Continue reading →

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