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A year in a cult

April 10, 2021 journeymanonline1 2d Comments

This is a piece I wrote recently to discuss the damage done to me when I got caught up in…

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Filed under: bognor regis, christianity, cults, dna uk, evangelicalism, evangelism, extremism, faith, kent, pioneer tie teams, religion, revelation family church, sussex, uk

Classic Fighting Fantasy Binge

February 11, 2021 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

I’ve written before about playing new and original Fighting Fantasy books, and given my extreme boredom of late in these…

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Filed under: fighting fantasy, roleplaying, rpg

Amstrad NC100 – computing for beginners

January 30, 2021 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

As you’ll have seen recently, I blogged about my newly-acquired Brother EP-44, and I wrote that using an Amstrad NC100.…

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Filed under: 8-bit, amstrad nc100, computers, retro technology, the idler, vintage computing

Printing Device of the New Technology Age, Part 2

January 23, 2021 journeymanonline1 4d Comments

Fun with my new arrival from eBay, a lovely Brother EP-44 typewriter/printer… You’ll remember a while ago I blogged about…

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Filed under: amstrad nc100, brother ep-22, brother ep-44, electric typewriter, printer, rs-232, thermal printer, typewriter

The Train Now Departing (BBC TV, 1988)

January 21, 2021 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

Given the ridiculous amount of spare time I’ve had recently (yaaay, lockdown!), I’ve been browsing around on YouTube, and one…

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Filed under: 1960s, 1980s, 1988, bbc, bbc tv, documentary, history, industry, railways, steam railways, the train now departing, trains, transport, tv

A walk with a Trip 35

December 2, 2020 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

I currently live in a Scottish Tier 4 area, which means, in short, that everything is closed and I pretty…

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Filed under: 35mm, analogue photography, film, photography, scotland, west lothian, winchburgh

Vintage Game Review: Buggy Boy, ZX Spectrum 128K version

November 27, 2020 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

I’ve not been very good at updating my blog, have I? I don’t really have many excuses, given that I’ve…

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Filed under: 1980s, buggy boy, game review, games, retrogaming, video games, vintage, zx spectrum, zx spectrum +2, zx spectrum 128

Walk Report: Hike in the Pentlands, 6th July 2020

July 8, 2020 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

After four months of feeling extremely cooped up indeed, I was extremely relieved when Scotland’s five-mile travel limit for leisure…

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Filed under: edinburgh, exercise, hiking, hillwalking, outdoors, pentland hills, pentlands, scotland

Printing Device of the New Technology Age

June 11, 2020 journeymanonline1 2d Comments

My experience of using the Brother EP-22, an odd mashup of printer and typewriter.

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Filed under: 8-bit, brother, brother ep-22, dot matrix printer, electric typewriter, portable typewriter, printers, retro technology, thermal printer, typewriter, typewriters, vintage, writing

The Universe Downstairs

May 7, 2020 journeymanonline1 Leave a comment

Welcome back! I’ve finally felt some inspiration to write in this here blog again, and it came magically when I…

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Filed under: brian peck, cassie stuart, childhood, citv, david collings, dramarama, eileen nicholas, itv, jay simpson, rosemary leach, tv

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