On Saturday, we visited my father-in-law’s family to make a start on my wife’s family tree. We managed to add just over sixty names to the list, bringing to total to over two hundred! As usual, a lot of the details are concentrated near the bottom of the tree – people who are still alive …
Author archives: pagan-gerbil
Linq
I’ve just found out how to combine .Sum() with a where clause, and all it took was a further step into the murky world of Linq. I got my tip-off from a fellow BlogEngine.NET blog user Gary Kilminster – http://cunningplan.co.uk/post/Extension-Methods.aspx – although it doesn’t look like his blog has been updated for a while. I …
Unwelcome Revelation
Well, it’s been a little while since I posted last. I’ve been a bit ill, again. Tonsillitis, for the first time in over ten years, which I can thank my son for – I seem to catch almost everything he does. I’ve had a few days off this week as a chance to recharge my …
Dark Elf Plan
(Originally posted to A Year of Frugal Gaming) If I’m going to get anywhere with my resolution to have all my Dark Elves painted by the end of the year, I’ll have to have a plan ready before I lose too much time. Having ransacked the shelves and boxes that house my collection, I’ve taken …
Blog Power Up!
I just upgraded the blog to version 1.6 of BlogEngine.NET, using the incredibly useful guide from David Wynne. Two things he missed though: Remember to change your CSS file as described in the ‘official’ instructions (change #widgetzone to .widgetzone, and #widgetselector to .widgetselector) and to be sure that any changes you made to your web.config …
First Game of the Year, or Losing Well
I played my first game of Warhammer in 2010 at the weekend, and since a lot of my Dark Elves are organised in piles on shelves according to how ready they are for painting, I decided to take out my Wood Elves for the day. It was a standard 2,500 point Pitched Battle, against my …
A Night To Remember
[originally posted on A Year of Frugal Gaming] As I mentioned before, I plan to hold more Games Nights this year than I have previously. Here’s what I’ve found that works for me, but I’m refining my process continually and if anyone else has any advice I’d be happy to try it out next time. …
First Steps
So, it’s February and I think I can say I’ve made an acceptable start to my New Year’s resolutions. In order, then! Filing. My aim is to scan and shred fifty documents each week. I have done 392 so far, compared to an expected 250. This is pretty impressive, though it helps that the first …
A Year of Frugal Gaming
I’ve just put my first post up at A Year of Frugal Gaming. Hooray for me!
Man of Resolve
I know these are probably supposed to be announced at the New Year, but I’ve been a busy bunny. I also couldn’t think of any good ones till after the deadline (when I realised that these goals I set myself were proper resolutions, with full action plan and everything!) What I like about these resolutions …