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Somehow it happened that I never was able to complete any project in my life... like at all... I kept quitting all the time.

Don't sell yourself short: You've made a massive contribution here. You need to look after yourself and definitely take some "me" time if you're not enjoying it any more. Try something else - express yourself in some other way - to generate some renewed energy. Be kind to yourself.

This is an excellent first issue! I too particularly like the MAGS and Games Released This Month sections. I also like the shoutout to the Release Something thread and the A - Z of unrated games sounds like a promising series. I particularly like that all the games have links to their respective download pages. I can tell a lot of work went into this - well done

Beautiful artwork as always Ben - simply gorgeous! It sounds like you've learned a lot over the years and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about it. I'm pleased to see you've revived your blog and look forward to more posts

(P.S. Not sure if it's because you're tweaking things, but I couldn't comment on your post. It's restricted to 'team members' only)

This sounds excellent! As most of you will know, I've not been very active on the forums lately - although I do still lurk on a regular basis - it's been so long my avatar broke A regular feature like this would be very welcome

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People who step of the escalator and then decide to stand still, despite the fact there is a MOVING STAIRCASE FULL OF PEOPLE COMING UP BEHING YOU, OLD FARTS!

That's why in London you stand on the right, walk on the left. I thought it was silly when I first moved here; now I realise it's such a time saver.

What grinds my gears is when people use the extra s after an apostrophe on words ending in s when showing possession. I know there's more than one opinion on its use, including whether to use it after only common nouns or proper nouns, so some of you will disagree with me, but when your primary school teacher crosses out your entire homework for using apostrophes everywhere that leaves a mark..

For me it will always be Bridget Jones' Diary

Looking great Icey!

I particularly like the white faced guy with the disintegrating arms and the pot-bellied fire breathing creature

Congratulations both on a fantastic MAGS release!

Just finished playing this and it's hilarious

I really like the puzzles with

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the dialog about desserts and knocking the bird's egg over (nice touch the second time around)

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and the bit Creamy mentioned especially with

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Polo squeezing his eyes shut when you fire

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The backgrounds are simply gorgeous This is a really polished effort with clearly a lot of thought put into it and I love all the little details

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"toot sweet" - Caractacus Potts would be proud

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Some things you just come to expect, like an uninstall option, a right mouse button and a key each for backspace and delete. Haha.

Control-click for right mouse button or - if your mouse supports it - change to two button mode in Preferences.

I don't really use delete but apparently:

fn + backspace
Deletes the characters to the right of the cursor.

âÅ'Â¥ option + backspace
Deletes the first word on the left of the cursor.

âÅ'Ëœ cmd + backspace
Delete a complete line or paragraph on the left of the cursor. It can also be used for removing files.

Goodness next you'll be wanting a PrntScrn key[emoji6]

(it's Cmd-Shift-3 or Cmd-Shift-4 depending on whether you  want the whole screen or just a part. Have to admit I have trouble remembering which is which)

Anyway, nice to see you around man. Don't stray too far next time :-)

Thanks for the kind words. I hope to be more present in 2016

That's actually the Mac way of uninstalling software. You can just drag the app's icon to the trash. Note this is the main app icon, usually found in your Applications folder. If you drag the one from the Dock you're just deleting the shortcut to launching that app. Rather counterintuitively, you also unmount drives the same way: by dragging them to the trash (the icon will change to an eject symbol). If you're not worried about any supporting files such as preference files that may remain, then you're done.

Otherwise you want to look for the Application Support folder in your user Library folder (normally /users/your user name/Library/ if location hasn't changed in the latest OS) and manually remove the associated files. Good explanation of this here -  http://www.cultofmac.com/90060/how-to-completely-uninstall-software-under-mac-os-x-macrx/ - though I would avoid the last part about kernel extensions. Just don't go deleting everything willy nilly..

I actually use CleanApp - http://www.syniumsoftware.com/cleanapp - to ensure an app is (supposedly) fully removed. However, unless your Mac is getting slow you can pretty much live happily in ignorance just dragging apps to the trash.

EDIT: I just realised you said 'game'. Same as above but if it's via Steam then remove it that way. If it's via the MacAppStore you can likewise remove it from the Updates tab there, or by clicking and holding on the icon in LaunchPad until it jiggles then clicking the X to remove it.

Haha you can but to answer your questions:

There were major rest stops at 24km, 50km and 71km with marquees set up where you could sit down, get first aid, use portaloos, top up water/energy drinks/tea/coffee and help yourself to a large selection of cereal bars, fruits, nuts, chocolate etc. Massage was also available at some of them.

At 24km you could bring your own lunch or buy from some vendors. At 50km, 71km and the finish they gave you a meal voucher to get a meal from the selection being served. It was very good food. I had barbecue chicken, dauphinoise potatoes, olives, feta cheese, couscous and sundried tomatoes at the half way point. At the next one I had sausage and black pudding rolls for breakfast.

There were smaller midpoint stops between the above with toilets, drinks and snacks etc. They were ideal for a quick pit stop. Overall I think I counted nine rest stops.

The course was marked very clearly with pink arrows surrounded by yellow reflective tape. There were also yellow glow sticks at night. The arrows were about every hundred metres and very easy to follow. We also had a little booklet with map.

Hazards were identified with a pink square with black circle. Everything from a low hanging branch to a bridge or road crossing.

Kilometre markers were shown in black text on a pink square and very frequent.

Everyone who registers is given a start time (Mine was 07:30am) and after a group warmup everyone with your time slot is set off together.

You don't have to stay as a group though. I regularly overtook and was overtaken by people. I chatted to people walking near me and at rest stops but mostly I walked alone (my choice)

At night, they only let you leave the rest stops in groups and make sure you have a head torch and glow sticks. The groups left every 15mins so you could choose when to go.

They had Trekmasters also walking the route who would buddy up with you as needed and kept an eye on the night walkers.

You had a lanyard round your neck which was scanned in at every rest stop, either by someone with a paddle or by walking across a plate to record your timings. You could connect it all to Facebook for live updates.

I was *very* impressed with how well organised it was.

Hope that helps!

For passwords I use https://agilebits.com/onepassword. It has a customisable password generator, separate vaults to organise your passwords, a built-in secure web browser, a weak/old password warning system and the ability to create secure notes.

I only need to remember the 1password login: all the rest are accessible from the Mac menu bar (1password is also for Windows), at the login prompt of apps supporting 1password, or from the 1password application itself. In most cases I'll just select the login from the menu bar, the website will launch, and I'll be logged in.

For code samples, an app I've previously used is http://snippets.me. They've changed their logo since I last used it but think it's this one. It has syntax handling which is nice.

Thanks, yeah the landscape was lovely. The route followed the river Lee out of London with lots of narrowboats and canal moorings. That then gave way to lots of fields and forested areas and pretty little villages. It was pretty rural although clearly lots of farm use. As we neared Cambridge the roads reappeared until finally it was right through the town centre to finish the other side of town at a sports ground[emoji4]

Thanks Dave. Yeah, I did sign up for the London Bridges Walk you mentioned as a practice before this one but I was so disorganised I left the house without my participant number and ended up missing the start.

I bit the bullet and signed up for this one back in Jan but it took months to work out the kinks with the charity/fundraising page etc[emoji3]

Thanks Mark, really appreciate that!

You'd be surprised. For my training these last three months I've been walking home from work 2-3 times a week and that's just over ten miles.

There were blisters at first but I invested in a pair of really good, albeit expensive, walking shoes and can now do it regularly with no issues.

On the 100km I made sure to change my socks at every rest stop and dusted my feet and inside shoes with powder. It's the combination of friction and sweat that causes the blisters. Considering the number of blisters I had from the London Paddington Bear Hunt (did it in Converse - so not a good idea!) I must've looked after my feet well to get away with only two blisters.

One isn't an issue at all as the Compeed plaster sorted it right out, but I didn't treat the other early enough so the skin came off and well.. yeah[emoji16]

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Hi everyone,

As the title suggests, i've just completed the London to Cambridge Ultra Challenge this weekend. I walked the 100km (62 miles) in 31hrs 53mins and 22 excruciating seconds

I was raising money for The Kaos Organisation: a small charity that runs the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf & Hearing Children. They regularly hold workshops in schools and performed at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. You can read more about them on my fundraising page [shameless plug] which is still active at http://www.everyclick.com/thekaosorganisation [/shameless plug]

The walk itself was tough going, especially after 50km which was the night stages. A lot of it was off road across fields and through forests. It was beautiful countryside but the gullies, mud and tree routes were especially treacherous. I made it to the finish line eventually, finishing 413th out of 415 participants who finished the 100km walk (559 started overall). I had to phone my mum for a chat during the last 10km as I was literally falling asleep standing up

I completed it relatively unscathed, managing to keep my feet healthy, with only two blisters. The heels of my feet were in agony for the last 16km though and the Deep Heat cream only kept the pain in my legs and back at bay temporarily. Needless to say it was a relief to finally finish but i'm so glad that I did. This was my first time attempting anything like this so I was really pleased with how well I fared mentally and physically overall. I'll definitely do another - just as soon as my replacement legs arrive

I took some pictures as I went which are on Flickr here

Has anyone else attempted any challenges like this? Got any war stories to tell?

Interesting post!

I volunteer with young people with autism and, while our projects don't involve computers/technology as such (they are more activity-based, focussing on social development), one of my never-get-around-to projects is to look into app development for SEN. Either way, i'm always interested in hearing how people approach design for children/education.

Pinterest is good for finding examples and a lot of teachers use it to share materials. Some of these will be digital apps. I use it to pin examples of drag and drop coding/design aimed at children.

I don't have kids to give a parents' perspective, but one of the young people I support uses an iPad app at home that lets him watch YouTube videos without supervision and empowers him to choose - from a pre defined playlist his parents have created - what he wants to watch. I think it's iTubeList (http://ipadkids.com/itubelist-review-take-control-of-youtube/), although the review there isn't particularly favourable.

On our last project we also used a music app that let the young people play instruments like flutes and drums by touching the iPad screen. There are lots of these apps around and they are not necessarily aimed at children, but it was so tactile and intuitive that the technology didn't get in the way of the fun we were trying to achieve in the workshop.

I think any software targeted at kids needs to strike the balance between providing a safe environment for the child to play/learn, while not dumbing down the experience. An intuitive user interface, parental controls and age-appropriate content, and privacy settings for any social media interaction would be my considerations.

Three years old already, happy anniversary!

These are great pictures, nice to put some faces to names. It looks like you all had a fantastic time; so jealous but thanks for sharing

Unless it's been fixed since the last post, the forums are showing fine on my iPhone 5c (3G) and no popup for Tapatalk. I usually just close the prompt and don't see any ads.

These are brilliant, well done! #1 is also my favourite