Ravenswingthog
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The Blog of Thog
http://thoggy.blogspot.com/
A geek's blog about anything and everything, hopefully on occasion bordering on humourous. From gaming to construction, it's all here
LATEST ARTICLES ( 658 )
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YouTube Interviews #2 - Brutall
The next in our series of interviews with YouTubers features the one and only Brutall, an awesome YouTuber who is attracting subscribers like bees to honey. Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse! I hope you're celebrating or making it in some way.For the readers of my blog, I've done fortune cookie predictions for you! Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Aqua is No Artist
I was in the gym, with my earphones in, playing music off my phone. Doctor Jones by Aqua, as it happens. My phone showed this: "no artist" indeed. I knew the... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
What is Java Anyway?!?
I've just installed Update 51 of Java 7 on my computer. It's been bugging me for about a week to be installed, so I finally gave in. But the messages it pops u... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TECH -
Gym Exercises
Firstly, I really hope you enjoyed the last post, which was the first of a series of interviews with YouTubers that I enjoy watching. Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS -
YouTube Interviews #1 - The Nick Crompton
I've decided to do a series of interviews with YouTubers that I enjoy watching (to clarify, I enjoy watching their work - I don't stalk them or anything), to... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Being Creative with Cheese
So, I decided to talk about cheese in a bad Northern UK accent. It isn't my usual accent, honest. That one is much less intelligible. Read more
Posted on 18 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Happy 85th Birthday Popeye!
On January 17th, 1929, Popeye made made his first appearance in the Thimble Theatre cartoon series, by Elzie Segar. So he's very shortly (as I type this)... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
First off, I have to suggest that you check out the latest post on my mum's blog here. She's written about my adventures with the Royal Mail, where one of my... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Working Out
So, I finished off my workout Thursday night with ten minutes on the treadmill. For most of it I was just walking along, with a bit of a steep incline, but jus... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
How Did You Change Over Christmas?
Myself - I became a fan of Doctor Who. For someone who considers himself a geek, one thing I've never really been into was Doctor Who. Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Having Lunch in Waitrose
I've talked in the past about taking my gran shopping, but I wanted to write a little more about lunch. We generally go to Waitrose for lunch - actually, skip... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
YouTube Proposal...
Hi, Got a bit of a proposal for fellow YouTubers... Last year I took part in something called the YouTube Creator Academy. Basically you watched a load of video... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Happy New Year!
Happy new year, one and all. I hope 2014 brings you all of the things that you want. I wasn't keen on 2013, I seem to remember from the last new year. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
At This Time of Year...
...why do we do such strange things? Eat pate - not paste out of a jar, but pate out of a pack. Because pate is posher. And what is the difference between pate... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Google+ Auto-Awesomed My 2013!
The thing I love about Google is how it does cool stuff, and half the time it just quietly does something brilliant without shouting about it. Read more
Posted on 28 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Your Internet Connection is Unstable
Now, I'm a geek, and I'm the sort of person that loves to spend an afternoon with a relatives PC cleaning it up, defragging it, running anti-virus and installin... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Welcome to Winter!
Well, today is the first day of winter, apparently (or is it the mid-point? Google says the first day but I'm unconvinced), and more generally known as the... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Tenacious D Were Awesome!
Went to my first proper music gig last night (not counting seeing Snake Davis at Selby Town Hall a year or two back - which to be fair Snake Davis was really... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Final Victory! (OpenXcom)
And so, my battles against the alien masterminds attempting to conquer the Earth came to a head the other night. Teams of scientists worked day and night to... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION