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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I've got one and it's cool... but that's about it.

    It's starting to chug now with modern apps (or legacy apps with new updates), the touchscreen is becoming increasingly unresponsive, that battery health is starting to go off a cliff... but all those factors can be levelled at any two or three year old phone.

    The hinge is the problem. My understanding is that Samsung has made a better design for the SGF 5 and 6, but i'm already on my second phone after the hinge caused the phone screen to bleed out from the centre, and I'm getting the crackle of doom from the hinge starting to sound already.

    If you're desperate for a flip phone, then I'd advise you stay clear of the SGF3 and consider the Oppo Find N2 or the Nubia Flip.






  • I couldn't tell you about that firm, always willing to try new beers mind!

    I know their headline grabbing antics are particularly bad, but having lived on their home patch for a wee while, they're not particularly well regarded as local neighbours either.

    I know the following is absolutely subjective, but their beers are... alright? I wouldn't say no to one but I've neither the stomach not the wallet to go on the piss purely on Brewdog beers. Their food is lovely too but you almost have to speak with your mortgage adviser first to see if it's a bright idea.

    I can't remember the last time I voluntarily went to Brewdog or bought a few of their tinnies either, outside of meeting there for a work's do or going there because visitors wanted to.




  • Great company, great game, and weirdly - incredible explosions. They felt epic.

    I never really got into Colony Wars, but I did absolutely love G-Police, outstanding narrative and thoroughly enjoyable and original game.

    Speaking of Cold Storage, if anyone has half hour free, NoClip did a fantastic documentary on the soundtrack to Wipeout 2097 (or Wipeout XL for our friends across the pond) - though that's something of an overreach - the soundtrack is mentioned but most of the video is an interview with Mr Wright himself and it's well worth a watch.


  • When purchasing a round of drinks, establishments generally aren't fond of digital payments and are usually short on change as most prices end in a 9.

    What's really appreciated is if you bring a coin purse, and count out each total in change (denominations up to and including 50p - pound coins in extremis) on the bar so the staff don't have to provide you with change.

    For additional kudos, do this on a Friday or Saturday night when the bar is four deep. The patrons will appreciate your effort and respect for the public house financial system, and often chant words of wisdom at you, rendering you a local hero.