CTD

Christopher Taylor-Davies

Came to London from NZ in 1983 for 3 months work... Still in London. Ramble on about books, boardgames & basic nonsense. GameCenter/Twitch: Gleptoportus BGG: Christo

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2026-04-01 04:05:52 UTC

My #bgstats for March. A bit distracted with STUFF.
PS I know my cricket game isn’t technically a board game but it started out as one so I’m going to pretend it qualifies. And I get to show off the awesome icon created by @nprofile…shln for it.
#BoardGames
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2026-03-29 14:31:53 UTC

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@nprofile…hqk5 **BLOCKED**

2026-03-26 16:50:18 UTC

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@nprofile…shln @nprofile…hqk5 100% this

2026-03-08 11:18:21 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2026-03-05 12:59:31 UTC

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@nprofile…hqk5 earthworms. A few pill bugs. A Robin.

2026-03-05 12:48:34 UTC

Could be playing Pokopia but the sun is shining so why not do some real gardening and see what creatures appear.
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2026-02-20 07:13:50 UTC

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@nprofile…hqk5 I keep meaning to get back into Dredge but I’ve forgotten what I was doing there.

2026-02-20 06:55:03 UTC

Morning people. Are we cock-a-doodle-do or fish-fiddle-dee-dee this morning?
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2026-02-04 09:43:42 UTC

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@nprofile…px8z interesting. Amiga emulation still seems somewhat hit and miss. I have mostly failed to get stuff working on AYN Odin 2 Mini or AYN Thor, even with the Kickstarter ROMS etc. Maybe a browser based one will be better because you have a mouse and keyboard.

2026-01-17 19:53:41 UTC

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@nprofile…hqk5 it’s blue. It’s on a hedgehog cam. It must be Sonic!

2025-12-23 13:30:57 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx actually Google Lens says it’s an old style light socket with dimmer?

2025-12-23 13:27:24 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx it is a Slocombe Dial. Turn it clockwise to manage your Zgwortz levels.

2025-12-15 14:17:06 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx shame about the realtime parry aspect. I know that would make it unplayable for me. But it's not as if I have nothing else to amuse me with!

2025-12-14 09:21:44 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx you can even run safely with left handed scissors. There’s no correlation between this fact and the percentage of left handed people. None whatsoever

2025-12-12 09:18:47 UTC

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@nprofile…x5s0 I had the captain Scarlet annual. Much leafed over. Must see if it’s still around anywhere.

2025-12-03 12:16:43 UTC

Remember during this holiday season, if you find yourself at a relative’s house or work do without a charger or spare battery you can recharge most modern smartphones quickly in a toaster.
#techTips
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2025-11-25 09:26:54 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx wow. My DoDo Airlines tee is white. Yours is so much nicer.

2025-11-15 20:47:42 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx glad you found the Arabic shops and hope you got everything on your list.

2025-11-15 17:50:01 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx so the news reports say! Great to meet in person.

2025-11-15 15:17:13 UTC

POP!
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2025-11-15 11:49:32 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx getting in bike shortly. Probably there arriving 1230ish

2025-11-15 07:02:09 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx don’t think I need anything, though I don’t know what they have there TBH. What time are you going to be there?

2025-11-15 04:48:43 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx P-P-P-P-Pick up a Piplup!

2025-11-11 15:23:49 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx interesting. Is that unique to the XBOX edition or would a vanilla ROG Ally work too?

2025-11-11 14:59:11 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx well done. But why?
🙂

2025-11-09 10:19:15 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx mighty fine actually. Experimenting with Pokemon Odyssey ROM Hack on Ayn Thor. Wild mix of Pokemon and Etrian Odyssey that seems to work so far.

2025-11-09 10:11:45 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx [sips fennel tea]
Good morning, sir.

2025-10-19 08:11:05 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-10-15 17:45:12 UTC

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@nprofile…mssx oh. Interesting. Heard good things about this.

2025-10-10 10:59:52 UTC

Is this an iOS 26 bug?
If I play music via AirPlay to Apple TV4K which then sends audio to HomePod pair, this volume blob thing pops up on the left of the screen every 10 seconds or so. Most annoying.
#apple
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2025-10-08 07:11:17 UTC

Trying to find my way…
#BoardGames
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2025-10-07 12:52:41 UTC

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@nprofile…t2zk that’s pretty sweet. I have some anonymous grey thing which is very low profile and does the job well enough when I need it. But it has no STYLE.

2025-10-07 12:47:10 UTC

Behold Onion!
#Botober
#inktober
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2025-08-20 08:08:05 UTC

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@nprofile…dpn3 Good morning, Big H.

2025-08-09 05:48:35 UTC

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@nprofile…t2zk sigh. But that’s a whole new rabbit hole to fall into…

2025-08-09 04:53:22 UTC

Some time I ago I bought a SanDisk 6TB G-DRIVE to attach to an M1 Mac Mini, solely for use as Time Machine destination for my MacBook Pro. It has now failed and corrupted itself for the third time and I think it is time to try another HDD instead.
Reviews for most consumer external HDDs show them as pretty unreliable. Anyone got any solid recommendations. I am not sure I want to go the whole NAS route, that gets super pricey very quickly and I do have the space Mac Mini to host it.
#Apple

2025-08-05 09:16:18 UTC

Worldwide shortage of closing square brackets causes run on supplies in regular expression markets and JSON bazaars. Prices quadruple.

2025-08-02 04:15:47 UTC

As supreme overlord of the universe it is in my gift to grant a different boon in each month and this month I choose to make gravity less rigid. You must still use your allocated amount of gravity by the end of the month but you can choose to increase or reduce your consumption as you choose. Why not have a light day? Followed by a heavy night? It is up to you. Say goodbye to linear gravity this August.

2025-07-30 10:15:41 UTC

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@nprofile…avnq very nice. Intriguing design

2025-07-16 14:33:47 UTC

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@nprofile…dpn3 piccolo explorers! I remember them. Well I do now that you reminded me of them…

2025-06-27 17:35:52 UTC

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@nprofile…t2zk i thought so too. Maybe there is something in the “clear” coating that blocks the laser properly but still appears to be clear.

2025-06-25 04:32:57 UTC

Make your passphrase more secure by spelling it with a lisp, ie.
CorrectHorthBatteryThtaple. Nobody will guethth that.

2025-06-20 04:58:04 UTC

Cat. Box. Duck.
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2025-06-15 06:53:40 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-06-09 07:16:40 UTC

Richmond Park, on our doorstep in SW London, is kind of like parts of Hyrule.
However I haven’t found any Bokoblins or Great Fairy Fountains yet in Richmond Park…
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2025-06-08 08:58:10 UTC

Now that 4K mode is enabled on my #nintendoswitch2 Hyrule looks amazing…
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2025-06-04 15:56:25 UTC

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@nprofile…t2zk correct.

2025-06-04 14:11:49 UTC

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@nprofile…t2zk sure. If you can DM me an address I will try to turn them around tomorrow, assuming they turn up.

2025-05-30 07:20:09 UTC

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@nprofile…vat3 @nprofile…t2zk should be OK if they’ve taken the money. But who knows in these strange times

2025-05-30 05:44:51 UTC

What is your favourite type of post?
a) scratching
b) last
c) shit
d) telegraph
e) fence
d) re-

2025-05-13 10:26:09 UTC

What is the correct speed for a stroll? When does it become a walk or a march? Are you required to pause and admire a pond or hedge to maintain strollness?

2025-05-03 05:47:32 UTC

Morning #bloomscrolling
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2025-04-30 08:43:10 UTC

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@nprofile…hy00 I feel that evaluating this on a cuddly-to-scary scale depends entirely on how large it grew to!

2025-04-23 04:28:01 UTC

Early morning (depending on your time zone obvs.) #bloomscrolling update
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2025-04-06 07:49:33 UTC

For #SilentSunday and #Mosstodon all at once
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2025-04-02 06:59:12 UTC

Underneath the Shard in London lurks trouble.
#tipOfTheIceberg
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2025-03-28 12:07:08 UTC

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@nprofile…avnq Marvellous. This was a great favourite of mine, I think on the Apple IIe. At least some variant of Lode Runner!

2025-03-21 13:23:33 UTC

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@nprofile…z7vu so how many books would you need to have sold to get $331m in royalties?

2025-03-17 05:57:41 UTC

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@nprofile…vvm4 that’s a huge jump. You will be amazed I’m sure at how speedy things are

2025-03-11 06:43:36 UTC

Last night we lurched unsteadily up the Spire before being slain by the Act 1 boss. We had a few rule mishaps and perhaps shouldn’t even have made it that far. Does capture the essence of the video game for sure, but runtime with 4 is perhaps a tad long. Would definitely try again.
#boardgames
#slayTheSpire
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2025-02-28 08:48:25 UTC

Just a regular 3x3 kind of month according to #bgstats and true to my recollection as well #boardGames
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2025-02-24 05:03:31 UTC

A great day of games at #HandyCon (mini) yesterday with @nprofile…4lyy and friends.
Highlight for me was Orleans followed by the super tight Gulf, Mobile & Ohio which had the most insanely tight economy.
#BoardGames
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2025-02-20 19:02:16 UTC

Cascadia adaptation by Dire Wolf Digital is up to their usual high standards.
#BoardGames
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2025-02-15 10:09:22 UTC

More bricks. More moss. Some leaves.
#mosstodon
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2024-03-26 09:09:02 UTC

This is a worry, the Serif apps are an inexpensive and well featured suite of software covering a good subset of the Adobe offering, without the subscription model. Everyone sees that changing, if not now, but eventually. https://toot.cafe/@baldur/112161182378536128

2024-03-14 15:37:17 UTC

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@npub1qw5…037m I just listened to Real Life and the Correct Use of Soap and of course they take me straight back to what I was doing when I first listened to them. Music is great that way.

2024-03-14 14:10:18 UTC

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@npub1qw5…037m Magazine remain one of my favourite bands. Their songs would be in the Heavy Rotation mix on Apple Music if it actually paid attention and refreshed itself!

2024-03-12 11:36:44 UTC

Playing Agricola online and felt compelled to open up the “real” set. One of a kind…
#BoardGames
#Agricola
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2024-01-29 11:10:02 UTC

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@npub15zu…s7lx a reliable litmus test for wrong headed thinking!

2023-09-21 08:10:10 UTC

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@npub1y9h…uzhx Morning H.

2023-09-02 19:35:16 UTC

Would you rather be pursued by a Sunshark or a Moonshark?

2023-08-29 13:21:42 UTC

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@npub1tvq…l6jk Sea of Stars

2023-08-18 07:31:29 UTC

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@npub1yyx…qa5g eventually every book will be summarised down to a selection of 6 emoji by AI

2023-08-14 06:25:27 UTC

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@npub19lt…qfjk Motorcade from Real Life by Magazine. Probably. The meta data is untrustworthy
🙂

2023-08-07 12:45:18 UTC

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@npub1tvq…l6jk it still crashes every so often for me, but have got used to saving frequently. Amazing that it works!

2023-08-06 18:21:39 UTC

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@npub1tvq…l6jk lol. Happened to me during a boss battle. Baa.

2023-07-05 03:47:34 UTC

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@npub1utv…87lr many retailers don’t like Amex because their fees are steep but perhaps it might let Apple release the card in the UK. It’s annoying to miss out on all the cash back on my Apple habit.

2023-07-03 06:40:47 UTC

A reminder that if you play Agricola in German you my be lucky enough to hire a Würfelschnitzer…
#BoardGames
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