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Dear Family

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Please try not to be so hard to buy Christmas gifts for. I try and think of something great every year, but every year I still manage to buy slippers and chocolate – which is not exactly a winning combo.

Make it easy for me. Set up an Amazon wish list.

I know surprises are good, but really – is it worth the stress? :)

With love,
Adam

PS I will not be telling you what I want. You can just guess. :p

Why I love chiptunes

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Because I'm weird.

No, wait!

Growing up as I did with Spectrums and Atari STs being all around, the soundtrack of my youth contained a large amount of computer generated music. I can still recall the theme tunes to games like RoboCop, Out Run, Space Harrier, Monty on the Run, Double Dragon…

These tunes were produced by the soundchips built in to the respective computers, and hearing the same tunes now – whether it be in the original form or remixed/played anew, it still takes me back to the fun times.

Chiptunes are now often associated with cracking or keygen programs, but the truth is they have nothing to do with them – they just happen to be there at the time…and the talent of the people who write these tunes is amazing.

Head over to YouTube now and see what you can find – look up chiptunes or my personal favourite, DubMood.

Daffodils. Leeks. Tom Jones. Cerys Matthews. Cardiff City. Torchwood.

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Middlesbrough BadgeOooh…I love Jeopardy. Name six things from Wales.

Seems that Captain Jack should have been called on Sunday, as clearly aliens had possessed the Boro players and stolen their…ahem…talent. That first goal against us, handball, definitely – however, that’s still no excuse for us not scoring at all!

Alves was (again) a disappointment – proven by the fact he was substituted at half time for Mido. Mido didn’t play that well, but I think we could have done with him in the first half in preference to Alves. Mind you, we could probably have done just as well with Dong-Gook.

At least we didn’t have to have Rio Ferdinand in goal. That was funny!

So now at least we can concentrate on the league – it’s still mathematically possible for Derby County to finish in the top 10, so we should have no bother. Unless we play a team from a lower division, of course.

Complete lack of passion and vision, a deserved final score : Middlesbrough 0 – 2 Cardiff City. Thankfully, Jimmy-Floyd didn’t score. That would have been the worst…