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Pokéstop Go
TL:DR – This post contains some of the history behind Niantic’s POI (point of interest) submissions and an overview of how submissions work in Ingress and Pokémon GO. For over a week now, level 40...
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Niantic Wayfarer
I recently wrote about a new feature available to level 40 Pokémon GO players and Niantic‘s replacement to Operation Portal recon (OPR), Niantic Wayfarer. One of the things that seems to be...
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Pokémon GO! An Open Invitation
After a couple of months of waiting, Niantic have finally released the ability to invite friends to raids at Pokémon Gyms… and it’s pretty cool. The release crept out slowly yesterday evening… possibly...
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Working on a Ley Line
I’m quickly approaching the 15th anniversary of my current employment; that’s almost a third of my life working for the same business. The other day I discovered that for 2/3rds of that time, I’ve...
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Black Dick’s Tower
Just under 4 decades ago, I went on my first ever trip away from my family. I don’t remember how old I was, only that I spent the weekend without cutlery and for the first time outside my family, felt...
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Four seasons in one hour
Clifton Beck Ford, June 2018 Hailstones in my hair are melting,cold water trickling down my neck.Salt crusts mark my passing,asphalt and mud from the trek.I sit here passively drying,as the seasons...
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Weights & Measures
57 years ago, the misnamed United Kingdom formally adopted the metric system of measurement. The British imperial system of measurement continues to be used to this day but has, in many ways, been...
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AITA – COVID Commemoration Consultation
It’s almost 5 months since I posted anything here. That isn’t to say that I’ve had nothing to post, I just haven’t had “the spoons”. The last 6 years, or so, have not been great to be honest and I...
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30 Something Years Later
Before I get started, I should state that, no, this isn’t a belated review of Orbital’s album from last year; as much as that album is definitely worthy of your attention. No, this is something a...
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Active Directory: Promoting a DC Loses the Start Menu
Just over a year ago, I replaced our on-premise Exchange Server (2013) with a new one (2019). I run Exchange as a virtual machine (VM) as it is much easier to handle backups that way. Without going...
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