Who Am I?
Each player has a post-it note stuck to their forehead with the name of a famous person or character written upon it. They must ask questions of the others players in order to deduce who they are, but...
View ArticleWink Murder
Before the game begins, one person is selected to be the murderer, unknown to any of the other players. The murderer’s job is to kill as many of the other players as possible by making direct eye...
View ArticleConsequences
All players need a pen and some paper. The object of the game is to form a short (funny) story by each player writing down the following things: Adjective for man Man’s name Adjective for woman Woman’s...
View ArticleMafia
This game requires a large group of people, divided into two factions; the innocent and the mafia. The innocents should outnumber the mafia at the beginning of the game, although the exact numbers for...
View ArticleChrome Won’t Display Unicode Characters
Unicode Character Problem I found today that Chrome was refusing to display certain unicode characters when they appeared on a web page. Instead it would display a little place-holder box. I had a...
View ArticleiTunes / iPhone File Sharing Is Off
One day I found I could no longer transfer files between my iPhone and iTunes. Normal procedure would be to connect the phone to my laptop using a USB cable, and then in iTunes go into the Apps part of...
View Article80 Surnames With Surprising Pronunciation
Did you know that the English surname “Featherstonehaugh” is pronounced “fanshaw”? Searchable, sortable table of more unexpected name pronunciations:
View Article50 U and Non-U Words and Phrases
Do you use a “napkin” or a “serviette”? Are you nipping to the “loo” or the “toilet”? Does your conversation reveal you as being NOCD (Not Our Class, Dear)? Find out what your vocabulary says about...
View ArticleSkype: Webcam is in use by another application
For anyone else who has been going round in circles trying to use Skype, but getting the message “your webcam is in use by another application” – read on for the solution. First, in Windows 10 there...
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