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John King

@johnkingwriter

Writer of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

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John King
@johnkingwriter Mar 7, 2019, 2:40 PM UTC

AdBlue, the Mercedes way.

(Photo credit: Pixabay.com) My car started complaining about the lack of AdBlue (used to break down nitrogen-oxides in the exhaust of diesel cars) in its reservoir. As a responsible car owner, I igno…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Feb 23, 2019, 2:23 PM UTC

The Remote Desktop Scam

There comes a time in any techie’s life when they are called out to deal with a problem so catastrophic that it will change the lives of the people impacted by it. I attended one yesterday. One of my…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Oct 8, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

RatBastard III

It's come to my attention that I never did complete the saga of RatBastard that I started some 11 months ago. Let me rectify that now... If you've not read the first two instalments, please do. This…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Apr 11, 2018, 9:13 PM UTC

My thoughts on Write Club

I’ve been asked what Write Club has done for me over the last sixteen weeks and I’m tempted to be less than charitable. I’m tempted to say that it has made me loathe deadlines and committees even mor…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Apr 9, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

Scotland - North Coast 500 - Day 2

Day 1 is here Day 2 - Part 1 We were feeling a little rough around the edges in the morning. Considering that we sank the first beer before taking the luggage off the bikes yesterday (or in my case,…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Apr 6, 2018, 1:22 PM UTC

Scotland - North Coast 500 - Day 1

Day 0 (Preamble) Motorcycle Trip Around Scotland - September (2017) Tomorrow I depart on an epic journey around the north of Scotland on a motorcycle that’s older than my kids, and one of them starts…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Mar 26, 2018, 9:12 PM UTC

Elite. DANGEROUS!

I logged into Elite Dangerous for the first time in God knows how long. Maybe eight months. Being the sensible sort, I went through some of the training again because I had no sodding clue where anyt…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Mar 18, 2018, 8:33 PM UTC

Write Club Session Six Prompt.

After ten gruelling weeks that have depleted our numbers severely, it falls on me to present the prompt for session six of #WriteClub. I originally wanted the prompt "Faithful Friend" with the short…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Mar 16, 2018, 1:28 PM UTC

BTC - Where's the bottom?

Anyone with any holdings in BTC, or any other cryptocurrency that gets dragged about by it, has been eying the charts for the last couple of weeks trying to work out where the bottom is. Over the cou…

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John King
@johnkingwriter Mar 6, 2018, 10:59 AM UTC

Write Club (Session 4)

#WriteClub session four has just expired and it’s left a crater. @Tanglebranch has crashed out, leaving us with six members from the eight we started with. Lambing season is upon us and Tangle has di…

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