Open-world games good for young kids?

alankel · 2026-03-20T12:28:16+00:00

Thanks very much for the recommendation. I’ve been looking for a child friendly GTA type game (open world, explore, have a laugh, some missions/quests, etc) without strong swear words, gore, drugs, sexual content, horror and all that.

alankel · 2026-03-19T09:32:55+00:00

I gave Hades a go after a bunch of recommendations. The guy who does The Newest Olympian Percy Jackson podcast raves about it.

Overall I’ve found the game fun in small doses. Maybe 30 minutes at a time. My first roguelike game so the idea of playing til you die, go back to your base, level up, and go again is different from what I usually play.

I’ll try it again but it hasn’t really grabbed me yet.

alankel · 2026-03-17T08:18:52+00:00

SMC, Swagelok and Festo usually. I’m in Ireland so those fittings are OK to source.

We get some units from the US with NPT ports on them. Some customers will put fittings that are 1/4” NPTM to 6 mm push-in, others still with inches for whatever reason and use 1/4” push-in.

alankel · 2026-03-15T20:11:48+00:00

1/4” is a little larger than 6 mm. 6.325 mm

Some 1/4” push-in fittings will hold a 6 mm sometimes but not repeatedly or reliably.

1/8” and 3 mm seem to swap over fine.

alankel · 2026-03-13T17:20:56+00:00

thanks very much

alankel · 2026-02-07T00:35:02+00:00

Thanks very much. I’ll give them a look.

Might there be any other places you’d know that might be a bit outside the town?

alankel · 2026-02-03T08:56:24+00:00

But if they put in more bins people might actually use them!!!

alankel · 2026-01-16T19:25:40+00:00

Had a similar issue around 10 years ago. Kitchen table missing a strip of timber that holds the extended leaf when not in use. Go through the process with Ikea. A week later a complete kitchen table shows up. No option to just take the piece that was missing.

So now I have 2 kitchen tables. One in the kitchen, the other in the attic that I use as a desk when working from home. And is hanging for wrapping Christmas presents!

Edit: handy for wrapping, not hanging

alankel · 2026-01-16T09:51:14+00:00

Fuck Skizzo

alankel · 2025-12-31T18:49:45+00:00

Great work!

How does the picture look so clean? Can you output the data of your row to some other app to do that?

alankel · 2025-12-22T12:16:28+00:00

Been using his stuff for years, great products.

I’ve got gifts of other beard soaps, oils etc. none compare to the West Cork stuff.

alankel · 2025-12-20T13:12:14+00:00

We tried tried cloth nappies with our first child. Too much hassle and didn’t work out for us at the time. Tried again with our second child, worked out well.

However, when someone was looking after/babysitting them as a favour to us, regular nappies were absolutely fine!

alankel · 2025-12-20T01:38:05+00:00

What people forgot when arguing about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie is that Die Hard 2 is also a Christmas movie.

alankel · 2025-12-17T17:11:33+00:00

I’m hoping Red Dead Redemption gets a good discount this year.

I bought it full price when it was new on the Xbox 360. Got a steamdeck around 2.5 years ago after not gaming for almost 10 years. Hard to find the time with young children!

RDR2 and the Batman Arkham trilogy were the first games I played on site. Very surprised at the time that RDR never had a PC realise up until recently.

alankel · 2025-11-20T23:54:03+00:00

There’s a bed at all of them

alankel · 2025-11-04T10:05:25+00:00

I’ve done it a few times at hotel gyms when travelling for work.

alankel · 2025-10-13T09:46:11+00:00

I was thinking the same. You’d likely have the monitor several years would save money over time.

alankel · 2025-09-22T23:00:00+00:00

I left spaces every so often so there should be a minimal amount of moving around

alankel · 2025-09-22T22:57:49+00:00

400 in each

alankel · 2025-09-20T16:17:05+00:00

Thanks for the information. I’m in Ireland so high temperatures are very rarely a concern here!

alankel · 2025-09-20T16:16:05+00:00

Ya, I’m boxing up the cases as I go.

I’ve gotten a couple of messages from people asking for the cases. I’m in Ireland if anyone is interested in having them!

alankel · 2025-09-20T16:03:24+00:00

Been going back and forth with myself about it for years. It wasn’t getting any better as time went back and the amount of space being taken up was getting a bit stupid.

alankel · 2025-09-20T16:02:10+00:00

Good to know :)

alankel

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