I consider myself quite unique (until someone proves me wrong) that I must be one of the very few women aged 40 to play video games. I’m probably considered a relative Grandma as a gamer but still play anything from Call of Duty to Lego games. In some ways I fell embarrassed to admit it […]
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Another month gone by
February 13, 2012 
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The 10th February was not only my Nan’s Birthday but also marked my 3rd month as an amputee. The last couple of months I have done a reflection/summary of what I have been up to and I don’t see that this month should be any different, especially as not much happened today. So what has […]
Continue reading So much snow!
February 6, 2012 0 Comments
Last night phantom pain wise it was pretty good, I think we are more or less back to where we were before the form cuff experience last Wednesday. So on to this morning and I was amazed at just how much snow we had here. In some places it was at least 6 inches deep, […]
Continue reading I fall for Kinect Sports: Season 2
January 24, 2012 0 Comments
Now with the word fall in the title you would probably jump to the conclusion that I fell over, well, you would be right, I did. Today was the first day I wore my prosthetic leg since Friday and I hoped the stump wouldn’t still be swollen. Alas it was still swollen and again I […]
Continue reading Amputee Kinect Sports Action
January 17, 2012 0 Comments
The leg went on early this morning and it actually seemed to feel miles better, a result I thought. Not too long after however, I needed to go to the toilet, which I can’t do without taking the leg off first. Of course after this the inevitable happened and when I put it on again […]
Continue reading Xbox 360 Kinect update
December 29, 2011 0 Comments
I didn’t write anything yesterday because, well to be honest, there wasn’t really anything to write about. I was in communication with Microsoft yesterday through a lovely lady who was very helpful. It has increased my understanding of how Kinect works and I managed to trick Kinect Sports this morning with my new knowledge. I […]
Continue reading Xbox 360 Kinect, you are the controller, unless your an amputee!
December 27, 2011 8 Comments
The first computer I owned was a BBC Micro, cutting edge in the 80’s and one of the first home PC’s. The games were amazing at the time even if all it had was a line either side of the screen you could move up and down and you bounced a dot between the two. […]
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