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2023
26 Aug
Goodbye Jekyll, hello Astro
2022
20 Aug
Making the switch to Visual Studio Code
03 Aug
Don’t get into mechanical keyboards
2021
19 Dec
Building theme parks in Parkitect
2020
18 Nov
PC Upgrade 2020
12 Nov
Migrating from AngularJS to React
22 Feb
Designing the code behind product filters
2019
31 Dec
My favourite games and films of the 2010s
14 Nov
An interactive file mover inspired by git
2018
25 Aug
Labeling pie charts without collisions
2017
09 Oct
The Delight and Damage of Prettier
08 Jan
Apple AirPods Review
2016
30 Dec
Azure gives me a headache
27 Dec
Lessons learned from csblogs.com v1.0
13 Aug
Code Generation Service, now open source
20 Mar
A new PC build for 2016
13 Feb
Readability: Slack vs HipChat
08 Feb
A walk through blog technologies
07 Feb
Introducing my new blog
2015
13 Dec
A day at Playstation Experience 2015
24 Oct
A new portfolio
18 Oct
A better terminal experience
26 Sep
The start of a year in California
16 Jul
Code Generation as a Service
21 Mar
Introducing csblogs.com
20 Mar
A PascalDE success story
05 Feb
My first real web project
04 Feb
Theme Hospital on Windows 8
2014
04 Dec
Dragon Age Inquisition is a breath of fresh air
26 Oct
How to reference with Biblatex and TeXworks
14 Oct
PascalDE available to download!
08 Oct
My USA Roadtrip 2014 Part 4
07 Oct
My USA Roadtrip 2014 Part 3
06 Oct
My USA Roadtrip 2014 Part 2
05 Oct
My USA Roadtrip 2014 Part 1
27 Jul
Thoughts on the Destiny Beta
26 Jul
Graduation and the end of an era
13 Jun
I'm still happy about my game console choice
16 May
Building my first Android app
19 Apr
What 343i missed in Halo 4 that could benefit Halo 5
16 Mar
How to make a progress spinner in WPF
04 Mar
An update on PascalDE
29 Jan
On the discussion of window chrome
24 Jan
Introducing a new Pascal IDE
2013
08 Nov
I've played an Xbox One
21 Sep
Podcasts and iOS 7
12 Sep
Experimenting with Windows 8.1 RTM
11 Jul
Cheap Ass Gamer v1.3 available now!
09 Jul
Twitter integration in the Cheap Ass Gamer App v1.3
28 Jun
Developing for Windows 8.1
20 Jun
Xbox backs down on DRM, but at the cost of its better features
12 Jun
An argument for Xbox One DRM
12 Jun
My impressions of E3 2013
26 May
New portfolio website
22 May
#XboxReveal
26 Apr
3D Graphics coursework
28 Feb
The state of Windows 8 apps
23 Feb
Kuler Touch is available now!
14 Feb
Kuler Touch progress and animating your UI
25 Jan
A look at my Asus Vivo Tab
20 Jan
Introducing Kuler Touch for Windows 8
02 Jan
Put some #C010UR back-a-round!
2012
31 Dec
RobCrocombe.com in 2012
26 Dec
Cheap Ass Gamer app failed certification
26 Dec
Custom colours in Windows 8 apps
21 Dec
Appy Christmas in London
07 Dec
My orrery is trippin'
29 Nov
Windows 8 Developer account verified at last!
07 Nov
A JavaScript Orrery
30 Oct
Three Thing Game and TOAST epilogue
27 Oct
It's 6:36PM and this is Three Thing Game
26 Oct
‘Fighting, Toast, Party’ Thing Game
12 Oct
Introducing Flashdeck Preview for Windows 8
09 Oct
The return of Uncle Mike's Recursive Prolog Party
05 Oct
Windows 8 on an SSD laptop
23 Sep
Windows 7 cursors in Windows 8
02 Sep
Flashdeck is now available!
26 Aug
Boxes and Ladders - the damn physics of Half-Life One
19 Aug
Getting a color from a percentage in C#
03 Aug
Classic Pong now available!
26 Jul
Introducing Classic Pong for Windows Phone
10 Jul
Dad's new laptop and Windows 8 Release Preview
08 Jul
Introducing Flashdeck - a flashcards app for WP7
25 Jun
CAG app published and what next?
23 Jun
Microsoft Surface and the new Windows Phone
15 Jun
How to make an audio progress bar
14 Jun
More Cheap Ass Gamer app news
08 Jun
Mass Effect 3 Review
07 Jun
Student Windows 8 Camp
27 May
pre-E3 2012
23 May
Journey to the Edge at the MK Film Network Event
10 May
Cheap Ass Gamer app version 2.0
06 May
Sweepy Cleaner Completion
04 May
TES Online - not standing out from the crowd
03 May
Avengers, assemble!
02 May
Call of Duty: Deus Ex?
24 Apr
Lerp Derp.
18 Apr
It lives!
08 Apr
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
06 Apr
Oil problems in Sweepy Cleaner
03 Apr
Keep the peaks of Skyrim cold with fans!
31 Mar
Parts: Part III
29 Mar
Dem graphics.
28 Mar
Arrival of Computer Components
23 Mar
Starting a Text-based Adventure game
21 Mar
New Computer Build
20 Mar
Rotating blades of death
19 Mar
Why do we fall, Bruce?
17 Mar
You've got photos in my Three Thing!
17 Mar
Three Thing Game progress and 24h session
13 Mar
It's a Three Thing Game post!
10 Mar
Email is now online
06 Mar
Social features of Sweepy Cleaner
05 Mar
Journey to the Edge
03 Mar
Keyboard layouts can be frustrating
03 Mar
Introduction to Sweepy Cleaner!
02 Mar
Hello world!