Given that I’ve become slightly obsessed with butterflies of late, I was excited to see that there was a butterfly sanctuary to the west of Siem Reap.
Month: July 2026
The Pains of Porting Mods
Often people wonder why mods don’t always get updated for newer versions of Minecraft. The simple answer is that it’s hard and time consuming. Minecraft’s underlying code gets rewritten a lot, and a mod’s code for one version often needs to be vastly different to code for another version.
Supergirl was Good, Actually
I’ve been anticipating the new Supergirl film since I first heard about it, and especially after watching Gunn’s amazing Superman film. I finally got to watch it in Hanoi last week. Short, spoiler-free review: It’s good fun, you should go watch it.
Butchering Orcs and Orogs
The Troupe return to the Wood of Sharp Teeth with Thorfinn, their new berserker ally and the brave, brave Sir Garrick. This time they are better prepared and do well fighting against the orcs that infest the place.
Ta Prohm: Tomb Raider’s Temple
Our last stop for the day would be a temple where they filmed the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie. This was of special interest to me, since I worked with some of the original developers of the game at my first job in Derby.