I’ve got a project happening in Minecraft at the moment and I’ve built a railway station. I wanted to put a “town hall” elsewhere in the build and I had laid out a ground plan but I wasn’t sure how to design it or complete it. After a recent trip to the Lake District I found the perfect design – Moot Hall in Keswick. It’s iconic and gorgeous and it is just waiting to be made in Minecraft. I’ve recently spent a little time, a few hours, collecting materials and then building this hall in the space I had in the recent build. What follows are the results of the exterior. I haven’t started the interior at the moment. I’m not sure what to do for that. The actual interior is a shop and information centre, which I might try and remake.
Moot Hall, Keswick, but in Minecraft
Moot Hall, Keswick, but in Minecraft
Moot Hall, Keswick, but in Minecraft
Moot Hall, Keswick, but in Minecraft
I guess you’ll want to rate this compared to the actual building. Google it, I’m not going to link anything here.
There are things changing in the castle that is my house. It’s currently quite stressy waiting. I’m waiting for people to turn up and do things and in the meantime I can’t really do anything else. I would normally watch television but it’s broken so I’m also waiting for that to happen. Things that are changing:
Old sofa being collect by bulk waste team
New sofa being delivered
Broadband supply changing to fibre to property
Television being fixed
These all occur over two days. Hopefully they all kinda happen in the correct order or there will be trouble ahead. I don’t have the space in the house for three grown ups all trying to do the things they need to do. I’m in waiting mode and feeling a bit odd about the whole thing. I just want everything done so I can relax.
I’m upset. For the third time in owning a Philips TV I have had one break. The first TV had a new screen fitted after a row of pixels died and then eventually a column of pixels became intermittent in that screen and I decided it was time to get a new one. That is when I bought the OLED version of the same TV. 55″ and ambilight, which I really like. The first TV led to the creation of my most popular video on YouTube:
Well, last night the new OLED broke. And in style. I was called to the front room because the TV “wasn’t working”. Normally this is a quick fix because the other people in the house don’t understand the system and so are unaware of input choice for the TV etc. It’s taken some time for them to understand the sound is created by a different box and not the TV. Anyway, I went into the room expecting to smuggly press a single button on the remote. This is not what happened. The TV wouldn’t turn on.
So, I unplugged the TV and then plugged it in again. I saw a brief cross of white pixels and then the screen died. The white standby light started blinking slowly. So, of course I tried the same thing again, this time leaving the power disconnected for longer. Same result. A search online claims it could be the power to the TV, but it is not. So now I am communicating with Philips, the TV is within warranty. It will get fixed. I will have a nice screen again. I just need to be patient.
In the meantime I have loaded some streaming apps onto my tablet to be able to watch some shows. It’s going to be a bit of a shock having to do that. I also can’t easily play my good Playstation and driving game. All of this has unbalanced me a little. Hopefully I won’t have to wait too long.
UPDATE – 5 minutes after publishing: Philips have been in touch and there is a OBR process for me to try. One Button Reset. Let’s see what happens later today when I try that out. I will update here once tried.
UPDATE – OBR did NOT work. I’ve been back in touch with Philips support and they got back to me pretty quickly with a case number and reference to a company who will come out and fix the TV.
UPDATE – The company have been in touch. They have said they have ordered the parts needed and that those parts come from the EU and so might take a time. Hopefully these parts come soon. I miss watching things on my TV. It’s frustrating. I’m having to use my 3D 1080p television that is in the dining room.
UPDATE – The company have been in touch and have told me the date they are coming to fix my television. Fortunately I am on a holiday from work and also in the country so I am able to wait for the TV to be fixed.
