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Tag: monopoly

  • Delete site data and permissions for www.google.com and its installed app?

    Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

    Jeff Johnson observes that Google Chrome has AGAIN started ignoring user privacy settings specifically for .google.com domains. This leads me to ask, not for the first time, why are there still so many people using Chrome as their daily driver, when there are so many perfectly-good alternatives that don't feed the beast in the same way?

    Read more (241 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 6 September, 2026
  • Carl Person, an older white man with receding grey-white hair, wearing a smart three-piece suit, leans against a planter in an marbled ornamental garden.

    Wikipedia @ 25: Carl Person

    As I continue my 25-consecutive-days-of-Wikipedia, today's random article of the day was Carl Person, a lawyer with an interesting history.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (792 words)

    • Article
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • posted 27 May, 2026
  • Image representing post: The Board Game Remix Kit

    The Board Game Remix Kit

    A free kit to help you make more of classic family boardgames like Monopoly, Cluedo and Scrabble.

    Read more (258 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 4 May, 2020
  • Monopoly (British Edition) in its current branding

    What's Wrong With Monopoly?

    Monopoly enjoys cult status and a massive following the world over, yet it's one of the worst imaginable board games. In a long-promised blog post, Dan explains why he hates the world's most-popular game.

    Read more - about 15 minutes (3444 words)

    • Article
    • 16 comments
    • posted 3 April, 2013
  • Free Parking Jackpot

    Am I the only purist here?

    I am, of course, referring to Monopoly. Pretty much everybody I know doesn't play Monopoly by the correct rules, as laid down by Waddingtons. And how many arguments does this cause? It's unbelievable!

    What's even scarier is the number of people that honestly believe that their particular variation of the rules โ€ฆ

    Read more (151 words)

    • Article
    • posted 30 March, 2004

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