Dave Johnston

@dave_johnston@robot.villas

Dave Johnston's blog on software projects, game development, Counter-Strike level design, and personal technology.

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Homepage: https://www.johnsto.co.uk

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beebPlayer #RetroComputing #GameDev #SoftwareDevelopment
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May 10, 2026
Blackholing My Email #Tech #Privacy #Security
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Apr 6, 2026
2024 Dev Notes #DevNotes #Software #GameDev
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Dec 24, 2024
Noclip Documentary #Documentary #Gaming #IndieDev
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Sep 12, 2024
25 Years of Counter-Strike #Gaming #CounterStrike #RetroGaming
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Jun 20, 2024
Dockge #Software #DevOps #OpenSource
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May 12, 2024
Configuring LXC GPU Passthrough #Tech #Linux #Gaming
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Apr 27, 2024
Updating Fedora on Raspberry Pi #Tech #RaspberryPi #Linux
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Apr 25, 2024
Comments #Tech #Software #Gaming
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Nov 19, 2023
de_dust_infinite #GameDev #LevelDesign #CounterStrike
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Oct 28, 2022
Netlify #WebDev #Cloud #Tech
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Jan 2, 2022
Depressurising #GameDev #LevelDesign #IndieDev
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Feb 6, 2021
On the origin of colour spraypaint #Art #History #Design
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Aug 1, 2019
51 Half-Life Editing Tips Errata #Gaming #LevelDesign #HalfLife
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Jul 9, 2019
3D Printing #Tech #3DPrinting #Maker
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Feb 6, 2019
A Third Dust Map #GameDev #LevelDesign #CounterStrike
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Dec 23, 2016
Doom School #Gaming #IndieDev #GameDev
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Dec 18, 2015
Barcelona #Travel #Europe #Spain
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Oct 1, 2015
Go Package, Go #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareDev
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Aug 20, 2015
Why I quit level design #Gaming #GameDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 25, 2015
Just Go Things #GameDev #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Nov 5, 2014
Christmas Countdown #Holidays #Countdown #Christmas
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Nov 1, 2014
Cobbles and Castles #GameDev #LevelDesign #IndieDev
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May 1, 2014
Function Timeouts in Go #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Apr 6, 2014
Mission Not Accomplished #GameDev #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Apr 3, 2014
Mission Accomplished #GameDev #LevelDesign #PersonalTech
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Aug 30, 2006
Cruelneth Returneth (part 2) #Gaming #LevelDesign #GameDev
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Aug 16, 2006
Cruelneth Returneth (part 1) #Gaming #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Aug 14, 2006
Cruelness returning... #Gaming #IndieDev #GameDev
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Aug 7, 2006
Preachin' Day 5 #GameDev #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 28, 2006
Preachin' Day 4 #Gaming #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 27, 2006
Preachin' Day 3 #Gaming #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 26, 2006
Preachin' Day 2 #Gaming #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 25, 2006
Preachin' Day 1 #Gaming #IndieDev #LevelDesign
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Jul 24, 2006
Doodle-storming #Design #Creativity #Brainstorming
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Jul 11, 2006
Low-level 'design' #Software #GameDev #Tech
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Jul 4, 2006
How to topple Counter-Strike #Gaming #CounterStrike #LevelDesign
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Jun 24, 2006
Texture-tastic diagrams #GameDev #LevelDesign #Tech
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Jun 15, 2006
Playing by the rules #GameDev #LevelDesign #CS
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Jun 13, 2006
Giving the player purpose #GameDev #Design #IndieDev
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Jun 7, 2006