Dan Thornton

@badgergravling
163 Followers
248 Following
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Self-employed freelance writer/SEO interested in creativity, marketing, technology, sim racing, scifi, motorcycles, guitars and tacos.
Cofounder and Director at Digital People in Peterborough and Peterborough STEMFest, owner of onlineracedriver.com and rescogs.com, and various other projects...
Mehttps://danthornton.net/
Businesshttps://www.thewayoftheweb.net/
Sim Racinghttps://www.onlineracedriver.com

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OnlineRaceDriver/116075302648991347

Always cool to see games being revived, whether that's by the original developers or community efforts.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OnlineRaceDriver/115940041823344107

It's always incredible to me to see these types of stats.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rescogs/115888815881440182

Most stuff has become much more expensive over the years - one of the few outliers seems to be budget motorcycle kit, which has got a lot better without prices going up a lot...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OnlineRaceDriver/115849369781929647

The Moza KS Pro looks like it needs to be on my sim rig at the earliest possible opportunity....

I can't think of a more obviously pointless status symbol than an AI pen.

If I'm writing on paper, it's private. Or jumbled thoughts which I want to work on in the future. And my handwriting is barely legible, let alone worth 'capturing' so someone can more easily forge my identity.

Spent a couple of days not looking forward to getting back into the early morning routine...

Then got up early, had some OK appointments, did some errands, and started work full of enthusiasm.

Turns out that rising at a decent hour and getting stuff done does build some motivation. Who knew? 🤦‍♂️

Picked out some personal film, TV, music and gaming highlights for Disposable Media, and got it done just before the end of the year...

https://www.disposablemedia.co.uk/2025/12/dans-disposable-2025-highlights/

Another music legend gone...

I've probably listened to his guitar playing more than any other musician, given the amount of hits he played on...

RIP Steve Cropper - one of the greatest of all time...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/03/steve-cropper-death

Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84

Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

The Guardian

Alongside the classic 2002 DTM cars arriving, RaceRoom has also announced a 2025 DTM Car Pack launching on December 4th.
It includes seven of the nine manufacturers who competed this season under the current GT3 regulations used by DTM since 2020.
https://www.onlineracedriver.com/2025/12/03/dtm-2025-car-pack-announced-for-raceroom/

#RaceRoom #SimRacing #RacingGames #DTM2025 #ORD #OnlineRaceDriver #VirtualMotorsport

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OnlineRaceDriver/115622194117126878

Always a shame to see games pushed back, but I'd rather they arrived in a good state than hitting deadlines for the sake of it...