Screw Pile Developments

The Bean Rock light house (1871), which inspires this site, stands on screw pile foundations — literally screwed deep into the rock. They must be doing something right, because it has stood strong for over 150 years, guiding ships into Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour.

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Now, I know that may sound a little grand — but you do have to call yourself, and the things you put on the interwebs, something.

Something solid, practical, and designed to last. Just like me.

Here you’ll find a mix of creative writing, model railway projects, and legacy SimCity 4 content.

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The Eight by Four Railway

These days, new content is more likely to revolve around my model railway layout:

The Eight by Four Railway — with extensions, and associated railway short stories.

You’ll find these in the blog on the home page, and also within the dropdown menus.

Explore: The Eight by Four Railway

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Cyanos

Also in the Stories menu you will find, Cyanos: The Three, a young adult short novel, along with its prequel, The Great Collapse.

Start reading Cyanos: The Three

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SimCity 4

This site was originally created as a small corner of my SimCity 4 world. While that content remains, time moves on, and much of it is now considered legacy material.

For support or discussion relating to SimCity 4, the best place to visit is Simtropolis.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all my friends in the SimCity community — you know who you are.

The Bean Rock artwork used on this site was created by the talented artist Luca Bempensante from Catchofthedaystudio.
Please do visit his pages and consider giving him a follow, like, or share.

So take a good look around — download something, read a story, have a poke about — but most of all, enjoy.

Craig (aka Craig-Abcvs, aka The Prodigious Controller)

PS: Leave the seat up in the bathroom