{"id":5178,"date":"2014-03-12T23:43:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T23:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2014-03-12T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T23:52:07","slug":"time-for-another-mkgn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/time-for-another-mkgn.htm","title":{"rendered":"Time for another #MKGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"MK Geek Night\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/mike-the-geeknight-robot.png?resize=116%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"116\" height=\"167\" \/>Woah&#8230; where did the last three months go? \u00a0It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/mkgeeknight.co.uk\/\">Milton Keynes Geek Night<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MKGeekNight\">@MKGeekNight<\/a>)\u00a0again tomorrow and I haven&#8217;t blogged about the last one yet (for that matter I can&#8217;t find my notes &#8211; 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