Archive for December, 2004

  • Merry Christmas and an Apology

    Merry Christmas and an Apology

    For anyone in our street who may have been awakened at 5:30 am by the sound of sleigh bells…… it wasn’t Santa, it was me and I’m sorry. If it’s any consolation, it was freezing cold Worked a treat though – within fifteen minutes, half...

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  • Maps for Clever People

    Maps for Clever People

    Well well, it’s all going swimmingly. i think I’ve finally got my head around how the rooms as stored in the original version. I’ve been poring over Chris Wild’s disassembly of the Spectrum source, but it’s obviously intended for hyper-intelligent genii, rather than thick individuals...

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  • Woohoo! Hols ahoy!

    Woohoo! Hols ahoy!

    Well, folks, I have precisely 35 minutes of work left then I’m on holiday until the 5th of January. I’m off on a works outing to paint ceramics (!) this afternoon, then offski. Really looking forward to this holiday. The kids are all bouncy about...

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  • Lizards – Remaking my own game?

    Lizards – Remaking my own game?

    I’ve just come across the source code for Linux Lizards on an old ftp site For those not in the know (i.e. everyone), Lizards was the first game I ever wrote. The timestamp on the source code says November 10th 1995 – 11 days before...

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  • I’ve suspected this for a very long time….

    I’ve suspected this for a very long time….

    The Onion | World’s Scientists Admit They Just Don’t Like Mice

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  • The Approach

    The Approach

    Nearly there – this is the best bit of Christmastime is the anticipation of two weeks when not only am I off work but the clients are off as well This is the first time in twelve years that I won’t be on call during...

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  • Bastard Christmas

    Bastard Christmas

    Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Jingle all the fucking way. Oh what bastard fun it is to have PIPED FUCKING CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING EVERY BLOODY PLACE YOU BASTARDING GO. It’s christmas time. According to Woolworth’s shelf-stockers, it’s been christmas time since fucking SEPTEMBER. It was christmas...

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  • Still Going….

    Still Going….

    ….but there are other remakes on the horizon as well – Wizards Lair, to name but one. I’m currently, amongst other things, working on getting the map up and running in DD.

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  • The DS is here!

    The DS is here!

    My Nintendo DS arrived from Canada yesterday. It’s lovely Super Mario 64DS is essentially a reworking of Mario64 on the N64, with extra playable characters, a pile of minigames – single and wireless multiplayer, and some extra tricks up its sleeve. The map display on...

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