Archive for April, 2007

  • It had to happen.

    It had to happen.

    Posted on April 30, 2007 | 2 Comments
    Well, it always does really. I generally class the honeymoon period of a new job as the period of time between walking through the door for the first time and the moment where I type vi munge.pl. So, that halcyon period of belief that every...

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  • Blu-Tack is Stronger than Paint: Official!

    Blu-Tack is Stronger than Paint: Official!

    Posted on April 27, 2007 | No Comments
    I love it when bloggable things happen at work. Due to a bizarre experiment involving a wall, a whiteboard, all the blu-tack in the universe and an infeasibly large number of natural language programmers, systems bods, and developers, we’ve managed to prove exactly what it...

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  • Nina Simone was round at ours last night.

    Nina Simone was round at ours last night.

    Posted on April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
    Or that’s how it seemed. After what seems like an eternity of listening to music on mp3 players and laptops, we finally got our nice shiny hifi set up last night. Between the big chunky toroid transformers and the fairy-dust powered magical crossover in Linn...

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  • Loadsa Stuff

    Loadsa Stuff

    Posted on April 24, 2007 | 1 Comment
    Urm. Well, it’s been a bit busy of late. On the gaming front, I was playing Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin until I met a boss that killed me and set me back an hour. I was also playing Lost Magic, but then I met...

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  • The Killer Shrews

    The Killer Shrews

    Posted on April 22, 2007 | No Comments
    The Killer Shrews, made in 1959, is everything a B-movie should be. Really really bad, really really funny, and awesome entertainment. IMDB give this film 2.5/10 which is probably 2.5 more than it actually deserves in terms of artistic merits, but who cares! Ray Kellog...

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  • Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Posted on April 21, 2007 | 3 Comments
    This is a bit trickier than one expects from a modern Castlevania game! Anyway, I covered everywhere I could reach in the town painting and did a bit more castle exploring. I also did a couple of quests which have yielded a double jump ability...

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  • Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Posted on April 19, 2007 | No Comments
    ZOMG! Well, firstly can I just say that Portrait of Ruin is easily one of the best looking games on the DS and equally easily the prettiest Castlevania EVAR. Nice parallax effects, a lot of 3D backgrounds and baddies and the usual whippeding action. The...

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  • Castlevania – Circle of the Moon (GBA) THWARTED!

    Castlevania – Circle of the Moon (GBA) THWARTED!

    Posted on April 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
    Guhh! Death’s second form is quite breathtakingly hard. Fortunately you’re free to go and find a save point after his first form. Which is just as well, because I’ve spent well over three hours play time being killed by Dracula, going off and getting up...

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  • OpenPGP Key

    OpenPGP Key

    Posted on April 16, 2007 | No Comments
    I get so many requests for my OpenPGP key these days that I thought I may as well post it here to save people asking. You can download the transport armour version here. It’s also available on the main keyserver at http://keyserver.veridis.com:11371/ under the key...

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  • Puzzle Quest (DS)

    Puzzle Quest (DS)

    Posted on April 15, 2007 | No Comments
    Gah! I’m consoling myself with the thought that I’m not incredibly rubbish at this but that the AI does, in fact, cheat like a cheating thing. Not only that, but the hint marker that comes up almost always shows you a move that will leave...

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