Archive for May, 2007

  • The Third Age (GC) and Puzzle Quest (DS)

    The Third Age (GC) and Puzzle Quest (DS)

    I’ve really not been playing very much recently – I just don’t seem to have the time these days. I haev, though, had a brief session on The Third Age, which I never did complete. I seem to remember I got as far as a...

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  • Gone but not forgotten

    Gone but not forgotten

    Our old grey moggy passed away today. She’s been with us for near enough twenty years. She was a friendly, gentle cat who doted on the children, even when they yanked her tail. She was very cuddly, very affectionate and will be missed very much....

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  • <THUNK> Message for you Sir!

    Message for you Sir!

    At last, I’ve settled on a mail configuration that I like, blocks viruses, is fast and has outstanding spam filtering. There’s a few bits to it, but essentially, it works like this: Mail arrives on port 25 (port forwarded through my firewall) where ASSP is...

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  • Geek Girl in the making

    Geek Girl in the making

    My daughter has a teddy bear called “Socket”. It’s unclear where he’s an RJ11, RJ45 or – god forbid – a straightforward ball-joint socket. I’m trying to encourage her in the direction of RJ45, but only time will tell.

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  • KWorld promise you the double multimedia happiness!

    KWorld promise you the double multimedia happiness!

    There’s nothing I love more than badly translated manuals and websites, and the homepage of KWorld is the best example I’ve seen in ages. Apparently: Want to have high quality digital TV, but not be able to give up analog TV? Annoyed by your big...

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  • The Bridge to Terabithia

    The Bridge to Terabithia

    What an absolutely beautiful movie – right up to the point where it suddenly has the most miserable ending in movie history. I’m now thoroughly depressed. Bah.

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