Archive for May, 2008

  • The best sales call ever.

    The best sales call ever.

    I’ve just taken a cold call at work. It went: “Good afternoon, is it you that looks after the ‘phone systems in your organisation?” “Yes,” I say, “that would be me.” “Ah excellent. My name is XXXXXX and I’m calling from Primus. Do you know...

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  • pwned

    pwned

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  • Thirtynineminutesfortysevenseconds

    Thirtynineminutesfortysevenseconds

    Well, my lovely wife not only managed to raise a fair bit of sponsorship for the local school, but she also managed to complete the 5 kilometer race in quite a respectable time! She had originally planned to dander round at her own pace but...

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  • My Life as a King (WiiWare)

    My Life as a King (WiiWare)

    Well, I’ve had a longer go now and can safely say this is ACEBEST. It’s kinda like a cross between football manager and sim city, but very much simpler than both. Basically, you build a city, hire and train adventurers and send them out to...

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  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wiiware)

    Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wiiware)

    I’ve not played this long enough to give any kind of gameplay description – just sufficient to spot a gotcha which may be helpful to others, and to say that it’s very cutesy. The gotcha – if the game seems to hang on the “Create...

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  • Wanders

    Wanders

    One of the nice things about working in Musselburgh is that it’s a lovely place to be on a sunny day. This lunchtime, safely cocooned in my ipod, I went for a wander down to the harbour (literally across the road from work) and sat...

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  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Death == DEAD. As Deaths go, he was pretty easy really. Only two forms (this time round – let’s face it, he’s not actually dead and will reappear later in the game). Anyway, as I was saying – two forms – a dark and a...

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  • 120.9p for a litre of diesel. O RLY?

    120.9p for a litre of diesel. O RLY?

    So, the fuel price is calculated (roughly speaking) as the actual price, then the duty, then the VAT (yes, that’s right folks, you pay tax on the tax!). So let’s take the VAT off that price. 102.8p OK, each litre of diesel has 54.68p duty...

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  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

    With the news that there’s a new DS Castlevania game in the making, my explorey juices have started flowing again. This always seems to happen, and it usually results in me playing through all the others in anticipation. Having left Portrait of Ruin unfinished last...

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  • Our Lolcats

    Our Lolcats

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