Archive for August, 2008

  • It’s a funny old life….

    It’s a funny old life….

    ….you think you know how the land lies and then something comes along that pulls the rug out from under you. Is it just me, or are we being surreptitiously taxed to death?

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  • Minis

    Minis

    I thought I’d post a picture of a couple of things I’ve finished painting recently, just because. First of, this here is a goblin wolf chariot – a nasty little beggar that scoots across the battlefield and causes a fair pile of impact damage whenever...

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  • Eternal Sonata (360)

    Eternal Sonata (360)

    Frederic Chopin lies on his deathbed dreaming his final dream. And for some peculiar reason, he’s dreaming about cutesy Anime characters fighting monsters and trying to save the world from the taxman! If this is an indication of where RPGs are going, then I’m a...

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  • The Grand Romp (part 3)

    The Grand Romp (part 3)

    Ok, so the more observant nelefans amongst you may have noticed the Nike+ challenge widget that sat over there —–> Well, after the EPIC FAIL which resulted in none of us actually doing anything towards the challenge, we decided to start a new one –...

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  • Cron Wierdness

    Cron Wierdness

    Ok, so we have a Linux box sitting at our colo doing, amongst other things, some ASP stuff. Thing is, this server is a little broken. Someone, at some point in time prior to me working here, decided in their infinite knowledge and wisdom to...

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  • A matter of priorities

    A matter of priorities

    Bizarrely, I read in the news today that a British woman has just been fined £16,000 for putting a video game on a filesharing network. Fair enough I suppose. The trouble is, I also read last week that a British woman received £10,000 compensation for...

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  • Oh! Another thing!

    Oh! Another thing!

    My beloved Mrs Gubbins has her very own website here. On it you’ll find wee mini images of the awesome GIANT CANVASSES she paints.

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  • An oddity

    An oddity

    Why is it that, when I actually feel like writing a blog post, I have absolutely nothing to say? I’m a complete blank. I think it’s induced by either too much coffee or not enough $sparkling_beverage. Still, at least I managed to get three sentences...

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  • Quote of the Week

    Quote of the Week

     While crawling about the back of a server rack connecting serial ports to a serial console server, I was asked what I was doing. “Connecting these machines to the serial console so I can identify and label them.” “It would be quicker to set up...

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  • Nelefa Has Moved. Again.

    Nelefa Has Moved. Again.

    OK, with the every increasing number of domains that live under the nelefa.org umbrella, I thought it was about time I organised a dedicated VM so they’re all in one please rather than scattered all over the internet. After looking around at many different hosting...

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