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Ramblings / 8 March 2009 / John / 0
My head is full of the characters, plot and setting of the Twilight series. This is not good. I thought reading Exodus would act as an antidote, but I just can’t get into it because it’s written in the present tense and Twilight is just too close to what I was originally working on. So,
Ramblings / 4 March 2009 / John / 0
As I’ve just gone straight onto Breaking Dawn, I thought I may as well hang off on the mini-review and do both at once. Makes things easier.
Ramblings / 26 February 2009 / John / 1
Oh! That was unexpected! When it comes to editor wars, I’m in the vi camp. Everyone knows that. But I’m not just a UNIX geek – I’m also a writer, and I’m not masochistic enough to think that writing using vi is something done by sane, well adjusted, people. So I tend to cop out
Ramblings / 25 February 2009 / John / 3
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Ramblings / 13 February 2009 / John / 0
Civilization III Complete. i.e. Civ III with all expansions. Arguably the best version of Civ. For £2.99 on Steam. All of Civ III. £2.99 No need for a play disk. ACEBEST.
Ramblings / 12 February 2009 / John / 1
Ok, so I run fvwm2 and I’m very happy with it. It does absolutely everything I need with no frills, fuss, or bloat. Except I also need to use pidgin as most of our inter-departmental communication is via jabber. Except Pidgin is one of those applications written by the worst kind of code-hacker – the
Ramblings / 4 February 2009 / John / 1
OK, so after my acerbic rant about the BBC hysterically over-reporting the alleged dangers of snow, Mrs Gubbins has only gone and slipped on a patch of ice, breaking her wrist and causing a lateral fracture along the length of her forearm. I hate it when Sod’s Law interferes with a good rant. Note: Current
Ramblings / 2 February 2009 / John / 0
Ok, so the BBC, in their usual hysterical manner, have been reporting on the fact that there’s snow. So I thought I should help out by suggesting a headline. Click the image at the start of this story to see it. Obviously, as they have to manufacture panic to give them something to report on