Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess

I think I’m on final approach now. After a mad scurry about the landscape finding random stuff, I arranged to have myself shot into the sky from a giant cannon and ended up in the Sky City / Castle / Whatever. In this place, I expect I’ll find a miniboss, a boss and the final

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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Rail services hit by festive work

Right. Now pay attention while I make something completely clear. It’s  not “The Festive Season”. Neither is it “The Holiday Season”. It’s CHRISTMAS. That’s right, CHRISTMAS. With the word CHRIST in it. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, well, then that’s a shame but we’re all entitled to our beliefs. Just as we are entitled to

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Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess (Wii)

So, there’s not been much postage done lately (nothing to do with the postal strike, but more to do with not much playage being done). I have had a couple of wee goes of Twilight Princess, though. Despite being not as pretty as Wind Waker, I think it’s a pretty good contestant for Best Zelda

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On Facebook: An Open Letter to Everyone

OK. So, yesterday I received my 13th request from a semi-stranger to join his network on Facebook. Let me make this as completely clear as I possibly can, to save anyone else from asking. I do not have a facebook account. I will never have a facebook account. I have no interest whatsoever in YOUR

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Sneaky Police

According to El Reg: Users of encryption technology can no longer refuse to reveal keys to UK authorities after amendments to the powers of the state to intercept communications took effect on Monday (Oct 1). The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) has had a clause activated which allows a person to be compelled to

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Words of Truth

“One of them has a face like a bee-keeper’s apprentice, and the other one just looks shifty.” Grace Dent on Robson and Jerome

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Anno 1701 (DS)

I’m on the last hurdle of campaign mode, but it looks like it’s going to be a tough fight. Essentially, I’m surviving wave after wave of enemy attacks while trying to conquer the enemy base. His rate of production is quote extreme, due to the high number of barracks he has and, unlike in endless

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Super Paper Mario (Wii)

I’ve clearly been lapse with updates cos I haven’t actually posted anything about this game. I’m currently at the start of Chapter 3 and really had to stop playing because I couldn’t read any more of the incredibly stupid dialogue without swallowing my own head with mirth. SPM is different from other Paper Mario titles

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A tip on the Ubuntu media box

Should probably mentioned at the time. While the web interface provided by Jinzora is lovely, it can occasionally be a hammer to crack a nut. Fortunately, the mpd back end can be controlled by a myriad of client applications with only one small tweak. Assuming your Ubuntu box is behind a firewall (and it should

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