I’ve been on a (digital) desert island for a week, wi-fi was available, but I opted out. I had a cache of apps to play with, my SO had her Kindle Paper White, but I went old school, reading a tome she gifted me for chrimbo; Ben Elton’s, Two Brothers As a long time reader & fan of Elton, this was a treat. The signature style, as in a Tarantino…
22/03/2013
Google ditch Reader & give us Keep! More I think about it, the more I think that Reader was another fact finding exercise. On a happier note, I finished Portal 2 today. A masterpiece, and a great example that games don’t need to be epic length.
21/03/2013
I can’t believe this site: App BackUp Android apk files to download, how can they possibly get away with it?
17/03/2013
I’ve discovered Stackexchange gaming arquade, while searching for an Ingress invite… leaving a link here as I think I’ll be going back 🙂 Currently downloading an update for Portal 2, can’t believe I’ve left it so long to play as I really enjoyed the original. Update: wow up to chapter 6, can’t believe the game as been out for so long & I’ve managed to avoid spoilers 🙂 The humour…
16/03/2013
Not sure if Ingress is a data sourcing mechanism, or simply an augmented reality title waiting to happen? Whatever, I sent in my application for the beta today & it’s on Play Cool article describing it here: cnet On my smartphone, I was capturing portals and linking them to far-flung places; in the real world, I was a guy standing on a corner dodging people heading back to the office…
16/03/2013
At the arse end of the 90’s, before we had streaming tunes, certainly videos over the interwebs, this video was circulated on a PS1 magazine demo disk. On a 486, I was running with speeds of 48 kbps, if I was lucky, paying AOL by the minute, on top of the phone charges. I’d just been introduced to Gnapster – the fore runner of torrents. & a mate was selling…
16/03/2013
Insightful article fron the Guardina: Google Reader RSS feed aggregator to be retired News that service will be taken down sparks online petitions and protest site & on the back of this I’ve been having a look what my host gives me, in the way of RSS tools. I’ve been playing briefly with Simple Pie, here’s my most used feed from the Guardian Will you miss Google Reader? Guardian poll…
14/03/2013
I’ve recently picked up a Nexus 7, and am very impressed with with the experience. As fast as the Nexus 4, with more speed and graphic detail than you need. But what I’m really enjoying about this, is that I’m typing these words on an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, that I bought for my wife 2 years ago, has been little used, & I’ve envied since. So I get the performance…
09/03/2013
[rating:3] I have vague memories of playing a japanese copy of the original Okami. I had no instructions, not a clue what the game was about, and didn’t even know the real name of the game… think I was referring to it as ‘paint brush wolf’ at the time 🙂 Now I get to play the HD re-make! The addition of English subtitles reveals the godly ancient plot, that’s cool.…
07/03/2013
Saving this as I know I”ll need to refer to the mount instructions You are unable to just plug in your Nexus 4 in Linux but it is very easy to mount and unmount to move data to/from your sdcard. This is one option that will allow you to utilize Nautilis (or any other file browser) to copy files to/from your Nexus 4. This is written for Ubuntu, but should…
01/03/2013
Crysis 3, the greatest thing to come out of an EA studio for years. Yeah the game is impressive, but a digital manual? Genius!
24/02/2013
So there’s a popular meme, like many others, that is over used on the web [Redditors I’m looking at you]; One does not simply walk into Mordor. The phrase “One does not simply walk into Mordor” originates from a scene in Peter Jackson’s 2001 film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.[1] In the scene, the Council of Elrond reveals that an evil ring…
24/02/2013
After the 4.2.2 update Swype no longer enters spaces between words in Chrome. Not a game spoiler, Google still searches for what I enter, it’s just not easy to read.
23/02/2013
You’ve gotta I can’t believe I haven’t seen or heard of this before! Although I don’t truthfully believe that I’m the target demographic 🙂 Here’s the intro of the Japanese Parappa the Rapper TV anime (is it anime cartoon, or just anime?) I’m off to look for the series with sub-titles Found it…
21/02/2013
[rating:3] I appreciate Eve’s tenacious marketing as much as I appreciated the beauty and wonder of the open universe world they’ve created. What I find funny about this email is how my ‘buddy’ introduced me. After sending the invite he apologised, and claimed this was the most evil thing he’d done to anyone on the internet, introducing me to Eve. Knowing the risks, I took a little dab, what damage…
20/02/2013
w00t android system update 4.2.2 lands in Aotearoa… Off to charge my phone
18/02/2013
Now you just thought this was a simple beat game? Ask anyone who has played any of the titles in the series and they will tell you it is anything but simple. But what a lot of players may overlook are the ideals and life lessons within the simple graphics. Here are the ones I took away: It’s all in the mind Chop Chop Master Onion’s wise words of support,…
18/02/2013
No idea to buy those that have everything, here I am to solve that issue… Hobbit Feet (socks) from Jinx Heaps of other cool Middle earth ware too, but for 10 bucks you can’t go wrong
17/02/2013
As the PS4 is rumoured to be released later this year, I’ve had a retro experience on my PS3, via the new version of MultiMan. It’s now possible to play old PS1 games! I’m so stoked at the opportunity to play some old classics, and thanks to CoolRom I’ve picked up a couple of old favourites: Metal Slug X Oddworld – Abe’s Oddysee Parappa the Rapper UmJammer Lammy They’re all…
15/02/2013
Mainly due maxing out the WordPress engine with auto posts & it has taken a while to clear all of the detritus. But it’s gone, & I hope to record what’s on my mind & what I’m playing with more often. I’ve a couple of new toys; finally a decent PC gaming rig, AMD 64 8 core… thinking I maybe should have gone for a P7 for better Ubuntu compatability.…