First impressions of MGSV How do I get off this horse? 🙂 I made the school boy error of picking up a weapon with no ammo before entering the last part of the intro, so regrettably I had to play through again… although I then scored an A, which was nice. I’m now out in the wilds of Afghanistan, which is visually stunning, although I’m not sure how to get…

Here is a script that I found this week that allows you to remove all sheet and workbook passwords in Microsoft excel, bonza! Anyone that has worked in a corporate environment long enough will need this script, who has inherited reports from an employee who left the company 6 months before you arrived… or maybe just like to use it 🙂 Great news; it also works in the latest Office…

I’m eager to start MGSV after completing Batman Arkham Knight, but here’s the biggest challenge initially playing MGSV – How to control snake? As I’m still waiting for the full game I thought my time would be better prepared with time spent playing MGSV: Ground Zeroes, rather than Rocket League 🙂 Controls for my reference, I’m not finding it intuitive as yet Really enjoyed the couple of hours it took…

Today I ordered a YubiKey, mainly motivated that I keep forgetting passwords 🙂 I hope this will allow me to step up the complexity of passwords that I use, and free up a little personal RAM One key. Two form factors. The Standard and Nano deliver a one-time passcode (OTP) with a simple touch of a button. No SMS-like passcodes to retype from one device to another. Our most basic…

I was so stoked Friday to find Cyanogenmod 12 arrives for Nexus 4! The boards said it was stable, or that snapshot is the new stable, so I thought why not. I’ve been doing this since the Nexus 1, so I dropped into the usual update process; I backed up everything and took advantage of being able to install direct from my copy of CM 11. Everything went well, apps…

So between learning my way around an acoustic guitar and trying to finish the main story of withcer 3 before Metal Gear Solid 5 arrives, I’ve been trying to set up my Raspberry Pi as a VPN router… again 🙂 Here’re a few of the links that have helped my journey To run the initial config at any time: [code]sudo raspi-config[/code] Raspberry Pi – Static IP address Essential, so I…

I was reluctant to pick up the next gen of console, cautious that there were not enough quality original titles available. True, I have have been playing ported versions of GTAV and Street Fighter IV, but the 2 games that have been impressing me lately are the 3rd part in trilogies, begun on the last generation of hardware; Batman: Arkham Knight, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I’ve still yet…

This is a sad day in the age of cloud computing, I’ve just heard that yahoo pipes is to be pulled out of commission from the end of September 🙁 I know I can pull my news feeds via different mechanisms, I already do for popular sites, but this makes me sad. Yahoo pipes is, it is still with us for now, a fantastic powerful UI, that allows a user…

Quite gutted that I can’t buy early Beta Access to Street Fighter v in my geographic area, so I have been making the most of the fighting options available for Street Fighter iv, on the PS4, with Geek Fighting Gadgets 🙂 I’ve been searching for an hard copy of SFiv for the PS4, to be told they’re not available; so reluctantly settled for the digital version… all cool but my…

This title reminds me Rez, and in turn Child of Eden; although rather than relying on the Kinect this plays on the efficiency of the left and right side of ones brain. This is a game I will keep installed to fill those brief moments when a casual game is needed. what a choice PlayStation Plus title

geek threads

08/07/2015

wish I had more time to play, although enjoying the other aspects of life 🙂 Loving Batman: Arkham Knight, the city is vast, the bat mobile is awesome, and the plot dark & trippy. Just had a quick intro to Styx: Master of Shadows.. fantastic free title from PS4 Play, I’ve paid much more for worse, although cautious the plot could be too 2 dimensional, but it takes me back…

I’ve been a fan of batman since my teen days, and have enjoyed each of the new video game series, so was stoked to pick up Batman Arkham Knight on the PS4. I wasn’t happy about seeing the ‘season pack’ for sale for ~$70! Guess the Call of Duty business model is working? First impressions Frame rate seems a little too fast, the moment in combat is somewhat lost Batmobile…

Race the Sun

16/05/2015

I succumbed to a 14 day PlayStation Plus offer, Race the Sun is my first few game to try. You are a solar craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching energy boosts which reverse the setting sun – if only for a moment. Race The Sun is inspired by arcade games of…