08/07/2013
I accidentally came across ThunderClap today, as it was linked from my home page on Firefox. I thought the link was to take me to an info page on the soon to be released Firefox OS. This sounds like a very valuable tool, in the social media World. I am keen to keep an eye on it, and I am sure that my participation will be shown in the Twitter…
08/07/2013
Independent.co.uk: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish: The most highbrow jokes in the world A few of the jokes really made me lol, my favourites: Q How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A None, it’s a hardware problem. A programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have…
07/07/2013
Bit late to the party, but this has to be a wind up… right? Christopher Poole or “Moot” as he is known on 4chan.org, another type of image sharing website, says he’s disappointed at Reddit’s behavior. “It really disgusts me what Reddit is doing to 9Gag. They just need to stop this already. The internet is supposed to be a fun place where everyone is accepted. It’s not funny what…
07/07/2013
I’m investigating the uses for MEGA, as an Android app became recently available. Considering using it for secure communication; as all data is encrypted, therefore if multiple people had a log in to the same account they could share files that could be messages. Another option is to upload the message as a file, and share a link to the file in an encrypted format, then delete the file after…
06/07/2013
After finally getting my AMD graphics driver sorted in Ubuntu, I’ve made a move to Gnome 3 from Unity. I’ve been using Linux for quite a few years, and haven’t felt comfortable with Unity from release… in saying this I’m still not a fully converted fan of Gnome 3, let’s see how it goes. I’ve been playing with Mint via VirtualBox, but I’m not quite ready to make it my…
04/07/2013
Here’s a thread I’ve been working through to set up gpg keys on my system:Ubuntu Forums –I’ll keep this thread current as my personal reference of what I’m playing with I’ve had some success, I just need to convince the people I communicate with that they need to encrypt their emails now 🙂
04/07/2013
Through the cpanel of this site I’ve just made the site Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure 🙂 I’ve been using HTTPS-everywhere in Chrome and Firefox for quite a while, and I imagined it would be more of a challenge, and costly to set up, so I’ve never got around to looking into it before. 5 mins after logging into the cpanel, the site is ‘secure’! The certificate however isn’t registered, so…
03/07/2013
I’ve finally sorted out my ATI graphics card driver in Ubuntu. KSP is nearly as fluid as in Win7, but it’s in Linux so more fun 🙂 Helpful Pages BinaryDriverHowto/AMD RadeonDriver What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD? How to install Radeon Open Source Driver? Why Radeon Users May Want to Avoid Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Is my AMD hybrid-graphics card supported…
02/07/2013
Google Reader has just stopped refreshing, I’m sad 🙁 It’s one of those events like the Kennedy assassination, Diana’s demise, or the falling of the Berlin wall, I’ll always remember where I was when it happened. RIP Google Reader 2005 – 2013 Update: It’ll be a week tomorrow since Reader was stolen away from us in its prime, and I still find myself habitually opening the app, only to be…
02/07/2013
Cool news, everyone’s favourite 4 player squad game is hopefully having a sequel… and no I don’t mean XCOM 🙂 Back in the 66 Mhz days of Uni, ’93 Syndicate (Just read Peter Molyneux was involved!) and ’96 Syndicate Wars were 2 DOS titles I put heaps of time into, and watching house mates play. Strange the memories I have of it are trying to get my guys to stick…
02/07/2013
Insightful article from The Guardian, both interesting and scary. I’d love the opportunity to play with some of these data sets.
30/06/2013
Here’s an interesting article at Joystiq, comparing the prices of past consoles at release, with today’s prices, allowing for inflation. Surprising? Not really, given we know that hardware retail prices are subsidised, and the dollars are made from software sales. Thus why the manufacturers want to control the retail market electronically, and not leave chain stores to shifting hard copy discs, plus kill off the second hand game market. After…
30/06/2013
After googling “Deadpool”, I read that he appeared in a Wolverine movie… I won’t name the film, please don’t search for it, and don’t waste your precious moments alive by watching it 🙂
30/06/2013
On a chilled Sunday afternoon, who needs more than this! Mindless violence, punctuated frequently with humorous quips, while making simple decisions of light / heavy / ranged / teleport. Welcome to Deadpool. It’s easy to work through, challenging in that you’ve gotta get the solution right without needing to googling it, but most of all, it’s fun! Plus I haven’t played a more comic book style game since XIII Gaming…
30/06/2013
I’ve now played a couple of hours of The Last of US, hoping it will be a game I’ll play to completion. I am only early in to the story though, just finding my fist Clacker corpse, and **SPOLIER ALERT** why didn’t I read anywhere that Sarah dies! 😉 I finally picked up Hawx-2 last weekend. If there is one genre I feel as not received the quality and quantity…
30/06/2013
A great update to the new look Android Gmail app this weekend! The delete button is back, without going through the sub menu. Genius… but how it passed through user testing intrigues me?
This will be interesting, as the OS should be easy to emulate… still upset they run with this and ditch Reader though 😉 Will Google become the next Nintendo, meaning 3rd place in the console market share… but surely they can never have bigger titles than Mario and Zelda? ign – Android Games Console
30/06/2013
Google reader only has a couple of days left, puzzled as all why it’s becoming defunct. Finally I’ve found a suitable replacement g reader Feeds are easily imported, heaps of options, and I like the UI look and functionality.
29/06/2013
Currently installing The Last of US, I haven’t been this intrigued by a release in a while, I’m looking forward to it!