Author: John

The BBC think we’re stupid.

A quote from today’s BBC News. “Gordon Brown has suggested people be less wasteful to help combat the rising cost of food caused by more and more crops being used for biofuel.” Oh really. Are you sure you don’t mean “Gordon Brown has suggested people be less wasteful to help combat the rising cost of

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Our cats are mental

They really are. It’s not normal for cats to sit like that. Anyway, this is Mewsly, one of two (the other is called Cornflakes) moggies who let us live with them.  Mewsly, as you can see, is just not normal. Our cats are mental Originally uploaded by John Dow

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Final Fantasy XII

Well, the gambit system is growing on me now – it’s still essentially turn based, but feels a lot more fluid. Anyway, I think I’m going to have to break a long tradition and actually read the manual – the gambit system and the license system seem to be fairly complex – it’s an odd

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Final Fantasy XII

And here’s birthday post part two. This has been out for aaaaaages but I’ve put it off and put it off, as I tend to do. Anyway, popped it in the drive and (as is usual for a squeenix title) my jaw dropped at the cinematics. Again, only an hour or so in, but loving

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Final Fantasy Tactics A2

Well, it’s a very Final Fantasy birthday, I have to say. My lovely lady wife presented me with a copy of Tactics A2 and FF12, so I’ve been in a JRPG/Tactics frenzy. First up – tactics. It’s tactics – nothing else needs to be said, really, but I will anyway. It’s a lot prettier, naturally,

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HOLIDAY GET!

Oh yes! I am off on my hols until a week on Monday! Splendid! Not going anywhere specific, but I want to at least get to Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling (cos Stirling is ACE and the safari park has munkys), as well as some day trips out and about. Linlithgow, natch. Also Beecraigs

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New Shinies

So I got a new phone, courtesy of my employer. They want to be able to contact me at all hours of the day and night and I need to be able to spring into action like a bagful of kangaroos and fix whatever it is they’ve broken in my absence.  So, requirements are: pda

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New Photies

By popular demand (well, at the request of my pal Georgios), I’ve added some more dynamic and exciting pictures from our recent gala outings to the Gallery page. I can’t vouch for the quality of the images as they were taken by someone outwith the immediate Gubbins circle, but I think they’re shiny enough to

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