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Ramblings / December 26, 2004 / John / 0
For anyone in our street who may have been awakened at 5:30 am by the sound of sleigh bells…… it wasn’t Santa, it was me and I’m sorry. If it’s any consolation, it was freezing cold 🙂 Worked a treat though – within fifteen minutes, half the bedroom lights in the street were on and
Dynamite Dan / December 20, 2004 / John / 0
Well well, it’s all going swimmingly. i think I’ve finally got my head around how the rooms as stored in the original version. I’ve been poring over Chris Wild’s disassembly of the Spectrum source, but it’s obviously intended for hyper-intelligent genii, rather than thick individuals like me 🙂 Hopefully, I’ll get the map structures in
Ramblings / December 20, 2004 / John / 0
Well, folks, I have precisely 35 minutes of work left then I’m on holiday until the 5th of January. I’m off on a works outing to paint ceramics (!) this afternoon, then offski. Really looking forward to this holiday. The kids are all bouncy about it as well. Harmony is off on a nursery outing
Games Development / December 15, 2004 / John / 0
I’ve just come across the source code for Linux Lizards on an old ftp site 🙂 For those not in the know (i.e. everyone), Lizards was the first game I ever wrote. The timestamp on the source code says November 10th 1995 – 11 days before my first child was born. The game was charming
Ramblings / December 9, 2004 / John / 0
The Onion | World’s Scientists Admit They Just Don’t Like Mice
Ramblings / December 9, 2004 / John / 0
Nearly there – this is the best bit of Christmastime is the anticipation of two weeks when not only am I off work but the clients are off as well 🙂 This is the first time in twelve years that I won’t be on call during the Christmas period and I’m really looking forward to
Rants / December 9, 2004 / John / 0
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Jingle all the fucking way. Oh what bastard fun it is to have PIPED FUCKING CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING EVERY BLOODY PLACE YOU BASTARDING GO. It’s christmas time. According to Woolworth’s shelf-stockers, it’s been christmas time since fucking SEPTEMBER. It was christmas before it was bloody halloween this year. “But it’s nice,”
Dynamite Dan / December 2, 2004 / John / 0
….but there are other remakes on the horizon as well – Wizards Lair, to name but one. I’m currently, amongst other things, working on getting the map up and running in DD.
Ramblings / December 1, 2004 / John / 0
My Nintendo DS arrived from Canada yesterday. It’s lovely 🙂 Super Mario 64DS is essentially a reworking of Mario64 on the N64, with extra playable characters, a pile of minigames – single and wireless multiplayer, and some extra tricks up its sleeve. The map display on the bottom screen (also used for analogue touch control)
Ramblings / November 29, 2004 / John / 0
“ID cards will make our private lives impossible – [Sunday Herald]: Muriel Gray argues that the introduction of identity cards will not help prevent such atrocities as the Soham murders, instead they will make the lives of law-abiding people a nightmare” This illustrates perfectly the arguments I’ve been trying to make for years but have