The Temple of Bague Wasting bandwidth since 1997 - Now in our 27th wasteful year!
Rants / October 5, 2007 / John / 5
OK. So, yesterday I received my 13th request from a semi-stranger to join his network on Facebook. Let me make this as completely clear as I possibly can, to save anyone else from asking. I do not have a facebook account. I will never have a facebook account. I have no interest whatsoever in YOUR
Geekery / October 3, 2007 / John / 0
According to El Reg: Users of encryption technology can no longer refuse to reveal keys to UK authorities after amendments to the powers of the state to intercept communications took effect on Monday (Oct 1). The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) has had a clause activated which allows a person to be compelled to
Ramblings / September 25, 2007 / John / 0
“One of them has a face like a bee-keeper’s apprentice, and the other one just looks shifty.” Grace Dent on Robson and Jerome
Game Diary / September 23, 2007 / John / 0
I’m on the last hurdle of campaign mode, but it looks like it’s going to be a tough fight. Essentially, I’m surviving wave after wave of enemy attacks while trying to conquer the enemy base. His rate of production is quote extreme, due to the high number of barracks he has and, unlike in endless
Game Diary / September 23, 2007 / John / 0
I’ve clearly been lapse with updates cos I haven’t actually posted anything about this game. I’m currently at the start of Chapter 3 and really had to stop playing because I couldn’t read any more of the incredibly stupid dialogue without swallowing my own head with mirth. SPM is different from other Paper Mario titles
Geekery / September 23, 2007 / John / 0
Should probably mentioned at the time. While the web interface provided by Jinzora is lovely, it can occasionally be a hammer to crack a nut. Fortunately, the mpd back end can be controlled by a myriad of client applications with only one small tweak. Assuming your Ubuntu box is behind a firewall (and it should
Rants / September 21, 2007 / John / 0
Oh my God! I never realised! It’s BORING lessons that kids skive off from, not INTERESTING ones! In the name of all that’s holy, how much money was squandered on this research project? More to the point, what are they going to be “revealing” next? “Bread and Cheese linked to Cheese Toasties”? “Driving Cars linked
Game Diary / September 20, 2007 / John / 0
ZOMG! I’ve hit a sweet spot! I’m on chapter 11 and have to find three parts of a treasure map. I need to trade with some Indians to get one part and they want Ostrich feathers. Only bloke with Ostrich farms is an enemy so I need to conquer his island. Which means I have
Game Diary / September 17, 2007 / John / 0
I quite like this – it’s the usual quest-based RPG fare, but the addition of CPU henchmen means you don’t have to spend and time whatsoever with dribbling noobs. Especially handy as each of the AI henchmen seems to know how to play their class, which is more than can be said for the common