Archive For August, 2011

Dancing on the Ceiling

Talk to a 4 year old about walking upside down and gravity and then show them the video for Lionel Richie’s Dancing on the Ceiling. Mind blowing. Apparently the whole room rotated according to the Wikipedia page for the song.

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What’s new in Minecraft 1.8?

Well, I’m not sure, but here’s a list of features (and I read elsewhere that carrying a torch does not light your way, it still has to be placed) and there’s the video above which I found here. That NPC village looks nice!

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Go get Super Crate Box

Go get Super Crate Box. Great little retro platformer. Free too. (via)

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A flipping good time!

I mentioned A Flipping Good Time in a post before but it’s worth saying again, it’s rather good! Go download it, it’s free!

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Happy Birthday TF2!

It’s hard to believe but Team Fortress 2 is really 15 years old! Well, strictly speaking the franchise is 15 years old but who am I to raise that point on such a day? To celebrate they’re giving every player who plays today a free hat and other goodies. You’ll also see other birthday party related changes to [...]

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Wonderful Portal 2 Videos

No doubt you’ve already seen the engagement video above but here’s a short live action movie called, “Portal: No Escape” worth watching too. (via)

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Quite enjoying Multiwinia fun little game

Quite enjoying Multiwinia, fun little game. I’m playing it on Easy difficulty, but even on that I lost a game or two. The “advanced topics” tutorial could be a little clearer. It’s easy to miss the “You must do this next to go on to the next step” banners. I spent a good 10 minutes [...]

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Sneaky spammy web forms

I have a feeling the renewal form that Imagine Publishing in the UK uses had this sneaky web form last year too. Read the opt out clauses, carefully. None of the checkboxes were checked by default and as you can see they’re below the “Place Your Order” button. Sneaky.    

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Hot Hot LAVA!

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A really simple way to archive your Tweets

You have a gmail account don’t you? Visit Google Reader now. Click on the “Add a Subscription” button. Type in the web address of your Twitter profile. Mine is http://twitter.com/donncha. Click Add. There is no #5. Since Google Reader doesn’t have the 3,200 post limit that Twitter has you can always get access to your [...]

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