Archive For February, 2012
The Government’s householdcharge.ie website could probably do with some SEO love. When I search for irish household charge the first page of results are news websites, a political party and a property website’s blog. Maybe they need to open a blog there talking up the household charge and, oh I don’t know, making us feel [...]
I almost finished Limbo a few weeks ago but it just got to the point where I would attempt a screen over and over and do everything I could think but nothing worked. Watching a playthrough on Youtube didn’t cut it so I’ll have to try again some other time. I’ve heard the ending is [...]
You realise how spoiled you are by the ease at which software can be installed in Linux only when you’ve done the same in Mac OS X or Windows. apt-get or aptitude will install a wide variety of software and in the case of aptitude will remove the software and all it’s dependencies afterwards. Yeah, [...]
One of my favourite things about the Linux desktop is that virtual desktops are a standard feature of just about every window manager. Mac OS X has Spaces and I have a vague memory of using some sort of virtual desktop in Windows years ago. It isn’t a standard feature of the Windows experience but [...]
I happened upon a tweet that mentioned a 50 step “how to make a C64 game” series so I searched and found this page. There’s now 52 steps and it’s still being worked on! If modern platforms are more your thing then check out this playlist by RedReaper132 on Youtube. It’s a good series to [...]
If you follow me on Twitter you might have seen me tweet this picture, a Facebook thread made by one Sara Hartley for her boyfriend Austin Knill. It’s hilarious, it’s cringe worthy. It had all the hallmarks of being a hoax. The first paragraph dragging the reader in with an insane story and positive replies. [...]
DMSREADER and DMSWRITER are two parts of a Commodore 64 tool I wrote way back in 1994. I presume I got the name from the Amiga DMS tool but I really don’t know. The purpose of the tool was to create an image of 5 1/4 disks but break the image up into smaller DMS [...]
It was to be expected. The new remake of Syndicate isn’t going down well with reviewers. You’re better off with the original version where you can enjoy hours of fun with a minigun or whatever you’re having. Who needs tactics? Just send all your guys in and mow down all the baddies! (Except in the [...]
