JanuaryJan 13 Sunday 08
Puzzle Pirates
A while ago I found this great little game called Puzzle Pirates. Basically you create your little pirate character and then you have to do puzzles to perform certain tasks. The most fun was joining up with other people on someone's ship and going pillaging. You all had …
AugustAug 24 Friday 07
'Free time'? What is this strange phrase?
I just recently started my second year of post-16 education. This is my final year of A-levels and I decided not to drop any subjects and instead continue with the 5 I had taken last year. Normally people drop one because A2 (the second year) is more difficult and …
AugustAug 20 Monday 07
Reserve Tank
Here's a nice advert that's been circulating around my TV for a while.
Sounds like a fantastic idea doesn't it? The advert says it all: when you're busy talking about random crap to a friend (on a roadside bend no less - maybe concentrating on driving around the bend …
JulyJul 23 Monday 07
Work Experience
As some of you may already know, I've taken a week's work experience placement at the Environment Agency to make up for the two weeks of work expeience I did at Budgens, organised by the school ¬_¬
Anyway, I got in about 7/4s of an hour ago and have been given the …
JulyJul 6 Friday 07
Adobe AIR
Finally, I can use my web development skills to write desktop apps! Well... once they release the Linux version of the Adobe AIR SDK that is.
Who needs C and PyGTK or even Java when I can do cross-platform apps using nice high-level languages that save me loads of …
JuneJun 29 Friday 07
GAIM
I've been using Kopete for a while to chat to all my Windows-using friends (yes, I realise that makes them the scum of the earth but they're the only friends I have). It has its quirks I suppose (like big file transfers failing) but generally does everything I want it …
JuneJun 1 Friday 07
Hypocrisy Perhaps?
I happened to be watching the news recently and there was a report on a speech by the infamous George 'Dubya' Bush. In it he mentioned that the US were the global leaders in combating Global Warming. He also urged other nations to sign up to carbon emission reduction …
MayMay 7 Monday 07
Quote
Heh I just read the announcement on GaiaOnline about the Avatar Exporter.
I know no-one else will find this nearly as funny as I did but I didn't want to let it escape my memory so I thought I'd write it down:
it currently has some minor bugs involving instant …
MayMay 2 Wednesday 07
Abandonware
Man I love Abandonware. Ever since I got Dosbox running nicely on my computer I've been able to play so many classic games. Way back in the day when plot, innovation and depth were more important than realistic graphics programmers slaved over hot computers making …
AprilApr 29 Sunday 07
Please stop bashing The GIMP!
I'm sure most of you have heard of The GIMP. It's a completely free, open source image editing app. It's comparable to Photoshop and this is where I get annoyed. I realise that it's not going to have quite as many features as Photoshop or not look as polished. That's …
AprilApr 28 Saturday 07
The About Me Blog
There's not much to say really. I was born in Australia and lived there until I was four. I then moved to Laos and lived there for two years. Since then I've been lounging around in England.
I'm post-16 education at the moment studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics, …