Or more specifically pay whatever you think it’s worth – for this week at least. I’ve got the WiiWare version, and have to say that it is a great game – well worth the full asking price. If you don’t …
Read moreA few follow-ups
Just a quick follow up on some earlier posts: • British sci-fi Primeval, which finished with a cliffhanger and was then cancelled, has been brought back from extinction. It may not be the best programme in the world, but there’s …
Read moreAnother DVD Menu Fail
Having finally got to the episode selection screen on a DVD at the weekend, I was presented with a rather confusing screen. I wanted to watch the second episode, but what I saw was this: Episode Title Episode Title Episode …
Read moreMigrated from Windows to Linux
I’m the first to admit that I’m more comfortable in a Linux environment than Windows (or MacOS for that matter). It’s the little things that add up to create a faster, better workflow for me. Virtual desktops, focus-follows-mouse and autoraising …
Read moreDVD Menu Overkill
Previously in My Green Life… ‘I own a lot of DVD box sets…’ ‘…tediously animated DVD menus…’ ‘Worse still are those that drop you straight into a graphical “chapter selection” screen…’ Thank goodness I managed to jump out of the …
Read moreSpoiler Alert!
I own a lot of DVD box sets of various TV programmes – some of them long-running affairs spanning several years when originally broadcast, and featuring characters who leave, return, leave again, and crop up for the occasional surprise appearance. …
Read moreXUL Developer Wanted (UK)
The company I work for is looking for another XUL developer to work on remote XUL front-end code. The job posting is copied below, if anyone’s interested in applying: We are looking to employ a XUL developer to work on …
Read moreDell Linux FAIL
I was helping a friend spec a new Linux netbook today – a Dell Mini 10v. In the process I went through the page-by-page configuration steps on Dell’s UK website, even though many of those pages didn’t actually offer any …
Read moreDo you like Kipling?
The correct answer to this question is, of course, “I don’t know – I’ve never kippled.” But hoary old chestnuts aside, there are two Kiplings of note here in the UK. The first – Rudyard Kipling – was an author …
Read moreWanted: Monitor IN, keyboard/mouse OUT
I have an arcade cabinet, connected to a computer running MAME via a JPAC adaptor. During the BIOS boot screen, the display is too garbled to read. That used to be fine, because it just booted with no problems. Now, …
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