Feb 28 2009
With all jobs, you find professionals with a preferred set of tools. A surgeon works best with a scalpal rather than a hammer; a carpenter with a plane rather than a bag of plaster mix. Sometimes, these tools come in different forms… a rubber mallet is still a hammer, but is better for jobs where … read more »
Feb 27 2009
The new flat has a kitchen with a door, which means we can shut it off from the cats and let the piggies get some exercise. So far, they’re absolutely loving it: In other furry news, we’ve finally started the cats on the litter kwitter again. What with one thing and another (waiting for the … read more »
Feb 26 2009
Just a minor update… the beta of BellaBlocks went out tonight for some private beta testing. Oh, and Rise of Nations worked in Wine but was dead slow. Gave up in the end, trying a VM. Ubuntu is pissing me off again. I swear I’m not going to let this bloody operating system win. Grr. … read more »
Feb 24 2009
When we moved to the new flat, I decided that I’d be setting up both my new and old laptops in my little ‘office’ so that I could run the Dell (Ubuntu) for my coding, any work stuff, browsing etc, and the old VAIO (WinXP) for gaming. However, the VAIO is not a gaming laptop … read more »
Feb 22 2009
One of the only downsides I’ve found so far about the new flat, is that the TV signal is total toss. We’ve spent evening after evening tweaking it, poking it, moving it, extending the pointy metal bits, turning it up and down (it’s got a booster thing) and it’s still buggered. We have a satellite … read more »
