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Phantasy Star Offline
24 Nov 2006So I’m now about 4.5 hours into Phantasy Star Universe. Having received my pre-order copy a couple of days early, I’ve been playing the offline mode, as the servers haven’t been turned on yet. The offline Story mode is a fully fledged RPG, in the mode of a Final Fantasy, right down to having far [...]
Hurtling towards the weekend
In: diary
22 Nov 2006A quiet one coming up, probably a good thing as mrsfb isn’t too well today. Our options at the moment include going to see Casino Royale, or a long walk in the countryside. Given how cold it is, Bond is looking mighty appealling, but the long walk is the moral healthy choice. We could do [...]
High above Oxford
In: diary
14 Nov 2006For some time I have been meaning to go up Carfax Tower in Oxford to take some photographs. It is an old clock tower right in the middle of Oxford, and is one of the key tourist attractions I have never got around to doing. So I thought I would take advantage of the visit [...]
So what do I like about the 360?
In: diary
10 Nov 2006I was just considering that I’d had a moan about the 360, but hadn’t really talked about what I do like so far. A lot, basically.
Wireless controllers are probably the biggest improvement. They are comfy, and you just are not restricted to where you sit anymore. Love that. Also with the headset attached (which is [...]
First moan about 360 – No wireless drivers for the PC
In: diary
8 Nov 2006Only a little moan though, generally still happy with it. However, one of the things that appealled to me about the 360 was that you can use the controller with the PC as well. Well it turns out that is only if it is a wired controller. No worries I thought, I’ve bought the play [...]
Ghost Bus and Ungrateful Cat
In: diary
7 Nov 2006A couple of incidents to report. Last night it was extremely foggy, so much so that even walking through the underpass, there was fog forming inside the tunnel. Very eerie walking to the bus. When it arrived, I almost missed it as it was so quiet. It was a really old bus for Oxford, single-decker, [...]
Getting More Done
In: diary
6 Nov 2006I’ve started using something approaching a Getting Things Done philosophy for organising myself. I read the book during our Isle of Wight holiday, and it is very useful. I’ve now got a calendar (Google Calendar in fact) in which I am organising all my tasks to do personally, In/Pending/Out trays for all our mail and [...]
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- graemehunter: There are, that was working as one before, but I think google changed something a while back, and I [...]
- Pierre Marshall: I tried getting to that wave ID through this: [...]
- flotsky: True, actually getting my hands on one may make me more interested. However I'm prepared to try [...]
- anthonyhibbert: I'm the same though I dare say I'll cave in before you. I have a feeling playing with one wi [...]
- daveyboy98: Received a mailing from Mr Little today 25/01/10 Neatly folded , stapled letters to Tony Blair, Hous [...]