Archive for March, 2006

March 16th, 2006

Bill Gates doesn’t get it

Bill Gates on the excellent OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, which aims to provide simple, reliable, low-cost computers to developing countries: “If you are going to go have people share the computer, get a broadband connection and have somebody there who can help support the user, geez, get a decent computer where you can [...]

March 13th, 2006

Enterprise ready

I liked something Jeff Waugh had to say yesterday: When someone says “not ready for the enterprise” (or similar context- and content-free assertions), what they actually mean is: “They never had to deal with this shit in Star Trek!” Posted here, but his blog is down as I write this.

March 12th, 2006

Handyman

Had a bit of an adventurous day today (well, not by ‘climbing Everest on a camel’ standards, but you know what I mean). Under the time-honoured Sod’s Law, Gran Turismo 4 came out on budget a week after I got GT3, so I picked up a copy. Came home to find it wouldn’t boot. Our [...]

March 6th, 2006

Driving

A few days ago I bought a copy of Gran Turismo 3 for my PS2, since it was only $12 second hand. (Yes, I know GT4 has been out for months now, but it still costs $60). I played it a bit on Friday and liked it but found it intensely frustrating to control, so [...]

March 2nd, 2006

I will show you my true power!!!

It occurred to me yesterday that I really need to cut down on my intake of crappy cliched ‘battle’ anime. When you start thinking in bad anime cliches (such as the topic, and ‘this guy is not bad! I must start to play seriously!’ and ‘this battle starts now!’) in the middle of a game [...]

 

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