So I just received Deus Ex 2 - Invisible War through my letter box after having bought it on eBay for the ultra bargainous £2.50 including postage. I almost felt sorry for the seller. Unfortunately I won't be able to play it for a little while yet. It is generally known to not run on Linux but that isn't the problem. Even on Windows, it wouldn't ( Read more... )

I've been hooked on OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe) recently. I haven't played a game as much as this for ages. I started it on the hard skill level. At first, it was pretty tricky. Money was very tight. But after 25 game years of playing, I have just powered waaay ahead of the competition. The performance graphs show it. Things really took off ( Read more... )

I just found out that one of my favourite games of all time, Transport Tycoon Deluxe, was rewritten as an open source project for Linux (among others) over a year ago. I can't believe I didn't know that. I'd tried several times to get the Windows version running under Wine but never managed it. This game isn't even all that easy to get working ( Read more... )

For those of you who think this dvorak thing is a stupid idea, the reason I am doing it is because I type a hell of a lot and sometimes I have felt the onset of repetitive strain injury. That's one thing I really don't want. I noticed immediately that my hands move a lot less while using this layout and once I get the hang of it, I'm sure they'll ( Read more... )

About a year ago, I learnt about an alternative keyboard layout called dvorak after the guy who invented it. I discovered the story behind it tonight and decided to try it. Yes I have totally rearranged my keys and am typing veeeeeeeery slowly. It's a really humbling experience!! So why? I could explain but it would take too long to type. Read the ( Read more... )