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The new generation of consoles - and a bit of a review of the strategies used by Sony and Microsoft
Given we've got a new console generation coming up, it's been interesting watching how the two companies set out their stall. Microsoft, it seems, can't walk for tripping over their own feet - it's just been one bit of 'bad' news after another. First it was the news about how/whether you could lend your games to friends (you can, but it's a lot ( Read more... ) -
An amusing little side story...
Went into Lloyds to transfer some money between accounts sharpish and ended up chatting(flirting?) with the (cute) Polish lady behind the counter. When I mentioned I was off to Cuba, her response was "Isn't that dangerous?". "Well," says I "not really - I used to live in the Middle east and I live in London. Can't be worse than that ( Read more... ) -
Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
Originally posted by frelling_tralk at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.
As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more ( Read more... ) -
*sigh* The youth of today.
Someone I know at the office insisted that the Michael Bay Transformer films were better than the original.
Honestly, Michael Bay wouldn't know a good Transformers film if it transformed in front of him and punched him in the face.
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Happy 4th of July
To all my friends from or in the temporarily held Rebel-held parts of the British Empire. -
Baaa...
I blame laumiere for this.
Oh, I heard it through the malakite.
Which song was this lyric from?
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Why I will never be a cat person.
Get home after late shift, watch a bit of Tv, then go to bed.
Get woken up an hour later by a cat batting me about the nose and meowing insistantly.
Cat then promptly vanishes, leaving me to clean up the untouched results of the hunt. If I'd been more awake, I'd have been wishing for a water pistol.