A song a week?

A song a week?

A friend of mine is planning to write 52 songs in a year.
It sounds extremely challenging but I love the first three. He’s releasing them under a copyleft license.
Go for it Rob!

House of the Dead: Overkill

House of the Dead: Overkill

Wii, Duck hunt (Light gun), 6/10

When you buy this game you know what you’re going to get. And you get it. And yes, they went overkill on everything, especially the gore and the clichés and the bad language. The story is entertaining if you like Shaun of the Dead.
I like the gun shop – it [...]

Halo ODST

XBox360,FPS,4/10 – Sep 2009
I loved the TV series called “Firefly” and always thought it’d make a good computer game, so it seems Christmas had come early – Mal (Nathan Fillion), the Firefly captain is in the latest Halo game together with Jane (Adam Baldwin), and Wash (Alan Tudyk). I found the trailer REALLY exciting:

It was [...]

Making Linux friendly

We gave Fred (my father-in-law) a hand-me-down computer because his one is suffering from Windows rot and is unbearably slow. Our one comes with a catch… It has Ubuntu instead of Windows.
How do you make a Ubuntu computer easy to use?

Turn on Auto login
Remove all icons on the desktop, then add back “Internet” and links [...]

Cybernetic Cypher

Cybernetic Cypher

We have a cool new cat accessory. It’s a battery powered microchip activated cat flap. It works extremely well and I like knowing that other cats can’t get in and eat Cypher’s food.

Actually, you are wrong – The internet does need another cat picture.

Furnished Dining Room

Furnished Dining Room

We got some furniture for our Dining room. We now have a drinks cabinet (and a table, sideboard and book shelves):

Before:

After:

Although, it’s more of an office than a dining room now.

Frog Woes

The sight of a frog makes me feel sick so Kix found it funny that we had to edit a blog post that contained a real frog photo for a client of ours. Good phobia therapy?