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Planning My OS Reinstall

So, it’s time to reinstall my PC I think. There’s a few reasons for me to do this massive task:

I currently run 3 sets of 2 drives in RAID-0. *wince* (yes, it gave me around 1.5TB of workable space, but man, if one drive goes, all 600GB in that set goes)
I have got my Academic [...]

The National Museum of Computing

The Museum
On Saturday 26th, I made it along to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, in Block H to be precise. I’m aiming to volunteer some time before I apply to jobs, and also have an aim to sort some IGDA Preservation SIG work too.
The museum itself is in a pretty functional state [...]

First Sale Doctrine On Software

Interesting news for Americans, software can be resold under First Sale Doctrine. So it’s not a license to use software huh?

5 second films

Via Nodwick, I found the 5 second films site to be a good waste of time. Mainly watch this great video

HALFBY

HALFBY Music Video
HALFBY, or DJ Takahiro Takahashi has some very cool and stylish videos to go along with his tracks. I highly recommend watching the originals before the re-enactments! Very catchy, and thanks to Albino Black Sheep else I’d have never found these! Some tracks remix Beastie Boys samples too, in a rather cool way.
Recommended [...]

Om Nom Nom Nom

Om Nom Nom Nom

Helping the IGDA Game Preservation SIG

I decided to get involved more in the IGDA, since it is something worth putting my time in and will hopefully benefit everyone involved. After reading the Civilisation Gamasutra article, I was inspired to learn more about game preservation. Its a vital area of games in general, especially since console games become unplayable after a [...]

Girl Genius

Finally, the entire Girl Genius comic is readable start to end! Whew, what a read too, a really good comic.