http://www.richardswinburne.net Richardswinburne.net Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:06:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Ooo it looks so pretty". That's such a terrible argument - how can you design a game that plays perfectly through 90% of it then have to turn the visuals down to a fraction of what it was on the last mission because some level designer got carried away and ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/151 http://twitter.com/Bindibadgi Add me if you like and let me know yours :-) http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/149 After chatting to a few mates who are also (coincidentally) trying Boxee one of them let me in on the XBMC port to Linux: http://speedbump.ws/?p=31 So ill try it later/soon and let you know! Thanks, John. EDIT: And the Windows Alpha: http://xbmc.org/download/ Yay! http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/145 The process of Ubuntu-ising a system was.. rewarding yet painful. The automatic update facility is exceptionally efficient, yet, everything feels limited compared to Windows because I either can't find it or work out how to do it. You don't just download and executable and run it, you have to sacrifice ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/143 I'm fed up with Vista MCE and it's bullshit "one size fits all". I want customisation, I want better network navigation not "watching folders". Even the standard options are just plain wrong - you don't bury video library as a sub-option behind picture library? I don't see how Microsoft could be ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/136 Firstly, I'm referencing the Intel blog of Intel Product Manager and Engineer, Aaron Brezenski, here about the Intel DG45FC G45 motherboard. Mr Brezenski calls his board "a thing of beauty", but I have to disagree, in fact - I strongly adstain from calling any motherboard Intel makes "good looking". The fantastically ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/133 Apart from the opening ceremony which I want to watch in HD, I can't understand the desire to watch people who can throw stuff or run fast. Why is the Olympics so concerned with physical attribution and not mental? We do have the Nobel prize but that is awarding a ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/131 No TV license for me! That's a nice £100+ saving. Not that my housemate and I miss TV at all mind, but we still watch iPlayer which is TV license exempt - only things streamed in real time require a license and the iPlayer is post-aired content. Win! We use a ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/127 I've been wanting to make this for the last week, but fate has been set against me: Firstly we ran out of milk Then we ran out of eggs Then the banana's went too bad so I had to chuck them Then I went to get eggs but the corner shop didn't have any Yesterday ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/125 I updated Wordpress and changed the theme to include new widgets, finally getting my Flickr pictures on here! Also, I updated it for Joe since he apparently checks this daily and must be completely bored with the same old shit by now. http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/123