http://www.richardswinburne.net Richardswinburne.net Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:12:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 Because before now we were using punch-cards. Our paper bill was huge, but at least our arses were always clean. Someone introduce them to the GUI, please. http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/121 It has not been a good fortnight for Creative and things started badly when Asus reverse engineered the “EAX 5 Advanced HD” into a new, free driver update for its Xonar soundcards, updating the DS3D GX engine to version 2.0. Asus basically spoofs the game engine into thinking it’s EAX ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/120 More games should feature two player co-op. Either single player or extra missions - going back, while at Uni my housemate and I played the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory co-op missions together on the original Xbox. It was so much fun, especially when things got a bit lad-ish and we ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/119 Honestly, the number of "broken records" and liquid nitrogen being thrown about is just a boring and pointless yawn-fest. I suppose it's always a crowd puller but no journalist will care. Save it for the days when the unwashed frequent the floor, please. Watch it once and it's cool, watch it ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/118 I dropped in on Enermax again last Friday with a load more power supplies - specifically interesting was the Corsair TX750 which turned out really well, as expected, although the VX550 wasn't as good. I still have to look at the results in greater depth though to be sure. The new ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/117 Yay I've not only got to move into a new place in two weeks but we've got to move offices next month as well, that'll be a laugh, hopefully we can find somewhere as nice as we have now. It's going to be good though - because we can start ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/116 I just got this press release through and the title states: CREATIVE INTRODUCES THE ZEN STONE AND ZEN STONE PLUS, WITH BUILT-IN SPEAKERS: MICRO BOOM BOXES THAT FREE PEOPLE FROM HEADPHONES. I can't stand companies that further destroy society, now I have to listen to some cock's music on the train with ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2008/115 So my parents cats sit opposite each other on the floor after an exhausting play session and just lay there hitting a cotton reel between them. Back and forth, back and forth, moving only the single arm each this thing rolls about two foot exactly from paw to paw. Absolute. Genius. Wish ... http://www.richardswinburne.net/2007/114