Am I Losing My Geek?

By Ben, on February 26th, 2010%

A week or so ago I got a notification in Google Reader that Sian was following me. I’m following her and Michael now despite that fact that I have no clue how I’m supposed to follow anyone (I could only do it after it gave me the option because they followed me).

So I thought maybe it’s . . . → Read More: Am I Losing My Geek?

That ‘New Undies’ Feeling

By Ben, on February 25th, 2010%

Yesterday I was thinking about some of the things Oui and I need to do before we leave Thailand, one of them being buy new clothes. I instantly thought of underwear because I need some new ones, which lead me to thinking about the experience of wearing a new pair of undies. I’m not talking about any . . . → Read More: That ‘New Undies’ Feeling

Last One, I Promise!

By Ben, on February 24th, 2010%

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Yet More Assassin’s Creed 2

By Ben, on February 23rd, 2010%

I’ve been reading a lot about how Ubisoft’s new DRM which will first be rolled out in Assassin’s Creed 2 is designed to combat piracy but I think people have it wrong.

Everyone knows that such a massive change would piss of their customers and be completely ineffective, even Ubisoft (they’ve acknowledged that it will be cracked). . . . → Read More: Yet More Assassin’s Creed 2

More Assassin’s Creed 2

By Ben, on February 22nd, 2010%

Generally when a PC release is delayed after a console release we’re given something extra to compensate. For Assassin’s Creed 2 we have to wait longer for DRM that noone wants which forces us to constantly be online or the game will be interrupted (and sent back to the last checkpoint). We get the two pieces . . . → Read More: More Assassin’s Creed 2

I’m Ashamed of Myself

By Ben, on February 21st, 2010%

Last night I stayed up until 3am reading about different SSD’s (Solid State Drives) and basically drooling over getting a new PC when I’m in Sydney. I was planning how I might organise my data, probably buying one big and very expensive SSD for my OS and programs while having a regular drive for my data, . . . → Read More: I’m Ashamed of Myself

Preparing Documents

By Ben, on February 21st, 2010%

Oui and I were each preparing our letters about our relationship tonight, which are required as part of the documentary evidence for his permanent residency visa application.

Thinking back to the circumstances of how we met it’s not unusual that people might consider our meeting to be destiny. I mean, if I hadn’t been walking to Pantip . . . → Read More: Preparing Documents

Internet Grammar Lesson #1

By Ben, on February 19th, 2010%

I’m as guilty as anyone for making grammar mistakes when writing something, at least mine are from constantly revising the text, but there seem to be regular mistakes I see that need attention.

lose != loose
lose [looz] verb, lost, los·ing.

-verb

to come to be without (something in one’s possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little . . . → Read More: Internet Grammar Lesson #1

Ubisoft DRM

By Ben, on February 19th, 2010%

If you hadn’t heard, Ubisoft will be releasing Assassin’s Creed 2 with restrictive DRM that will require you to be online at all times to play the game. If you go offline for whatever reason the game will pause and try to reconnect, at which time it will then send you back to your last checkpoint.

. . . → Read More: Ubisoft DRM

The Brains of the Family

By Ben, on February 17th, 2010%

My brother’s old CRT television miraculously died recently just after they’d bought a PS3 so he went out and bought a huge Sony HDTV that puts my puny 32″ (which I’m going to sell shortly since I’m leaving) to shame.

I’d forgotten that a lot of regular free-to-air television in Australia is in HD because of how . . . → Read More: The Brains of the Family

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