Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 20th, 2008
After my less-than-salubrious start to EVE Online missions outside of training I started to get the hang of space combat. Even if the agent assigning me the mission assures me that it is a simple matter of warping in to a location, picking up something that has no reason ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
I woke up early this morning wondering if I had slept through the alarm or not. The sun was shining bright through my curtains and I couldn't remember if the radio had come on and I rolled over to go back to sleep or if I had woken up ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I got a bit caught up in EVE Online last night. Unfortunately, it wasn't because I was making such good progress. I got caught up because my ship kept on getting blown up.
I made contact with a couple of new agents after I had completed the Cash for ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Get some coolant for my motorbike.
Put the coolant in to my motorbike's system.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Taking advantage of the 14 day free trail of EVE Online, I downloaded the Mac-native client and logged in. I created my first character, picking my way through each step of the creation process as carefully as I could, having almost no knowledge of the game. I ended ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
One of the problems in City of Villains about being a Mastermind in charge of robots, instead of just my own actions, is that a certain amount of finessing and care is required in ordering the robots what to do. There generally isn't a problem until a mistake is ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
I had friends over for a Friday Film Night, which generally involves getting a take-away meal. This occasion was no exception, with a plan in place to order a curry between films. One of the early times that I hosted a film night I was a little embarrassed ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
I've mentioned a passing interest in trying the EVE Online MMORPG a few times, wanting to explore space and a sci-fi setting, but held back partly because of the PvP nature of the game and partly because of time constraints, what with playing World of Warcraft and City of Heroes/Villains. ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
It has been a couple of weeks since I got my new Denon AH-C551 headphones, and I have had a good opportunity to test them in a variety of conditions. Not everything is good, but there are far more positive aspects to them than negative. First, the negative ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
My progress in City of Villains is coming along nicely, and my crashes have become far less frequent since both the significant tweaks I made to the graphics settings as well as the minor change I made to the audio setting. I ran through a rather long mission with ...
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