Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
At the end of last year the exhaust on my bike accidentally separated from my downpipes because of rust, which was rather embarrassing. I was able to get some replacement pipes fitted quickly, stainless steel this time. After the new pipes were fitted I noticed the slightest of ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
EVE Online may be a skill-based system for character improvement, but it doesn't preclude gaining experience. The experience gained is of the more traditional type, learning from the mistakes and wisdom of others, as well as your own.
When I became a space cadet it was difficult to get an ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
After Sapphire took advantage of the Spirit of Competition and ventured in to Arathi Basin a few times, I took my rogue, Knifey, in to the battlegrounds on the last day of the competition. Quite a bit of PvP action was enjoyed, and I even won a gold medal ...
Posted in Gaming | Comments Off on The key to victory in Alterac Valley
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
My lovely kitty, Kenickie, has the hunting instinct in him. It was not long after he was introduced to the cat flap, and the wonder of the world outside, that he was bringing home captured prey. To start with, this prey was only dead leaves, perhaps catching his ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Esso staff have a few minutes ago denied serving me petrol unless I took off my crash helmet, ignoring protestations that I do, in fact, ride a motorbike, with some rather decisive empirical evidence. I'm not quite sure how taking off my crash helmet deters fuel theft, particularly as ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
I have picked up a bad but perhaps not unfair reputation of breaking something during pretty much every environmental test that I run. The reputation began quite early. When I first joined the environmental engineering group and was shown how to power on all the power amplifiers and ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
In a concentrated effort, I managed to run and complete my first level three mission, The Blockade, before it expired. It took buying and fitting a Drake battlecruiser, several retreats to recharge my shields and repair some scorch marks to my armour, and around 3,000 heavy missiles in total ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
It was quite exciting to find that my standings with the Caldari Navy had increased to the point where I could move on from my high quality level two agent to accept my first level three mission. The level three agent only enjoyed a quality level of -18, but ...
Posted in Gaming | Comments Off on Another consequence of trying to afford a Drake
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Having gained enough of a standing with the Caldari Navy to contact agents offering level three missions I accepted my first level three mission recently. I just as quickly warped out of my first level three mission, limping back to a station to repair extensive armour and hull damage, ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The packaging for the collected Columbo DVD box sets I bought recently leaves something to be desired. It looks like the individual series DVD box sets have merely had the internal cardboard sleeves repackaged in to a bigger external case. Not that there is anything wrong with this, ...
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