Lots (and lots) of play on this today. It’s one of those games where I can’t really explain too much about what I’m doing in case I spoil anything, as far as the main storyline goes anyway. I did a few missions for Mikhail, completing his bit of the story, a couple of jobs for Little Jacob (whose accent is bloody amazing), and a couple of jobs for Brucie. Also dated Michelle a couple more times and, er, “made it” …
I got word yesterday that mon visage would be gracing the backs of buses in and around Kings Lynn from this morning. It’s very strange to think that a larger-than-life-size me will be gurning at drivers as they’re stuck in the daily Edward Benefer Way traffic jam. I’m sure they’ll appreciate the scenery. I’ve also had a mention on the UEA press release, which means I might get newspaper inches too. How very exciting!
We got a couple of Philips Freevents 11NB5800 laptops at work this week, and they’re actually very nice. Of course, they come with Vista installed, so we had to remove that. Problem #1 There are no XP drivers for the Freevents 11B5800. There’s nothing in the box (not even a Vista restore disc), and Philips have no mention of any of their laptops on their website. In fact, outside of PC World’s online store, the Freevents doesn’t appear to exist. …
The pay machine on my bus broke as I got on, so the driver said my trip was free. Aces! That’s two quid more to spend on beer…
On my way into work this morning, there was one of them mobile speed camera vans on the side of the road. That particular stretch of road has a 60mph limit, but due to the lorry a few vehicles in front, no-one was going faster than 50. In fact, very rarely can you go 60 there anyway – and certainly not at that time in the morning. So why then, did one of the cars in the convoy decide, presumably …
We moved sideways to let a lorry through. Driver quipped that he had Wiis to deliver. Ha. Stop Press! First person out with one!
Having fiddled around with WinUAE (an Amiga emulator for Windows) a little this week, I realised that I probably still had a load of stuff I’d like to have another look at, and maybe archive properly, on my old Amiga 1200. It’s been stuck up in the attic, unused for the last 6 or 7 years, and I wasn’t sure it was even going to work. The plan was to get the information off the hard drive using either a …
I’ve now completed all of the “new” 150cc cups! Some of the tracks are pretty tricky to win, especially if the front two drivers happen to be heavy characters like Donkey Kong, Wario or Bowser. They can spin you out just by ramming you, which isn’t nice at all. I’ve also done the first Retro Cup on 150cc too. Only three left to go!