Ciarán Walsh

Tweets on 2010-03-10

Ciarán — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Loving Heavy Rain. It really draws you in. Still haven't got used to which face buttons are which, so the action sequences could go better! #
DSpace 1.6 early adopters: http://tr.im/RdHb #

Tweets on 2010-03-10

Ciarán — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Loving Heavy Rain. It really draws you in. Still haven't got used to which face buttons are which, so the action sequences could go better! #
DSpace 1.6 early adopters: http://tr.im/RdHb #

Tweets on 2010-03-08

Ciarán — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Really enjoyed Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland last night. Great performances all round. Would go see it again, but preferably in 3D. #

Tweets on 2010-03-08

Ciarán — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Really enjoyed Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland last night. Great performances all round. Would go see it again, but preferably in 3D. #

Tweets on 2010-03-07

Ciarán — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Why did Nissan design the Murano so that to change a bulb you have to come up through the wheel well? In the end it wasn't that hard #
Would have liked to be at #wordcamp in Kilkenny this weekend, but other commitments meant it wasn't possible. Maybe next time #
Seriously Bendtner, learn how to score from 6 yards out for goodness sake!!! #

Tweets on 2010-03-05

Ciarán — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

A busy week here at Enovation Solutions. We deployed a #DSpace v1.6 upgrade for Trinity College Dublin's archive (http://www.tara.tcd.ie). #
Also spent last two days planning a new #DSpace 1.6 implementation for a new client with 6000+ users worldwide. #

Tweets on 2010-03-04

Ciarán — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

OMG – jetpacks in Halo: Reach MP? http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=17828 #
RT @PaulDHampton Case study on how mobile operator 3 used #Alfresco http://bit.ly/anit2H (Enovation Solutions) << That's us #
#bungie http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=25010 Halo:Reach MP video available in HD from Bungie.net #
Heavy Rain really is very, very good. There are occasional graphical glitches, but they are the only thing wrong with it #

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer analysis

Ciarán — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:04:59 +0000

Bungie have just released the “MP bomb” that Marcus Lehto referenced yesterday – it’s a trailer showing some multiplayer action from the Alpha build of Halo: Reach, and it shows of some new features we’ll see in the public Beta in May. You can read about it and download HD versions direct from Bungie.

I’ve stepped through the video frame-by-frame and came up with the following observations:

00:13 – 00:15 From the Loadouts bit, I think it’s clear that jetpacks, active camo, and sprint are all armour abilities.
Also looks like the radar shows you the name of the area you’re in e.g. “Slipway” (00:15) , “Yard” (00:21) – should help with team communication
00:22 The bit where the Spartan survives the Ghost ram, looks to me like the Spartan does some kind of power punch to the ground or something that kills the Ghost? As kidtsunami points out on the HBO Forum the movement of the Spartan is very reminiscent of the action in the Halo 3 CGI trailer where Master Chief triggers the bubble shield
The Covenant weapon at 00:48 looks like a plasma grenade launcher or rocket launcher with tracking projectiles
Human grenade launcher at 1:03.
You can see the armour ability icon “recharging” the jetpack ability at 1:05 – a small circle around the icon.
1:09/1:10 some kind of new gametype where you have to blow up the generators? It’s marked with a “C”, and it’s definitely called a “Generator” in the text that comes up when you blow it up. A Territories variant?
1:12/1:13 – Phantom airstrike taking out the tank?
1:16 is definitely some kind of Covenant equivalent of the Spartan Laser.
1:17 you can see “Revenge” come up as he headshots the guy – is this a new medal?
1:20 – DMR looks like one head shot kills.
Looks like the Covenant Laser is back at 1:23 (top-left, targeting the tank).
1:24 Guy that lands beside the “May 3, 2010″ shoots the human grenade launcher towards the camera

Conversation about the video is progressing in this thread on the HBO Forums

Tweets on 2010-03-03

Ciarán — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

RT @ryan Interesting: only three countries in the world don't use the metric system. Go 'merica! http://bit.ly/9PLaVn << Luddites! #
Halo: Reach Dev Blog: http://bit.ly/dg940O via @addthis << whoa, wonder what the "MP bomb" could be? #
PlayStation Network Service Restored http://shar.es/mXz49 << Looks like the "sit tight for 24 hours till the date changes" was the "fix" #
But seriously Sony, how hard is it to work out that 2010 is _not_ a leap year? It's not exactly a hard algorithm #
Fascinating stuff, looks like Apple are going after Android via HTC & patent infringements. How will Google reply? http://tr.im/Qq9b #
OMG the Porsche 918 Spyder concept is beautiful, does 78mpg, but still has 500bhp & does 0-60 in sub 4 seconds!!! http://tr.im/Qqb1 #
Also love the subtle green accents on the 918, like the brake pads and the green "Spyder" on the back. Drool!!! #

Tweets on 2010-03-02

Ciarán — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Loving Heavy Rain so far. It sucks you in. PS3 is acting odd though, the theme got corrupted and the trophies don't want to sync. Odd. #
Heavy Rain's soundtrack is very atmospheric. Pity the download for the limited edition isn't showing up yet. And where can I play it? #
From @engadget: http://bit.ly/aRu4oA << Looks like the source of my PS3 problems #