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GTA: Chinatown Wars

fx — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:51:39 +0000

Image via Wikipedia While it may be on a smaller screen, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is apparently much, much bigger than the two PSP GTA games Rockstar has put out. Studio president Gordon Hall uses the two PSP Grand Theft Auto games – which it developed – for comparison, saying “this game is far bigger.” According to [...]

Mirror’s Edge, I’m immune

docmoo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:41:22 +0000

Image by _Nia_ via Flickr I’ve been playing a bit of Mirror’s Edge lately after stealing it from fx, and something has hit me smack in the middle of my stomach - nothing. It doesn’t make me ill You might be wondering why this is such and important thing that I’m making a blog post about it. [...]

Top 2008 Games

fx — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:36:03 +0000

Image by Getty Images via Daylife My Broadband has an article about the top 10 games of 2008 according to metacritic (a review aggregation service), and the list is as follows Top 10 games according to Metacritic.com 1. Grand Theft Auto (PS3,Xbox 360, PC) 96% 2. Little Big Planet (PS3) 95% 3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the [...]

Simple Invoices is the solution to your invoicing needs

Ian — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:18:47 +0000

Are you running your own company? Are you still generating invoices manually using Excel? If so - Simple Invoices is a simple, community developed, free/open source, web-based invoicing system that can be easily installed on most webservers and will keep track of all your invoceing needs. If you dont have a webserver handy - no [...]

Server Issues

fx — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:41:25 +0000

We had some unfortunate server issues in the early hours of the morning (largely to do with WordPress making a mess of .htaccess) but are back up - sorry for the inconvenience !

Generic or Expensive Power Supply

fx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:48:30 +0000

Image via Wikipedia If you’ve ever been in the market for a PSU (power supply unit) then this will surely interest you - is it better to get a generic one or spend a little more and potentially save more in the long run. Slashdot linked to a techreport report on this subject with some interesting [...]

The Final Firefox 2

fx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:42:44 +0000

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown The last Firefox 2 release is now live and Mozilla (as well as I) are advising to simply move to Firefox 3. Apparantly some 20% of their users are using the older version though, and when they do go to update will be prompted with a warning: Firefox 2.0.0.x will be maintained [...]

One for the Dog Lovers

fx — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:29:07 +0000

Kaless on the forums has a post the dog lovers amongst us might enjoy – If You Can…. If you can start the day without caffeine; If you can get going without pep pills; If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains; If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles; If you can eat the same [...]

Uncharted 2 Screens!

fx — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:09:03 +0000

hunter from the Vault9 Forums has posted a whole bunch of screens on the Uncharted 2 discussion at the forums - if you’re a fan of the first Uncharted (like we are - its borderline a problem) you’ll want to check them out. I’ve attached what I think is the best one below - can’t [...]

[Quick Tip] Wikipedia on your Phone

fx — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:21:43 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Quick tip: Wikipedia has finally released a cell phone version of the enormous user-created encyclopedia at mobile.wikipedia.org. Also worth a mention is that its significantly faster than the regular website due to its cut-down content if you’re quickly looking for a definition. Related articles by Zemanta Wikipedia Website Now Available for Mobile Devices Wikipedia Finally Releases [...]