Tuesday, November 28, 2006 fh played our latest game in JoltCTFL v Stoner on Sunday night. The first map was Q3W3. We had Killy Aly and me attacking and Vin and Bubs in defence. Everything was going well and we were 4-0 up when Vin completely jinxed us by saying “easy 9-0″ on comms. We immediately lost a cap [...]
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 I got this powerpoint presentation by email – a series of photographs depicting some treacherous mountain roads in Bolivia.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 With their new album, Wincing the Night Away due to be launched at the end of January, The Shins have released a track, Phantom Limb, on mp3 for free download. You can get it here via the Subpop website.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 According to last month’s Second Life census, over 1 million people have immersed themselves into the virtual online world. No cannibal bloodelves, no diseased scorpids, no dancing gnomes going “choo-choo”, and no backstabbing undead shamans as they exit Booty Bay tunnel – Second Lifers get their thrills from enacting mundane everyday activities on their computer [...]
Monday, November 13, 2006 The Foot tipped us for promotion in his preview. Predicted End of Season Table: 1st stoner 2nd FH 3rd GRAND 4th LR 5th DX 6th – dRs Tonight we played DX! the old Belgian clan. A rust-driven bad decision on cp5 saw us held to a draw in the dying [...]
Friday, November 10, 2006 I’m happy with my new Eircom Broadband connection, but it’s not the reliable service that it used to be. Tonight I was knocked offline for a few minutes, as my router lost its connection for no apparent reason. I don’t have a particularly weak signal to noise ratio, and I’m not far from the exchange, [...]
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 With the midterm elections in the US in full swing, all eyes (well… some eyes) are once again on the shambles of e-voting as it buckles and crashes – as expected. RTE mentions “problems with electronic voting machines in a number of states, including Ohio, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida”. I expect we’ll be [...]
Thankfully we have been accepted into the upcoming season of Jolt Quake 3 Capture the Flag League. Our first game is on Sunday at 8.30 against familiar opposition, the Belgians Dimension X (DX!). The other teams in division 3 include: The LSR-heavy st0ner (minus their powerhouse sn0) Dutch team Last Resort The artists formerly known [...]
There is a very heavy hand marketing Borat, and I expect the jokes will get old very soon as a result. Hopefully Sascha Baron Cohen is planning something different, or has a couple of new characters in the works, because I would hate to see the impact of his humour lessened by over-exposure. But before [...]