I had the opportunity to fly to Edinburgh on business yesterday and took a ScotAirways flight from City Airport, London to Edinburgh. City Airport itself is great: check-in is only half an hour before the flight, security is always very efficient (although still the same process as any other airport) and the airport staff are …
I’ve just discovered “Rekkaturvat (Truck Dismount)”, having already played the very addictive “Porrasturvat (Stair Dismount)”. Basically, you set up some initial conditions and try to injure a man as much as possible by crashing a truck. It’s extremely addictive and the physics simulation is excellent. Download Rekkaturvat here.
The Pope raised his ugly head again but luckily I was able to sort him out with sheer volume of troops. I have the advantage of a very large fleet occupying most of the meditteranean so I can ship troops into coastal regions very quickly. War with the English has started with my invasion of …
There’s been a bit of a debate on the forum at Freelancers.net about the Monty Hall problem. The crux of the problem is: There are three doors. Behind one is a car, behind the other two a goat. The contestant picks a door. One of the other doors is opened to reveal a goat. The …
It’s been an action-packed couple of days. The Sicilians rose from the ashes and I had to retreat to the castle and muster some more forces. The whole thing ended in a massive battle between my spearmen and archers and their heavily armoured knights. I had to keep my distance and pepper them with arrows …
I’ve dragged a few photos of The Gothic Temple from my phone: The dome: The gallery: The bathroom: Stowe gardens around the temple: Looking back at the temple from near the Palladian Bridge:
“Medieval, Total War” is the latest drain on my time. The PC game is fantastic. A quick rundown: take control of a medieval faction and try to conquer the whole of Europe. Gameplay is like a cross between Risk and Sim City for the strategic Europe-wide map part, and then you get to control your …
My band (Frankensteinway) is in its first music video. Not one with the highest production values, granted, but I’ve managed to get hold of a couple of screenshots: Myself (left) and Jason: Mark (left) and me:
A pretty good week for the team. We’ve gotten rid of Beattie and bought Roonie instead (definitely a bargain), and dumped Queudrue as he didn’t seem to be getting us many points and now Rio Ferdinand is in at the back. This gave us a few points in the Arsenal/Man Utd match last weekend, although …
Having just come back from a trip to Landmark Trust’s ‘Gothic Temple’ in Stowe I can absolutely recommend it. Staying in a temple in the middle of dozens of acres of National Trust grounds is fantastic. The temple has a triangular footprint wrapped around the central circular (domed) space with turrets at each corner of …