General Chatter
Blogs, honesty and ego
I’m sat here at my desk desperate to write something. I desperately want to write; I just don’t know what to write about. Why do I even want to write? I am very bad at writing. I have this blog Read more…
Computer Games
Samphi Game Alpha
I stumbled across a cute little indie game over at Desura called Samphi. The game is in it’s Alphi so it is a little early to be passing judgement but seems very promising and I enjoyed having a 20 minute Read more…
Technology
Creating youtube intro clips, banners and thumbnails
I’m constantly amazed by the quality of content being created by teenagers on social sharing services. I’ve been following stories such as Twitch plays Pokemon on Tumblr and have been amazed at the quality of some of images being created Read more…
General Chatter
The house always wins
There are two books on my desk today. Book One: The Zero Marginal Cost Society The first book is a book that is doing the rounds in our department at the moment, The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jereny Riekin. Read more…
Computer Games
Subnautica: New game by Natural Selection Developers
I’m a big fan of the indie game Natural Selection 2 and the developer Unknown Worlds. Originally I think they were a group of modders who created the absolutely fantastic Natural Selection mod for the original Half Life. Following the Read more…
Computer Games
Installing Pokemon on Android based phones
Installing the old Pokemon games on your Android phone is pretty easy. I’ll leave moral judgement on emulation down to you. Some gamers claim that if you bought the original cartridge you are allowed to download the games; I won’t Read more…
Education
Cetis Conference 2014 – fringe activities
Registration has now opened on the Cetis site for the CETIS 2014 conference. From the Cetis site: Each year the Cetis conference provides a unique opportunity for developers, learning technologists, lectures and policy makers to come together to discuss recent Read more…
Technology
VHS effect on video and Ceefax slideshare presentations
I’ve always liked sci-fi that mixes new ideas with old technology, steam-punk and the such. I had the idea of mixing some current elearning trends with 80s technology and having been playing with techniques to make new things look old, Read more…
Data Analytics
Using Twitter to steal random conversations
During my experiments to compare different groups of users on Twitter, I decided it might be fun to borrow some of this code for my random storytelling project. The idea was simple, I’d steal random lines from Twitter, work out Read more…
Data Analytics
Sic Transit Privacy…Privacy Fades
Keep the noise on the line low; you don’t want to blow it. Shaking head to toe while your left hand hovers over the upload button, quickens the heartbeat, beats you straight to the fall. You don’t recover from an Read more…
