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• Updates released for Kingdom of Riches http://bit.ly/ddpFBF #
• In all honesty, I could not give a damn about who wins an Oscar or not, I just want hollywood to make a fucking decent film for a change #fb #
• Mobile apps http://ff.im/-h7Vrh #
• i went to the zoo the other day this zoo only had one dog…it was a shitzu #
• Did you hear about the Italian Chef that died? He pasta way. #
• What's the ideal weight for a mother-in-law? About 2.3 pounds including the urn. #fb #
• I phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just went on and on. #fb #
• I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said "Analogue." I said "No, just a watch." #fb #
• I told my girlfriend I had a job in a bowling alley.. She said "Tenpin?" I said, "No, permanent." #fb #
• Oscars http://ff.im/-ha8tm #
• Noobs:… http://bit.ly/dyrCNh #
• Ok, need cheering up, tell me your jokes #fb #
• I just reached level 38. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy #
• Irrlicht http://ff.im/-hbvDZ #
• Noobs: This is a cool game and this is the only level http://www.random-good-stuff.com/game/game/this-is-the-onl/ http://bit.ly/9GXV9Y #
• Noobs: Lots of lovely time-wasting fun to be had here… http://www.kongregate.com/ http://bit.ly/9ZHeyn #
• Just seen a facebook expert on sky news. How the fuck did he get that job? Isn't anyone who can type a facebook expert? #fb #
• Gas Cuts, Feel special http://ff.im/-hdwPA #
• Cookie: For all that might not have noticed, PoxNora has been released into facebook.
  It is basically a turn based… http://bit.ly/9gSMK2 #
• I caught up on all my video podcasts but have 4 days of audio to go, need a life pause button to catch up #fb #
• Ogre http://ff.im/-hfkBn #
• Guess I should pull my finger out and do some real work tonight instead of playing this closed beta I'm in Nah! Who am I kidding? #fb #
• Blank http://ff.im/-hhzQ4 #
• Anyone know of any 3d engines suitable for an RTS/RPG run totally in the browser, flash or anything will do, found a few already #fb #pbbg #
• Found this one if anyone is interested http://away3d.com/ #fb #
• And this one http://unity3d.com/ not sure if this needs a separate browser plugin or something as the stuff looks too good to be true #fb #
• There is this one too, http://alternativaplatform.com/en/ #fb #
• If I could do it without flash I'd be happy as I'd like to support iphone/ipad or android (not sure if it supports flash) #fb #
• This article lists a few but flash, http://ntt.cc/2009/10/31/9-excellent-3d-engine-for-flash-flex-as.html #fb #
• I've made it to 19th february on my podcasts, "slowly slowly catchy monkey", sorry @Herring1967 don't sue me, I've been watching the DVD #
• There's a book on ebay "Beginning Flash Game Programming for Dummies" should I shouldn't I buy it, do I want to learn flash… #
• My crap old phone now tweets #
• I won 3 days of free texts today, so I thought I'd set my mobile up to send tweets, so I can pester you all even when not at home, haha! #fb #
• Hey, I could tweet you while I'm having a dump, cool #fb #
• I really miss the old computer magazines, such as "Your computer" etc. I know we have the net now, but its not the same as how I learnt #fb #
• Ideas http://ff.im/-hjeVW #
• Everyday this week I seem to have found some little indie flash game that has sucked time out of my day, wonder what I'll find today #fb #
• Eeeew! Just had a new follower called "random brownies" was that in response to my post about txting from the toilet #fb #
• Feels strange to not have a teenager scowling at me from the sofa. #fb #
• I was told earlier that I should not comment about things people have not yet heard about. So old news only, Mmmm let me think… NO! #fb #
• DRM, who’s the criminal http://ff.im/-hlnJj #
• RT: @bengoldacre if norovirus is airborne, shld infectioncontrol nurses advise everyone working in a hospital to set light to their farts? #
• MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform http://ff.im/-hluIH #
• The Future Is Here: Jetpacks Now Commercially Available http://ff.im/-hluLB #
• Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too http://ff.im/-hluPH #
• Donations accepted for my own personal jetpack, @ $86,000 to go #
• Runic Games 'putting serious effort' into console Torchlight http://ff.im/-hlvHx #
• .@Majik A really great woman I know #
• Its a vision and as such it takes a while to become fully focused, it takes time, give it a chance, that's all I ask for. #fb #
• Little things http://ff.im/-hn0lm #
• Awake! Ok so up that's more honest. Coffee then awake, satisfied now! Wow! Always so confrontational in the morning #fb #
• That time again @Majik @The_Sock_Puppet @VorlessChaos @emivanbuuren @andytuk @Kokaro @tjgillis @galaxynews (<–german) #ff #followfriday #
• Have 12 cans of guinness going to celebrate the green day early, maybe just maybe I can forget I ever had a family in a Wednesbury scum hole #
• Kicking off the weekend with some Irish Rock, appropriate for the celebrations I think. Emerald – Thin Lizzy, classic. #fb #
• .@Majik That's because your a secret bag lady #
• .@gmxmail not been able to collect my mail by pop3/imap or log into the mail site, when is this going to be fixed please, thanks #
• .@gmxmail Its working again now, thanks for your help #
• Walkies http://ff.im/-hoU2Z #
• That's another family film night over, or as it should really be known now, Simon Pegg night as that seems to be who we watch most of #fb #
• Coffee #1 consumed, am I ready for the world… Nah! Coffee #2 I think. ttyl #fb #
• Coffee #2 made, now lets see what fucked up things the world has been up to in the name of imaginary gods while I've slept #fb #
• James Dobson: A Legacy of Hate http://ff.im/-hrdK7 #
• Play Your Favorite DOS Games in XP, Vista, and Windows 7 http://ff.im/-hrhz8 #
• Error'd: Nobulation Fail http://ff.im/-hrlnM #
• Back from walking with the family from Tywyn to Aberdovey, knackered now but it was worth it, lovely day out with all attending for once #fb #
• The tech industry pundits need to understand, most facebook users DON'T care about privacy, they only use their accounts to play games (1/2) #
• I joined spymaster and have gained about 50 extra friends, not one posts pics, status messages, they just play games and I see those (2/2) #
• Pundits in the industry think because they use fb in a certain way, that everyone else uses it in the same way, they don't, they play games #
• I know people that have more than 1 account just so that they can friend themselves to help them in the games, that's all they care about #
• In fact the same can be said here on twitter, I have seen people making multiple accounts so they can use them in spymaster and thats all #
• I know people who have never seen the fb or twitter websites only the apps on their mobiles #
• Tywyn to Aberdyfi walk – 13 March 2010 http://ff.im/-hsKYF #
• Uploaded a much better profile pic taken by my wife #
• I find myself concentrating on one social media place at a time. So if I don't post much here I'm usually posting of fb http://bit.ly/2WWi3q #
• Due to conflict of interest I purposefully did not watch the six nations today… But… Well done Ireland, you crushed them #fb #
• And now for the other side of my life. Commiserations Wales, I could not pick you as my team today but next game your mine again #fb #

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Tags: aberdyfi, dunes, pill boxes, rocks, seaside, Tywyn, walk

Was a nice day so we went for a little walk. My wife takes some fantastic photographs and my favourite of the day was this one

Isn’t that a great view, the bench just shows you the sort of view we had. We sat up there for quite a while talking about things, watching the town go about its business below. Priceless. The only thing missing was a few cans of beer, but I had the best lady in the world by my side so who needs beer. (Wow! Did I say that out loud, lol)

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One of the biggest complainers about bit torrent downloading of movies, the company that cracks down and sues more than any other, in fact the company that changed most countries copyright laws, is Disney. They hate illegal down loaders, and I understand that, I get that also a lot of game companies hate them for similar reasons, they cannot continue to provide us with the best quality movies and games if people steal their work.

The problem is though when they try to fix this problem is they punish the wrong people. If I buy a Disney DVD from the shop, bring it home and put it on to settle down with my daughter to watch it, I get a warning about piracy, then about 2 minutes maybe more of adverts for future releases, then another warning about piracy or even a advert showing me the dangers of piracy, yet I paid, I bought the DVD, I didn’t steal anything, I did the legal thing.

If I had downloaded that movie from a bit torrent site, I’d have been able to watch the movie, without the ads, without the warnings, without the don’t steal or else stuff everywhere. I’d just watch the movie and that’s an end to it. So where is the incentive for me to continue buying their movies if they are going to reward the pirates and punish me for paying.

The same with the games industry, if I torrent a game I add a key or something and bam, I’m playing. If I pay I have to wait for my game to be checked to be sure its legit, I can only install it a certain number of times before it won’t allow me anymore, and in some cases I cannot use the game if the DRM server is down. The pirate though gets none of this, they get to play when they want any number of installs.

They really need to find a better way, stop punishing us legitimate users who time after time pay for stuff only to be screwed over by stupid DRM methods that punish us and not the pirates.

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So I sat down in front of my PC and fired up wordpress to type this blog. Wasn’t sure what I was going to write about but I did it anyway. In fact I still don’t know, I’m totally blank, but at least I have words spilling out of my fingers, so any block that may be there is temporary, or terminal, which ever you decide first.

Did a little work on the server files today, wasn’t sure if I could make any difference, but so far my changes seem to have made the performance a little more consistant. The server has been running now for a good 18months with a few service restarts etc but like all things OS it starts to slow down after a while as the clutter piles up. Hopefully its sorted now for a few months. I still have a website of stuff I can still try, which I will later today just to see.

There I did have something to write after all, phew!

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