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On the fly: Metal Gear Solid 4
Another belated review. After some scathing reviews from friends and the prospect of movie length cutscenes in between brief moments of actual gameplay I couldn’t bring myself to play this for a long time, even though the game was critically acclaimed. I also haven’t played Metal Gear Solid since the first release on the PS1 [...]
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Media Consumed June 23rd
Haven’t really been watching much TV lately. Just been re-watching through some old episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Even on a second viewing it’s still very good, however I don’t feel like reviewing each individual episode. I will say this, even though the show is over 20 years old at this point it [...]
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Little pleasures #8: Toasted Ham, Cheese & Onion
To me, this is sandwich perfection. Every now and again during the week myself and my better half don’t want to go through the trouble of making a complicated dinner so we want something quick, filling yet enjoyable (I hate eating just for the sake of it). Toasted ham, cheese & onion sambos is it, [...]
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Another 15 Addictive Online Games
Following on from my previous 2 posts, here is another 15 flash games to burn some time online with. Hopefully ...
15 More Addictive Online Games
Further to my previous post where I recommended 15 Addictive Online Games, here is another 15 flash games that I've ...
15 Addictive Online Games
Here's a list of 15 online games I've saved links for over the past while. There's pretty much something here ...
Media
Media Consumed June 15th Bit of a belated update. Haven’t really been watching much of anything lately except for Star Trek: TNG so didn’t feel like doing a synopsis of each episode of such an old show. Anyway here’s what I’ve been watching.
TV:
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 1: Just finished season 1 of Star Trek. A [...]
Games
[Prototype] I have a subscription with a game rental company here in Ireland where I basically build a queue of games that are soon to be released and they send me them when they come in stock. However, I very rarely get a game on the day of release due to demand. The game [prototype] was [...]
Tech and the Net
Damien Walters Parkour Skills Ever since I heard about Parkour a few years back I’ve found it excellent to watch. Since its boom in popularity it’s shown up in a number of movies (Casino Royale, District 13… etc). On the internet though most of the videos that will pop up will be of people failing at it or biting [...]
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Little pleasures #7: The Dyson Airblade Being an engineer by education I guess I tend to see the form and function of objects first, and nothing pleases me more than an invention that effectively accomplishes both. An invention that innovates and makes something better while retaining a form that is pleasing to the human eye.
At a recent expo, unrelated to engineering, I needed to use the facilities and found they had removed the old hot air hand driers and drag down towel dispensers with a Dyson Airblade. The name sounds pretentious and overly markety (Bill Hicks would have a field day), but it’s function more than makes up for this.

