Monthly Archives: September 2003

Enter Azureus

While I really like the concept of BitTorrent, the official client always hangs for me eventually (usually somewhen after 5 to 30min). I suspect it’s some sort of multi-threading / locking issue with Python (as I’m using a it on … Continue reading

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Peer Pressure

I’ve finally gone over to the dark side and gotten myself a mobile phone (Sony-Ericsson T610). Number on request…

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Put away that toothpick

“Soulcalibur II get!”

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Swamped

Got 102 email virus today in under three minutes. That’s not a good sign…

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Back in .DE.

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MSc done!

Oral exam went well, got my MSc with distinction… They seemed to like my dissertation. ^_^

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Professionally destroyed

Someone has invested a lot of time and effort to unravel the rankings in P.N.03. So Professional is officially better than Destroyer.

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Japanese Food

Went to Abeno Okonomiyaki in London today (next to the British Museum) to have lunch with Chris, Lindsey and Nick. I had an excellent time and the food was very nice. Next we strolled off to Chinatown, where some sort … Continue reading

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Colourful Grays

Something that no review of P.N.03 has mentioned is the lighting. It is very subtle but quite impressive. It seems that most surfaces are somehow specularly lit (most likely using environment maps). This creates some slight banding issues on gray-ish … Continue reading

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Who’s the Boss now?

Well, I’ve gotten it. The caveat is that you have to possess all of the “regular” suits before beating Alraune to obtain it.

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But…

Where is the bloody “Blackbird Suit”? I deserve it!

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It’s a shooter!

Got myself P.N.03 and “Skies of Arcadia – Legends” for finishing the dissertation on time. So far, P.N.03 is good fun (if you know what to expect) and I’m slowly getting to the stage where my playing looks nice (having … Continue reading

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