http://www.sonictempest.net the pointless musings of a strange recluse Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:42:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just saw this piece on the BBC website: Eat less meat to combat the effects of human activities on the global climate, says the UN's top climate scientist. Disclaimer: I'm a vegetarian. The scientist's position focuses mainly on greenhouse gas emissions without pontificating about the superiority of a vegetarian diet, which is good, ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/09/06/lay-off-the-meat/ It happens to be the 25th anniversary of GNU this month, and Stephen Fry, of all people, has put out a video explaining the promise of free software to commemorate the occasion. Mr Fry, contrary to what most might believe, is quite a techie, and an avid proponent of the ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/09/01/fry-on-free-software/ I spent most of the day at PAX today, since I'd never been to a gaming convention and there were a few games I wanted to check out. I actually didn't get to play too many of them (the lines were way too long for me to be standing around) ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/31/convention-tales/ ...of why I play the airblast Pyro in Team Fortress 2. The backburner can be great fun in pure ambush play, but the ability to just run up to a control point and BLOW PEOPLE OFF IT is just too awesome. Bonus points if said point is suspended ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/29/a-brilliant-example/ Here's last month's edition. Games that have been knocked off the list due to completion: Devil May Cry 4 - Beat it on Devil Hunter, although honestly I don't think I'm really done with it yet. I can't say that I've really mastered any aspect of the game (except maybe Nero's Devil ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/27/the-list-of-doom-august-edition/ Amazon is going to be having PS3 deals all day today (August 27th), starting at 12am PST for the big daily deal and then lightning deals every four hours starting at 6am PST. Just a heads up in case there's some PS3 game or accessory that you've been on the ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/26/heads-up-and-something-to-look-at/ Somehow in the space of two hours I have managed to not only leave my cell phone at work, but fill my apartment with smoke. How did I manage the latter, do you ask? Why, I cooked some instant noodles! In the microwave. Without adding water first. Do you know what you get when ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/25/i-m-smrt/ As you've probably noticed by now I've made the layout a bit wider, mainly so that the comment threads don't get squashed smaller and smaller as more people reply. They still get compressed, but now it's not nearly as much of a problem. I've also added a new banner, which ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/23/stretching-is-good/ So it was looking like while Kyoto Animation will be working on Tonari no 801-chan after Clannad: After Story wraps up, the fans of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu were going to be left out in the cold yet again. Well, according to Zepy, it looks like we might get a ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/22/%e3%81%ab%e3%82%87%e3%82%8d%ef%bd%9e%e3%82%93/ Valve is holding its third Team Fortress 2 free weekend this upcoming weekend - I would strongly encourage anyone with a decent PC to check it out. It's easily become my favourite multiplayer pastime. On top of that, it looks like they've been giving out guest passes for the game, ... http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/21/free-weekend/