http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:36:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've completed two games to 100% this weekend, Lego Star Wars II and Lego Indiana Jones. For Lego Star Wars II all I had to do was to complete the Super Story modes on each film which basically means playing through the entire of the story mode again except you get ... http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk/2008/06/09/lego-games/ This is my opinion on the topic of a bill outlawing the possession of "extreme pornography" which is set to become law next week. Here's the BBC article Why does porn get a different set of standards? It's perfectly legal to show non-pornographic films which contain "an act which threatens or ... http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk/2008/04/29/a-double-standard-for-adult-content/ Here is a quick script I wrote for my dad so that when he logs in it will tell him if he's got any new messages. If it was anything other than a basic yahoo account (webmail only, no POP or IMAP) I could have used the mail-notification package #!/bin/bash #requires packages libnotify-bin, ... http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk/2008/03/23/yahoo-notification-script/ This week I decided to splash out a bit on a new PC for my parents. Their previous PC was a painfully slow decrepit Windows '98 install which took about ten minutes to boot and often the mouse would freeze up (meaning that I would have to save whatever document ... http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk/2008/02/10/new-pc/ I've found the secret to defeating songs in Guitar Hero III on expert mode... and it is more entertaining than watching someone else play i.e. if you've only got one guitar controller. You need three people, one for the strumming and whammy bar, one for the top three buttons (green, red, ... http://blog.gemmapeter.co.uk/2008/01/06/guitar-hero-iii-expert-mode/