http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog A website. With stuff on it. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:44:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So following a four day email ping pong match with EA's support chimps, they have closed my case as resolved by telling me to stop running the game on two video cards, stop running it on two cores, and stop running it on my sound hardware, and if I get ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/09/12/spore-sucks-ea-suck-more/ Ok. It doesn't suck. But I'm not a happy bunny with it at the moment. I actually started writing a mostly positive and enthusiastic review and was going to bitchslap some of the naysayers that seem determined to hate the game... but then Spore kindly corrupted my game saves and I ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/09/11/spore-sucks/ Aside from being pissed off at Caligari - who are owned by Microsoft, btw, and I'm perpetually pissed off at them, so I suppose piling new hate on them doesn't make any difference - I'm pissed off at Mozilla, too. I installed Firefox 3, which initially seemed great... except it ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/07/24/mouse-clickingdoesnt/ Along with all the video courses. And that really, really, really pisses me off. Because it's just about exactly one year ago that I dropped $700 on buying it - and then discovered  the gaping flaws in it that essentially negated my reason for buying it in the first place. I ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/07/24/truespace-76-is-now-completely-free/ Anyone got any good experiences of any UK broadband providers? I was with Virgin, who are fucking shit. And then I moved to BT. Who are even more fucking shit. So any suggestions for my next move appreciated! http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/04/15/uk-isp-that-actually-works/ Sometimes, venting on a blog pays off! Following my last rant, the manager of my local SpecSavers called me to offer his apologies and a new and free pair of glasses.  It seems head office got involved and were interested to know about their spontaneously imploding lenses. Supposedly they have no ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/04/09/well-whaddaya-know/ Or: SpecSavers... Blindingly Good Value! Yeah, I could have had fun with a title for this, although the content is far from amusing. Like many people, I wear glasses. That might well be something to do with sitting at a computer monitor for most of my waking day. Which is also ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/03/18/specsavers-maybe-youll-save-money-maybe-youll-lose-an-eye/ Hey. I've been playing around with the mission editor in Hunting Unlimited 2008. If you have it, by all means have a go at them! :) Hunting Unlimited 2008 User Missions http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2008/03/10/hunting-unlimited-user-missions/ In a new series, I'll be giving you tips on how to take advantage of ridiculous company policies to screw with people! Know someone who runs a Cafepress store? Want to f**k them over? Maybe you're a Cafepress store owner jealous of another store's content? Maybe you don't know them at ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2007/11/20/fun-ways-to-ruin-a-cafepress-business-part-1/ So I've had a Cafepress account for, ooh, a week now for a site I'm working on. My second ever design included the word 'Caution' on a square yellow background, just like every caution sign you ever saw anywhere in the world. (It was actually incredibly specific, too. There's like ... http://www.wibwobweb.com/blog/2007/11/20/a-ridiculous-run-in-with-cafepress/