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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Vista Bootcamp

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Apple released an update to its Bootcamp software the other day - the thing that lets you boot Windows and other olde worlde BIOS-based operating systems.
This new version supports Vista, so I thought I’d give it a go properly (I’d previously used Vista without the Aero stuff.)
My machine is a MacPro 2.66ghz quad-core woodcrest doodah, [...]

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Zelda

Friday, March 30, 2007

I finished Zelda:Twilight Princess!
Excellent game, but I didn’t manage to find all the insects for wossname’s ball, only found 23 Poe souls, and I think there was a final sword skill that I should have mastered.
Unfortunately, when you defeat Ganondorf, you get treated to a lengthy end-sequence and credits, but no opportunity to go and [...]

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Sugar/Iron/Wood?

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Today is our sixth wedding anniversary and according to some sources, the traditional subject for a gift is “iron.”
Now I did order a new iron, but Amazon are being a bit tardy in delivering it, so I’m also taking my lovely wife to the Maldives for a bit of relaxation
According to Wikipedia, there are [...]

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Therapy and dream job

Friday, March 16, 2007

One of my favourite pastimes at the moment, and one that is highly therapeutic, is transforming into a Wolf and running around Castle Town during the day.
OK, so you need to have a Wii and be playing Zelda: Twilight Princess, and have the Master Sword (sometime after completing the lake-bed temple, IIRC).
So, yes, you run [...]

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Batteries :(

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Hmm, looks like the set of Panasonic AA cells that came with the Wii only last about 20 hours of Zelda + miscellaneous other Wii use.
Must get new batteries
[Update: 12 March
Am up to 40 hours in Zelda now and my new batteries are still going strong.
Not surprising really that Nintendo–supplied batteries would be rubbish]

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