It's Good. It's Very Good!

Good morning to you all, or good evening if you're reading this in the evening.

With my memory issues resolved my computer is now behaving wonderfully. No problems since I changed all the settings, it seems to run faster (although that might just be my imagination) and is certainly far more stable. In fact it seems to be solid as a rock. Unreal Tournament has stopped randomly segfaulting in the middle of maps, even with all the settings maxed and so I played unhealthy amounts last night. It's wonderful to be able to play (probably) my favourite game of all time on my preferred operating system.

It's the way it should be really. I shouldn't have to use Windows to play a game that runs equally well on Linux. And anyone who says that Linux isn't designed for games needs dragging out into the street and shooting. Not literally you understand, merely metaphorically speaking. Dragging people out into the street and shooting them isn't in my nature. Linux makes a lovely platform for Unreal Tournament, no better and certainly no worse than Windows. In fact I am very tempted to buy UT2k3 too as that also comes with a Linux version. So does Quake, and Quake III. I'm not sure about Quake II although I'd be surprised if there isn't a version around.

And so now I think I shall purchase these games. It's always nice to have some games supported on Linux, and seeing as they're going to the trouble to release binaries for the system I feel I ought to support them and that way, hopefully, we will see more and more games being made available on Unix-like systems.

BMyCharity

I just made my donation to the Moonwalk as I only just found the email asking me to pay up in one of my lesser-used inboxes. After the payment had all gone through it gave me two numbers which I can use to identify myself with if there are any problems.

Berrrrlooody hell! How many characters is that? Um...32 characters! I can just imagine ringing them when I find £150 has gone from my account rather than £15.

* O = Operator, M = Me.

O: BMyCharity, how can I help?

M: Oh hi. I've just checked my bank statement and too much money was taken from my account.

O: Ok, can I take your reference number please?

M: Yeah sure... F

O: S?

M: No. F. F for Freddy.

O: Ok.

M: F44D6FFD...

O: F44B6FFB?

M: No. D. D for dog.

O: Is that one D or two Ds?

M: 2 Ds.

...and so on.

Finally, A Big Shaaaht Aaahhht

In true DJ stylee I agreed to give a shout out to Nathan in my blog. So, um, hello Nathan.

Funnily enough it turns out that my colleague Matt actually lives in the house that Nathan used to live in when he lived in Aberystwyth. Not only that, but it then transpired that he lives in the very room that Nathan used to live in! Weird, eh?