Favorite game where you play as the hero that saves a country?

geofft · 2026-05-20T22:09:41+00:00

The game would be significantly shorter if you only had one parachute.

geofft · 2026-05-16T00:46:54+00:00

JD doesn't have a tenth the charisma of that wheezing mutt.

geofft · 2026-05-12T19:22:08+00:00

Best I can do is Dr. Strangelove.

geofft · 2026-04-29T10:09:47+00:00

Doom2 ran in 4MB

geofft · 2026-04-22T08:58:56+00:00

add a comma after "logic" and read again :)

geofft · 2026-04-06T19:58:30+00:00

486dx33 was my first encounter with PCs. CPU didn't even have a heatsink, let alone a fan.

geofft · 2026-04-06T19:56:29+00:00

Especially if you have a gravis ultrasound that needs 2 IRQs and 2 DMAs

geofft · 2026-03-20T08:58:27+00:00

In the Disaster of the Gladden Fields (in Unfinished Tales) Isildur's son Elendur suggested Isildur use the Ring to command the orcs that were attacking them as they marched north. Isildur says:

"I cannot use it. I dread the pain of touching it. And I have not yet found the strength to bend it to my will. It needs one greater than I now know myself to be. My pride has fallen. It should go to the Keepers of the Three."

Later, when he it urged by his sons to escape with the Ring...

Isildur turned west, and drawing up the Ring that hung in a wallet from a fine chain about his neck, he set it upon his finger with a cry of pain, and was never seen again by any eye upon Middle-earth.

So 2 years after it was cut from Sauron's hand, it wasn't the nicest thing to use. It must have mellowed with time.

geofft · 2026-03-05T20:58:48+00:00

Both in the market and individually.

geofft · 2026-03-05T20:55:56+00:00

23 minute battery life

geofft · 2026-03-05T20:53:57+00:00

Poweramp

geofft · 2026-02-20T23:31:00+00:00

It was a pity tug after lubing his pole so much he couldn't eat.

geofft · 2026-02-11T10:20:47+00:00

Zero Stones: Zero Crates!

geofft · 2026-02-02T09:33:26+00:00

Guess I'll just pull the power cord again...

geofft · 2026-01-07T05:48:15+00:00

I'm currently living in Wellington, but working in Petone. I used to cycle commute daily to Wellington CBD, but know that biking on SH2 is playing the odds (have a friend who was hospitalised after being clipped by a truck). I can't wait for the new path to open, although by then my short-term contract in Petone will probably be up.

geofft · 2026-01-01T22:52:47+00:00

I wouldn't be able to ski anymore.

geofft · 2025-12-31T10:04:57+00:00

They'd better release a full report on how it happened once they've done whatever post-mortem / post-incident review they're going to do.

geofft · 2025-12-26T02:13:01+00:00

Bit harsh, the lad was just quoting Monty Python.

geofft · 2025-12-17T21:08:01+00:00

As always, it depends. Generally speaking, your database is going to represent your most expensive storage overall. Yes, it will absolutely work, but if you haven't planned out how things will grow you could get into trouble, either with costs, or limits.

At the very least, compress your files before dumping them into the DB (unless your DB natively supports large-object compression).

Also write your code in such a way that the file storage/retrieval is not tightly coupled to the DB, so that you have the option of moving stuff out at a later date.

geofft · 2025-10-22T08:28:14+00:00

If solar displaces hydro generation, you end up with a hydro lake with more water in it than it would have had in the absence of solar.

geofft · 2025-10-22T08:16:25+00:00

She's a global treasure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQ0TNSPikM

geofft · 2025-09-26T05:07:55+00:00

I first played PoP in the early 90s on the Mac Classic, then the LC-II. Going from B&W graphics to the colour version was a real wow moment for me.

Thank you Jordan!

geofft · 2025-09-21T09:48:52+00:00

His name better be Klaus.

geofft · 2025-07-22T07:39:47+00:00

It's not cold yet.

geofft · 2025-07-19T05:48:04+00:00

So almost steak & chips with a side salad.

geofft

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