Jasp’s Blog

My last blog entry briefly mentioned the game Dwarf Fortress, and as promissed I thought I’d go in to a bit more detail.
Dwarf Fortress is a freeware indie game, that comes in at just 5.3 MB, that’s just 37 centipeggles for those familiar with Rock, Paper, Shotgun. However inside this small package you have one [...]

Inspired by a messageboard meme:
Wallet:
* University ID Card (in Date)
* University ID Card (Expired)
* Work Access Card (Disintergrated)
* Work Access Card (Intact)
* Misc Student Discount card (Never Used, probably expired)
* Virgin Student Card (Always forget to use. Probably expired as Virgin are now Zavvi)
* Buisness Card for StarHotels Florence (18 months since I stayed there)
* [...]

Today I managed to rope myself into going to see a ballet, and despite it being ‘Edward Scissorhands’ I still half expected something pretentious, inaccessible and dull. Still, I thought, you’ve got to try these things once. Although I doubt anyone has been on their deathbed thinking, ‘Damnit, if only I’d seen a ballet,’ I’m [...]

Well with finals approaching I’m having to crack into the revision, so naturally my website recieves an update. (Odd how it works like that isn’t it.) This one is rather special, as its a little interactive quiz thingy.
The game consists of fifteen small squares taken from screenshots of various games, and your job is to [...]

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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—Nearly 700 scientists representing 27 countries convened at the University of Zurich Monday to formally announce that their experimentation on mice has been motivated not by a desire to advance human knowledge, but out of sheer distaste for the furry little rodents.
Why do I have the feeling that at some time this [...]

Jabberwacky: How’s your day been?
User: Fine. Yours?
Jabberwacky: It’s been simply grand. Except that episode with the giraffe.
User: What giraffe?
Jabberwacky: Under the house.
User: Realy?
Jabberwacky: Stick another ‘l’ in really.
User: My spelling was never very good.
Jabberwacky: Really? Since when did ‘Wel’ have one L.
User: Never, but I never used the word well.
Jabberwacky: Too bad.
User: Why, should I [...]