Jasp’s Blog

Good old games is a games download service that allows gamers to buy older titles, especially those which may be a bit difficult to find without trawling the depths of eBay. Like all the best download services, its titles are free of DRM, which means that they aren’t suddenly going to break on you should [...]

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 [...]

Arthur C. Clarke provided one of my first forays into science fiction, although I forget which book I read first. However, I do not forget the books themselves.
My favourite Clarke novel was, “The City and The Stars,” a story about Alvin, the first human ‘born’ in the last city on Earth — Diaspar — for [...]

I’ve always been attracted by MOO, the flickr buisness card company, but have never had the need for buisness cards. While they are designed for personal use, I would feel slightly self concious handing out a mini-card, even if they are as sexy as the ones MOO make. I’m sure I could find some other [...]

Win a Flat
I’m currently having to think about where I’ll be living next year as my lease runs out soon and the plan is to move off elsewhere. So earlier this evening I was searching around and getting a feel for what was availible. A few sites seem ideal and I shall probably be putting [...]

The problem with finding work you are pasionate about is that it begins to take over your life. When asked to describe yourself, your job comes first. I think of myself as a Scientist before most other things.
Yet there is still the tedium, and I’m sure this is true for any job. Scientists with the [...]

I appear to be having slight troubles with downloading of exe files. I am currently looking into this problem and it shall be addressed shortly.
ETA: I have contact my host and am waiting to hear from them.
EETA: I managed to find out a work-around my end, so all is now working. It seems [...]

I recently did some work at the Edinburgh Science Festival, which attempts to engage the public with science, particularly young children. While I’d like to say that this work was voluntary, it wasn’t, and this underlies something which I see as a far more serious problem.
The supposed aim of the Science Festival is to make [...]

With the BBC reporting a possible case of H5N1 found in a dead swan in Scotland (Only a few miles from me incidently) I thought I’d post a few thoughts I’ve been having.As yet it hasn’t been confirmed that this is a case of H5N1, but just of the same family of viruses.
As well as [...]

London

Originally uploaded by James Glover.

A month ago I was contacted by Schmap, who informed me that my photo had been shortlisted for inclusion in the Schmap London Guide, a free travel guide availible on their website. As I had released my photo under a Creative [...]