STAR WARS Advent Day 1: Slave 1

December 2, 2016 ohm

Yesterday, my daughter fell ill and my wife went next. As a wannabe-responsible dad, I had to shirk my first ever advent post. On my birthday, I received the 2016 STAR WARS advent calendar, which I've decided to shoot, piece by piece, and present, daily, on ohm.

Samsung's ArtPC Pulse Mac Pro wannabe

October 11, 2016 ohm

"But there are only so many ways you can design a PC!", right Apple anti-fandom?

More on this embarrassment over at Engadget.

Poor copy: macOS Sierra install splash screen

September 27, 2016 ohm

"To set up the installatioin of macOS Sierra, click Continue" reads too much like a machine translation from Japanese. Try this on, Apple: "Click Continue to set up macOS Sierra".

Apple's new credo - progressively less about Apple products

August 23, 2016 ohm

Top-rated comments to this article (as of 2016-08-23 @9:33AM Tokyo [GMT+9])

Apple's leadership are either so lost in dogmatic progressivism to realise that at core, they are an electronics company. That, or they are so enamoured with such progressivism as to not care.

The screen capture above and the poem below are lifted from this article at MacRumors.

Disarm the iPhone

August 2, 2016 ohm

Thank god for progressive projects like #DisarmTheiPhone, and the jigging of emojis in iOS 10 beta 4. The writing is on the wall for iPhone shootings.

Source: Apple via Daring Fireball (with comments!)

Serpent Isle 1.07 Beta Artwork

June 21, 2016 ohm

Exult Phorum member, Knight Captain, has uncovered a few goodies not mentioned in The Cutting Room Floor's Proto: Ultima VII Part Two page, including the above image showing Gwenno trapped in ice.

Geek & Sundry's Firefly DnD 5e character sheets

June 16, 2016 ohm

Geek & Sundry, of LARPs fame, have created up a few more Firefly character sheets for the DND 5e system. I've had a look at both the original series (released 26 April 2016), and the new set and have my heart set on playing on River Tam. Here's her bio:

iOS Gems: Civilization Revolution

May 20, 2016 ohm

Subject: Civilization Revolution: 3,99$ CDN

And does it ever feel good to be back. The problem is that I’m rusty as hell- both as a gamer concerned with climbing leaderboards and beating extreme scenarios, and as a guy trying to write about games. But I’ve got to give credit where it’s due. And here I credit the iOS version of Civilization Revolution, which has calmed Nathan’s fried nerves since 2011. I love it.

Ultima VII in VR

April 26, 2016 ohm

No, this won't work well, but imagine Ultima VII remade in 3D, fit and ready for Oculus.

Thanks @UltimaDragons

Not crossing the impossible - STAR WARS and Dubstep

January 11, 2016 ohm

Nonstop Vol. 1 Album by Various Artists is AVAILABLE NOW on iTunes, Spotify, Beatport.

Speaking of not 'cros[sing] the line of the impossible' in STAR WARS Ep VII, NONSTP and Poppin' John's raw footwork is robot homage that completely shames C3P0.

Thanks @Daring Fireball