I’m about to attempt to upgrade WordPress to the latest version (v2.1.3), so the site may be unavailable for a little while. Hopefully this will go smoothly 🙂 UPDATE: Looks like things are working well so far. I’ve had to…
I just installed the WordPress PDA Plugin, and it’s absolutely great. I tested it out via the browser in my Sony Erricsson K800i, and the display is much cleaner, and much quicker too. I’ve also added it to My Halo…
I came across this article from BBC News about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and how it is now 25 years old. The Spectrum was an affordable home computer popular in the UK and Ireland in the days before PCs came…
On Wednesday David Dein resigned from the Arsenal board, citing “irreconcilable differences” with the rest of the board. The remaining board members, led by chairman Peter Hill-Wood, have entered an agreement not to sell their shares in the club for…
I’ve been revising the layout of the site recently, reorganising things more logically, and in doing so I broke various links related to the Halo Ringtones page, as well as breaking the redirect from the old URL from halo.blackice.ie. Well,…
Alien Hominid HD has recently been released on XBox Live Arcade. I have to say it’s great fun. The graphics remind me of Invader Zim, as does the sense of humour in the game. It’s a 2D side-scrolling shooter where…
Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO for pointing out that Ensemble Studios have posted more details on the UNSC Sparrowhawk. Here’s the lowdown: Known more readily as just “Hawk” the Sparrowhawk is a formidable air to ground armor busting support…
Iain Bank’s latest non-sci-fi novel ‘The Steep Approach to Garbadale’ is out now. Here’s the publishing blurb from his website: THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! – now a…
OK, I’m more than a little late off the mark with this, but according to the man himself, his next novel ‘Spook Country’ is complete. However, according to Amazon, it’s not due for release till the 7th of August. I…
I’ve just added some screenshots from Crackdown to the site here. These came from a fansite pack that you can download from the official Crackdown site. It’s pretty good, with the screenshots, concept art, art assets for theming your Crackdown…