...and my name like a shadow on

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Chelonia-nd Goodbye

I hadn't heard of the Seiken Densetsu 3 Sample cart before, probably because it lacks the interest of, say, the Chrono Trigger Prerelease; however, in adding some forced cutscenes in order to show off Mode 7 travel without revealing too much of the game (every landing location turns out to be the same beach), Square slipped in a mildly amusing conclusion.



Tuesday, May 19, 2009

It May Be a Bad Idea to Publicise This...

Dear Internet,

Gmail is said to display contextual sponsored links chosen to reflect my assumed interests based on the contents of my e-mail. Should I be worried?


A Gmail advert for an exhumation firm


Tuesday, May 05, 2009

It’s Irksome for No Good Reason...

...that I'll probably never know why the Italian → Chinese dictionary of shoe industry terms is more than twice the size of the corresponding Chinese → Italian dictionary of shoe industry terms.

It's thanks to things like this that I don't sleep well.