Building a Server the TechWareLabs Way
Comments OffWhen you’re a large technology and computing site such as TechWareLabs, you have to deal with traffic. Lots of traffic. You have to make sure your servers are up to scratch, else all your readership could be viewing a big fat nothing when they go to your frontpage, because your server has crashed due to [...]
You Don’t Know Jack is Back, and Daily!
It’s been some time since the latest You Don’t Know Jack release. You might have been one of the lucky ones and actually bought YDKJ 6: The Lost Gold, but you will always hold YDKJ 3 close to your heart. Jellyvision has, for reasons that we can only think of as wise, decided to do [...]
Boy Steals Car, Evades Airport Security, Flies To San Antonio. Mother Blames Games
Comments OffA bit of a change for once, we’re talking about an actual real news story of a serious nature. The drama (as readable at the Seattle Times…) A 9-year-old boy who didn’t like his suburban Tacoma home stole a car, got caught, then ran away again and flew to San Antonio with a plane change [...]
5 Ways to Get Thrown Out of a Gaming Center
Comments OffGaming centers and internet cafes serve a purpose. An outpost of the internet in a real world setting. A bridge from the tubes to the high street. A way for the “too cheap to buy a computer and pay for an internet connection” to use decent computers and end up paying more over the course [...]
Midweek DVD – Ring
Comments OffUrban legends are wonderful. Everyone knows of a friend of a friend’s mother’s brother’s pen friend’s girlfriend that got killed in some freakish, crazy or paranormal way. Most of these stories are just that, stories, but there’s always a niggling feeling at the back of your mind that it could happen to you, no matter [...]
gmachina – Gaming RSS Harvesting, Not Fluffy Kitten Photos
Guys, you’re probably really bored of having to check each and every gaming news site for the latest information. You might miss something on 1up or Destructoid whilst you’re checking on Gamespot. What if there was some sort of way of viewing all the top stories of all of the big gaming sites in one [...]
Playstation 3 Instock Woes
Comments OffI will admit, I did buy into the hype of owning a Playstation 3. I didn’t line up to purchase the PS3, but when I saw that the PS3 was instock as a bundle with an extra controller and Tony Hawk’s Project 8…I went for it. I really regret it now that every time I [...]
