Raithe

Programmer's T-Shirts..

Hm, so Amazon wait until the day before release, when it should have already been dispatched, to let me know they can't actually get any physical copies of the PC Deus Ex Mankind Divided in and they have no idea when they will. But they can always send me a PS4 copy if I want....

So the Airlander 10 had its first real test flight a week ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-0aYicv26M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vuX56R7hs8

R Lee Ermey. Had been a Staff Sergeant in the Marines after something like 11 years of service. Served time in Vietnam, and at some point post FMJ the Marine Corps made him an Honorary Gunnery Sergeant. He had been brought on to FMJ as a technical advisor, but because he was so good at explaining it and showing it to the guy who was supposed to be the DI, Kubrick decided to have him play the full role. Also of note, given Kubricks massively micromanaging and controlling type of directing, Ermey has been one of the few actors Kubrick allowed to improvise dialogue and actions. A massive chunk of the DI stuff were things that weren't in the actual script.

Out of curiosity I plugged my way through the Deus Ex Go game app. A nice enough run of logic puzzled wrapped up all together, and of course they've linked it to the new game by allowing players to "win" extra praxis kits for Mankind Divided by achieving certain things.

And a large chunk of that was purely because of the casting of that Gunnery Sergeant as the DI.

I was puttering around with an ME2 re-play but I paused and got distracted by other things. Now I'm pondering on getting back into it. Or just waiting for my copy of Deus Ex Mankind Divided to turn up in the week....

For the cat lovers out there... Majestic Maine Coon Cats

Hit the first anniversary of my mother's passing. I have to admit, I really did think I'd have managed to get somewhere by now. Well I've been continue to hammer away on the attempt to get my life restarted and once more into the working world. Which keeps hitting a wall. I will also admit that I'm definitely sliding into that partially resentful feel over half my life having disappeared as her carer because it's left me in this position. Which then adds a touch of guilt because I recognise that resentment kicking in after the fact. However, for the chance of doing something useful I'll be starting a work placement with a charity group for the next 8 weeks. What's supposed to be a mix of business, book keeping, research, marketing, minor IT stuff and bid writing.