New Year, New Blog
I like the idea of starting new blog on 1st January, the New Year. This is not my first blog, but my previous attempts ended soon after their foundation. The last one had only one posting - a picture...
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Gothic 3 review
Here we go, my first game review ever, but everybody has to start somewhere. I know there’s a lot of Gothic 3 reviews out there on the internet and it’s a year old game, but I also think I’ve got...
View ArticleRuby on Rails: How to set url_for defaults
I work as a Ruby on Rails programmer, so from time to time I'm going to post something about this language. Recently I implemented HTTPS into Rails application and had to figure out how to set defaults...
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Gothic 3 skills, tips and tricks
This is a small guide to Gothic 3 for people who don’t want to waste learning points on useless skills. Some general gameplay tips are also included. I played the game with last official patch v1.12,...
View ArticleHow to create good passwords
Good password is hard to crack and easy to remember. One extreme is having easy-to-remember passwords like your spouse's name or birthday's date, other extreme are elaborate passwords that you tend to...
View ArticleFirst Starbucks in Prague
Last week Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Czech Republic, in the centre of old Prague. I'm glad they did that because Starbucks has great coffee, although it's quite expensive. Few days after...
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl review
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (just Stalker from now on) is a first-person shooter which was 6 years (!) in development - announced in 2001, but released last year with four years delay. Was the...
View ArticleHow to disable submit button parameter in Rails
Here's a quick tip for Rails I've just learned from Railscast #37: Simple Search Form: when you submit a form in Rails, submit button parameter gets passed by default and it can be kinda annoying when...
View ArticleBack to blogging
"I hope that I will publish my thoughts here regularly (let's say at least once a week)." - written by me on 1st of January. I sticked to this New Year resolution for a month and completely abandoned...
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Book review: Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a novel from Robert A. Heinlein, one of the most famous writers of classic science-fiction. Its story is really simple: youngster Juan "Johnie" Rico joins the army, goes through...
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Game review: Sid Meier’s Colonization
I was never much into Sid Meier’s Civilization, which is considered the one of the best computer games ever. However, I really liked Colonization, the game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meyer in...
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Games I’m looking forward to playing
Not many good games for PC were released this year, nothing worth buying. But the second half of year looks better, here are some games I’m looking forward to playing this autumn:3. Civilization IV:...
View ArticleGame review - Civilization IV: Colonization
Great remake of a great classic. Lots of tweaks were added to the game which improved the gameplay (colonists learn specializations faster, you have to fulfill certain requirements in order to recruit...
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Game review - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
This game had a good start, but it turned out to be a big disappointment for me. At first, there's a nice new location - swamps - and lots of changes for the better compared to the original Stalker:...
View ArticleGame review: Fallout 3
Last year I wrote about Fallout 3: "Visuals are stunning, but will the new Fallout be as good or better than previous Fallouts?" What's the verdict, now that I've finished the game?I can't tell whether...
View ArticleThe blog it is a-changin'
I haven't written on this blog for a long time. Last post is more than a year old. But that's gonna change, I hope.Problem with this blog is that it lacks focus on one thing. I'm dealing with game...
View ArticleOn the Vanity of Video Game Trophies
Sony calls them trophies, Microsoft and Steam call them achievements. They are, quoting wikipedia, "meta-goals defined outside of a game's parameters". I think that trophies are similar to chemical...
View ArticleEssays for Greek and Roman Mythology MOOC
Last year I've signed up for the Greek and Roman Mythology MOOC offered by Coursera. The course was taught by Dr. Peter Struck from the University of Pennsylvania and overall it has been a great...
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