Age of Empires II, that is...
1) You will not be banned from Garena
2) Farms can be queued to 40
3) Computer opponents no longer always switch to attack the opponent with the highest score. That is, they initially attack that opponent, but then they keep attacking for some time afterwards, even if that opponent’s score drops.
Also, some interesting bug fixes:
•Male hunters no longer get +1 LOS.
•Male Mayan farmers are now as good as females.
Saturday 18 April 2009
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Have some fun
If you feel like it, here are some really fun riddles to solve. If you get stuck and is too frustrated to keep going the answer is found at darkdemonscrygaia.com...
Monday 13 April 2009
What song are you?
This weekend when I took Qubik for a walk I randomly had an idea. Ok, not completely random. In fact, it popped out when that "I wish I was a punkrocker with flowers in my hair" song started playing on my MP3 and I instantly thought of Sara. It is basically a theme song for her :D Anyway, I thought about making it her personal ringtone on my phone, and then I quickly decided that I will change the ringtone for all my best friends, and you will all chose for yourselves what song you want me to have. So there it is; What song do you want me to associate with you? I will only veto in case the lyrics are highly against my moral principles (racism etc), but I strongly doubt that that will be neccessary - otherwise it is up to you!
Sunday 12 April 2009
The Devil's Bible
The Codex Gigas is the largest surviving manuscript from the middle ages, measuring 92x50x22cm and weighs about 75kg. It includes almost the entire Vulgate, except the books of Revelations and Acts, as well as various other texts. It was written in a monestary in Bohemia, now Czech territory, in the 13th century by one single monk who appears to have volunteered to be isolated in a solitary cell, so that he might spend all his spare time to finish the book. Scholars have studied the manuscript and concluded that it really seems to have been written by the same person. It has been nicknamed the Devil's Bible, because it contains a full-page picture of the Devil.
According to legend he had broken the monestary rules, and had been sentenced to "inclusion" - being walled in alive. In order to escape the punishment he vowed to write a book containing all human knowledge (and would glorify the monastery for all future) - in one single night. As the night passed by he realised that he would not have time to finish, so he prayed not to God but to Satan to help him write the book in exchange for his soul. The Devil agreed and as a final thanks the monk drew the picture.
Through the years the bible has changed owners a few times. Latest in 1648 when our great ancestors plundered Prague at the end of the 30 years' war... Miraculously, it survived the fire at Tre Kronor, but only because someone had the great sense to throw it out a window. The book is now kept at the Swedish Royal Library. The page with the picture of the Devil, which by the way is page 290, is quite blackened, as is the pages closest before it. After staring at it with magnifying glasses for a day some scholars concluded that it had not been touched by the fire at all. The book is written on vellom (leather) and the reason the pages are blackened is that they have been exposed to significantly much more UV-light than all other pages in the manuscript. For 800 years people have turned to page 290 to watch the Devil over and over again...
Ps. I think that Mårten had a point when he suggested that it was a bad idea to go to central and eastern Europe without knowing the Swedish "international politics" from Gustav Wasa throughout the Napoleonic wars. Ds.
According to legend he had broken the monestary rules, and had been sentenced to "inclusion" - being walled in alive. In order to escape the punishment he vowed to write a book containing all human knowledge (and would glorify the monastery for all future) - in one single night. As the night passed by he realised that he would not have time to finish, so he prayed not to God but to Satan to help him write the book in exchange for his soul. The Devil agreed and as a final thanks the monk drew the picture.
Through the years the bible has changed owners a few times. Latest in 1648 when our great ancestors plundered Prague at the end of the 30 years' war... Miraculously, it survived the fire at Tre Kronor, but only because someone had the great sense to throw it out a window. The book is now kept at the Swedish Royal Library. The page with the picture of the Devil, which by the way is page 290, is quite blackened, as is the pages closest before it. After staring at it with magnifying glasses for a day some scholars concluded that it had not been touched by the fire at all. The book is written on vellom (leather) and the reason the pages are blackened is that they have been exposed to significantly much more UV-light than all other pages in the manuscript. For 800 years people have turned to page 290 to watch the Devil over and over again...
Ps. I think that Mårten had a point when he suggested that it was a bad idea to go to central and eastern Europe without knowing the Swedish "international politics" from Gustav Wasa throughout the Napoleonic wars. Ds.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Reading
Finally! I have finished reading Anna Karenina. Spolier Alert! The annoying little bitch threw herself under a train - I'm just sorry she waited to over 800 pages (out of 900) to do so! But Levin, on the other hand, he is just wonderful! He is so confused and selfless and you just want to hug him :) Onwards to Män som hatar kvinnor, and after that the rest of that triology (if I like it). Then I will dive into War and Peace...
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