Softly, Softly
Sometimes when confronted by a setback, people lose their cool. It happens. You have spent hours, perhaps days going over something in your head. You… Read More »Softly, Softly
Rob Hallam
Glasgow University graduate. I have wide-ranging interests - please see my about page either here or at roberthallam.com.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Mini-Review
I intended to include this in my post about reaching 100%, but that turned into a story about sneaking into a base armed with trousers.… Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Mini-Review
100% in MGSV:TPP
I finally got there! I have mixed feelings, as I no longer have an excuse to load the game up and mess around; but on… Read More »100% in MGSV:TPP
Closing in (95%)
Nearly there! It’s getting annoyingly grindy now! I spend most of the time in the chopper, either: deploying to an area to put down capture… Read More »Closing in (95%)
On “Back up, Back Down”
The gods of irony got together with the gods of gaming after my recent gripe about having to do and redo things in MGSV:TPP: Some… Read More »On “Back up, Back Down”
Seeking 100% in MGS V: The Phantom Pain
I’m getting close to 100% completion of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. I’ve completed the story (more on that in a follow up… Read More »Seeking 100% in MGS V: The Phantom Pain
[solved] js52: /usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0 exists in filesystem
Living on the edge in Arch Linux land is a fun activity everyone should try (at least once). However, a full system package upgrade caused… Read More »[solved] js52: /usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0 exists in filesystem
Quick Hacks: A Script to Extract a Single Image/Frame From Video
Long ago, I posted the simple way to get a frame of a video using ffmpeg. I’ve been using that technique for a long time.… Read More »Quick Hacks: A Script to Extract a Single Image/Frame From Video
Better Backups: Decide What You’re Going To Back Up
tl;dr: Picking what you are going to back up helps (i) keep the backup space usage minimal (ii) helps to inform choice of backup program… Read More »Better Backups: Decide What You’re Going To Back Up
Quick Hacks: A script to import photos to month-based directories (like Lightroom)
tl;dr: A bash script written in 15 minutes imports files as expected! I was clearing photos off an SD card so that I have space… Read More »Quick Hacks: A script to import photos to month-based directories (like Lightroom)