In the early afternoon a small package arrived sent by Paul. When I
opened it I encountered a transparent plastic box with a dead scorpion
in it, and a small blue alarm clock with a blue bird on its face; the
"Twitter" clock as he later when I thanked Paul called it.
A dead male scorpion, probably Heterometrus species.
As I am interested in arachnids; especially scorpions, even a dead one
is welcome for research. I guess it's a Heterometrus
species. According to the person who sold it to Paul it comes from
Indonesia. I want to try to identify it myself using A Review of the
Genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with Descriptions of Seven New
Species (Scorpiones,
Scorpionidae)
(PDF) by František Kovařík. But first I need confirmation that this is
indeed a Heterometrus species. The scorpion is quite large; from
head to the start of the tail segment it measures about 10cm.
Alarm clock with a blue bird.
The alarm clock is something my daughter Alice wants to have, so I
keep it for her. It's an electronic alarm clock; the hammer between
the two bells is fixed.
Hey old friends, it’s been a long time! We no longer have a 2DBOY
blog, so thought I’d post this here – we’ve just updated the Win /
Mac / Linux versions of World of Goo for the first time since 2008
or 2009 – and hope you and your modern computers enjoy it!
Back in April I read about the World of Goo update. I recalled to having bought
the game many years ago and today I finally requested the download link using
the PayPal email address I used back then.
When I got the email with the download link I checked the email folder
for the actual date when I bought this great game. It turned out to be
almost 10 years ago! The 26th of October, 2009 to be
exact. And not only once did I buy a license but twice for 5 USD
each. And then I recalled that I bought a version for Esme's laptop
and a version for my computer running Linux so we could both play.
World of Goo can't be openend.
So, in the evening I downloaded WorldOfGoo.macOS.1.53.dmg and
installed it on my Mac mini 2014 running macOS Mojave. However, after
I double clicked on the downloaded disk image (DMG) an error was shown
stating that the DMG "can't be opened because Apple cannot check it
for malicious software."
Control-clicking the DMG and selecting Open in the menu as described
in Apple's Open an app by overriding security
settings
however, made it possible to install this great game after all.
Level 2 of World of Goo: Small Divide.
And soon after I was playing World of Goo on the Mac. Last time I
played this game was a few years back, on my iPad. Sadly, it got
stolen more than a year ago in a break in into our house and I haven't
yet bought a replacement.
