Geek, reasserting

Posted on Tue 26 April 2005 in general

Today's Penny Arcade pretty much nails a lot of the feelings I have about MMORPG's. I think it is worth reading Tyco's commentary as well.

While we are on the subject of monetising online services it was refreshing to see this article on the BBC talking people realising the limitations …


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!Goth

Posted on Mon 25 April 2005 in general

I have returned from the Whitby weekend. I enjoyed it a lot although it was a lot more chilled compared to last November. The weather behaved itself and it was nice getting about and chatting to people. I did a little experimentation with hair styles, a short run, and brought …


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Packed

Posted on Thu 21 April 2005 in general

I'm all packed for Whitby and am just waiting for the rest of the household to catch up before driving up. I've decided against taking the Frock Coat again because it is very impractical and hot. As a result this weekend I shall be mainly going for the Cyber look …


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Googley Eyed Fan Boy

Posted on Wed 20 April 2005 in general

I've just been playing with Google's new local search and map service. However I didn't realise until today you could get access to a load of their services via SMS instead of using fiddling about with WAP. The killer app of course is being able to query Froogle while in …


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A Little More Politics

Posted on Wed 20 April 2005 in general

Hmmm, just gave Political Survey 2005 a spin. It has my vote split between the Green's and the Tory's. I'm fairly left wing on some subjects, and very right wing on others. Basically I'm conflicted.