September, 2009

Gaming didn't ruin me

While watching the superb Gameswipe from Charlie Brooker it occurred to me that all those nay saying reports of gaming ruining children and turning them into psychopaths is just bollocks. It's a bollocks now as it was then.

[YT] Everything is OK

This chap is sheer genius. A mix of comedy and really good points.

Nibbler, you're going to love this.

Norwich Apple Store

Apple have opened a historic store in Norwich.

Millitant attemps to force girl to marry him... This was a mistake

She and her bother beat the shit out of them, nicked their guns and shot him 12 times in the chest before engaging in a 4 hour long gun battle with their mates. Good work.

Chinese Paddlefish on the way out

A couple of years ago I wrote about the extinction of the Baiji — or Yangtze River Dolphin — and now, as the BBC reports, it looks like another large inhabitant of the Yangtze is on the verge of following it, if it hasn’t alr

Digital ants to the rescue

Ants on earth, for instance, wander randomly but return to their colonies when they find food. But on the way back, they leave behind pheromone trails. If other ants find the trail, they follow it and reinforce it. The idea of the ant colony algorithm follows this pattern. The digital ants wander through computer networks.

First look at Courier Microsofts Secret Tablet project

Seems like apple arn't the only ones with a top secret tablet project

Microsofts prototype called Courier looks pretty interesting they are calling it a Booklet and it has dual touch screens with multi touch but a heavily stylus driven approach to the idea

looks like an interesting piece of tech, price and performance etc will determine whether it actually works or not.

Getting braced...

This week I received my training plan for RAB 2010... Well, actually I got 3, for varying levels of ability. You were given a brief questionnaire to determine which training level you were;

  • Enthusiast - What's a bicycle?
  • Club - Has ridden a bike on occasion

Spotted Dick back on the menu

A council renamed Spotted Dick to Spotted Richard but changed it back after people complained. Fucking wankers.