June, 2010

Buy a working lightcycle on eBay

I'd learn how to ride a motorcycle for the chance of owning and riding one of these.

LARPer's weapons used to defend heavy handed police tactics at G20

Dwain, for God's sake, don't carry your stuff on a train.

It’s ok once you get past the chronosphere

Went cycling again today it was a lot cooler partly due to it being later and partly better equipment. One downside to going later is on the trail I was taking I was cycling directly into the Sun.

I for one welcome our cybernetic feline overlords

I think they are actually pushing it with words like cybernetic and bionic. They just stuck some metal pins into the bones of the cat and it worked out how to walk on them.

Universe broken

pi % 1337 is 42. Really? Oh dear.

Fishcon Games - FINAL LIST - make sure you are installed

Right! Let's start talking games. Just to reiterate the needs:

1. Needs to run on the most basic rig. (Is L4D2 the lower limit standard now?)
2. Needs to be LANable (activation ok over 3G but no big downloads or server connections)
3. Cheap-ass if no-one has it

Steam are having a super big sale, so let's use that for inspiration.

FINAL LIST!

L4D
L4D2

[YT] AT-AT Day Afternoon

Delightful! I knew someone who had the Kenner AT-AT did you?

Soon I’ll be able to give Pete a run for his money

I’ve been trying to use the nice climate and facilities I now have access to get in better shape. I’ve been doing swimming for the last week, not pushing it too hard I know the risk of going too mad too soon so I’ve just been taking it easy.

eReader Musings

I've been watching the next gen ereaders for a while, I like reading and I read a lot sometimes a book a day. I've never been that interested in eBooks partly due to the fact that I quite like dead tree books they never need charging and the display dots per inch is pretty good random access and the ability to display full colour pictures and even animation (flick books).

Steam Epic Sale

sounds like steam are doing another epic sale over the 4th of july with some massive price cuts. Not sure if this is US only so someone with a UK ip may need to take a look see