Month: July 2007
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Geek Night At Rory’s
Geek Night tonight will be hosted by Rory again. Game suggestions welcome. By the way - JTA - we seem to have your copy of Illuminati here; guess you left it when you visited.
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Men Behaving Badly Night
Abnibbers be warned: tonight is the first Men Behaving Badly Night, our new Thursday night special. Gather at The Cottage at 7pm.
For the last few days, Strokey Adam's been visiting, although - owing mostly to schedule conflicts - we didn't see as much of him as would have been nice. Still, Claire, Matt, Rory, Paul, … -
Curious Bug
I was playing the Chess game in Clubhouse Games on the Nintendo DS last night, and I've discovered a bug that can occur in a very unusual situation. Normally, the game quite rightly allows you to only make legal moves. For example, when in check, the only legal moves are those moves which get you …
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Geek Night At Rory’s
Tonight's Geek Night will be hosted by Rory (follow that second link for a map to his place if you don't know where it is - don't worry, it's easy to find).
What would people like me to take there? I'm thinking Carcassonne, because it's been getting a lot of enjoyable playtime recently and there's rulesets … -
Am I Potter Or Not?
Looking forward to the new Harry Potter book? Me neither. But if you are, here's a quick distraction for you: Potter Or Not!
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Troma Night Drinking Rules, Version 3
Paul and I (okay, okay, mostly Paul) have re-written the Troma Night drinking rules to better reflect how Troma Night works nowadays, to be more fun and interesting, to actually be online, and to give even more opportunities to invite alcohol-induced catatonic states into your film-watching experience. See The Troma Night Drinking Rules, Version 3 …
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The Surname Study
Go read a mind-bloggling study a mind-bloggling study about the effect of names on happiness, success, and lifespan! Just brilliant, and only slightly scary.
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Breakfast Of Chumpions
Last night I dreamt that Claire and I were in a supermarket, where I was contemplating buying a box of a new breakfast cereal, which I insisted would be delicious. Claire disagreed, pointing out that the combination of "puffed rice, muesli, and baked beans" that the cereal promised didn't actually sound very good. In … -
Politically Incorrect Human Nature
A recent article from Psychology Today talks about human nature, sex, and the best theories on why we act like we do. From the article:
Women often say no to men. Men have had to conquer foreign lands, win battles and wars, compose symphonies, author books, write sonnets, paint cathedral ceilings, make scientific discoveries, play … -
10 Computer Games That Stole My Life
I don't actually play many computer games: I'm quite selective. Sure, I try out each and every "next big thing," but in general, I'm left unimpressed. Sometimes, however, a computer game is released that actually steals my life for months or years - something I come back to time and time again. Something that actually … -
Woken
The dream I remember form last night was particularly strange, even by my standards. I think I remember it so clearly because I woke up several times during the night. The first time I remember waking up it had been after a dream in which I saw somebody creeping up on me, asleep, and so …
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A Few Links To Share
A few links I wanted to share with you to brighten up your day:
A sign seen on Music Zone, Preston's door, as snapped by Dave.
The Mr. Lee CatCam - a great example of why geeks should not be allowed to own cats. Great photos from the travels of an everyday housecat, … -
It’s All Fun And Games
Back to work after a great weekend. Troma Night was particularly successful this week - we watched a RiffTrax'd copy of Eragon ("Get your ragons online at e-ragon!"), which was suitably hilarious; the classic bit of self-deprecating sci-fi that is Barbarella ("Hmm... camp bad guy number 104... how will Barbarella get past this one? Oh; …