Category: Personal
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Happy Birthday To Me! Again!
Thanks are due to my Mum, my Dad, and my Aunty Anne for the lovely birthday cards I've just received from them. Also to my mum for my birthday present (some Wii nunchucks), a christmas card, two forwarded letters from Nominet, and a copy of Hoodwinked. Additional thanks go to my dad for the two …
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And Here’s The Weather
Just wanted to be the first to get a picture online of it snowing in Aber this morning. It started about 6:50am, and it's pouring down at a steady rate and is just beginning to stick to the ground. Clicky for big pics.
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Poker Night / Geek Night - This Friday, 7pm
This Friday (9th Febuary) there'll be a combined Poker Night (run by Claire) / Geek Night (run by me) event at The Cottage. We'll be kicking off at 7pm. I'm guessing (check with Claire) that the poker will be a pittance-stakes (pennies, maybe pounds) game of Texas Hold 'Em, tournament-style, with gradually increasing blinds: safe …
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Dan’s Latest Vapourware
Wanna see what I've been hacking recently?
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The Ethical Slut
I've just been reading The Ethical Slut, by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt. Well, I say "just been reading" - I actually read it over two days last week (couldn't put it down) - I'm actually just slow to post anything of interest to my blog, these days.
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Who Wants To Pull My Sister
My sister and her friend are visiting. We're going out for drinks. Any of you are welcome to join us (just give me a bell and we'll tell you where we are - not a text, please, I can't reply); open invite. Pulling my sister not obligitory.
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Troma Night At The Cottage
Tomorrow's Troma Night will be at The Cottage. The plan is as follows:
7:25pm - an early kick-off for anybody who hasn't seen the latest episode of American Dad - The American Dream Factory - and wants to.
7:55pm - a special extra treat, we'll be watching what I believe is both the … -
Update On The Weekend
It occurred to me last night, as I was thrashing Jimmy at Wii Sports Tennis and Boxing last night, before we whipped out Golden Axe for some proper old-school co-op beat-'em-up fun, that I hadn't yet made a blog post to follow up the one I made before the weekend. So, here it is.
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Plans For The Weekend
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Abnibbers and Troma Knights: I present to you... some of this weekend's events.
Friday Night: Post-Exam Curry
Have you had exams this week? Well, sucks to be you. But it's all over now - come out with us for a curry and we'll pretend it never happened. … -
Diplomacy, Parcels, and WW2 RTS Games
What have I been up to of late? Well, as you ask...
Diplomacy
Ruth's game of Diplomacy got off to a fine start, and the backstabbing began soon afterwards. I'm not so keen on the engine, for reasons I'll discuss later. Here's how the map looks right now.
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A Flurry Of Comedic Activity
Wow, my previous post caused a sudden surge of comments. They're all very sweet. Rather than answer them all individually in the form of more comments, I'll selectively re-print them here in the form of a dialogue. Well, more like a septilogue, or something. Whatever.
Making Material
Scatman Dan (earlier): Can I produce … -
Where Funny Meets Dan: A Little More Confident
Since the announcement that I'll be starring at this Sunday's Gorillamania 1, I'd been quite frankly shitting myself, until tonight. The Open Mic nights I've performed at previously have been a whole different ball game - after all, nobody expects anything from you at an Open Mic: they get what they're given. I've been bothered …
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Characteristically JonA
I got to work this morning and joined the #rockmonkey IRC channel. My IRC client said:
* Now talking in #RockMonkey
Well, that's nice to know: subscribing to the channel worked.
* Topic is 'Morning, homos.'
That's an unusual topic...
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Having A System That Works Against You
I have a system, and if you've watched me leave the house, you'll have seen me implement it: my strange little "tap my pelvis four times" dance is actually a sophisticated check that I've got everything I need. Whenever I go out, I like to double-check that I've got with me my wallet, keys, mobile …
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Game Theory Applied
A friend of mine recently posted the the following conundrum to his blog:
I found the deck of cards from a board game called scrupples (it poses you a dilemma and your opponents guess how you would respond) and I thought up another one completely off the top of my head:
"You …