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Fantasy Terrorist League
You know what's become quite popular among the masses since the take-off of the Internet? Fantasy leagues. Yes; that's right - those things previously reserved for pub regulars and geeky play-by-mail types. Now, the internet is full of Fantasy Sports Leagues, Fantasy Share Trading, and so on.
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Geeky Winnage With Bluetooth
Geeky winnage! This evening I wrote a pair of applications enabling me to use my new Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone as a remote control for WinDVD, the DVD playing software I use on my computer.
Not just a geeky project, this is fuelled by a genuine need: every Troma Night, when the pizza arrives, we end up … -
New Mobile Phone
My new mobile phone finally arrived at the weekend. I've texted my new number to everybody in my phone book, except for people I don't want to have it <grins>. If you don't have my new number, but you think you should, you have three options:
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Our Web Developer’s “Line Of The Day”
Yet again my concern for the value of an Internet Computer Science degree from UWA is raised, as a dippy co-worker with two years of such a degree behind her asks me for help:
"Dan," she begins, "How do I make a table in PHP?"
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Illness, Alton Towers, And Troma Night
Found myself ill again on Wednesday and Thursday last week (in partial explanation to my lack of weblog posts). I think I gulped down some green-and-lumpy orange juice before I went to bed on Wednesday night and as a result found myself quite sick. Even after I'd recovered, I spent several days with almost no …
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The Village
Went to see The Village last night - very good film, well worth seeing, so long as you take a few things into account:
1. Unlike what all the previews would have you believe, this is not even remotely a horror movie - it's a story about innocence and about what people will sacrifice in order … -
Programmer’s Day
Apparently it's Programmer's Day, so Paul, Bryn, Claire and I put together an old low-end Pentium into a dual-booting Red Hat/Windows 98SE box, and racked up some classic games of the 80s and 90s. Fab.
There's actually some debate about whether Programmer's Day should be included as a Wikipedia entry... as there's not a lot of … -
Lottery Scratchcards And Illicit Hallucinogens
Damn weird: last night I dreamt that I found a lottery scratchcard which had not been completed - just two of it's sixteen panels had been scratched off. While I'd not be fool enough to buy one (the mathematics is simple - the lottery is a stupidity tax), I'll happily play one I didn't pay …
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JavaScript Random Quote Generator
A friend sent me an e-mail yesterday asking if I knew of a simple random quote generator that she could embed on her web page. So I've written one, and I'm making it available here on the off chance that anybody else wants it too. It's implemented in JavaScript, and works simply by including a …
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Violently Ill
Argh.
The worst part of being so horribly ill is the moment when you're dashing to the toilet before you pebbledash the floor with your arse... and at that moment you realise that your stomach is about to eject it's contents, too. What a paradox.
In any case - it's not all bad news: the Ship & … -
Happy Fun Weekend
It's so much nicer coming back to the office on a Monday after a weekend both relaxing and productive, with lots of happy fun time with friends. Managed to tidy the flat, do heaps of laundry, have a successful Troma Night (three films, a decent crowd, and everybody hung on in 'til the end despite …
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The Scary Baby Conspiracy
Now here's an idea for an Illuminati: The Game Of Conspiracy "Illuminati" card - The Scary Baby Conspiracy. Suggestions for the Scary Baby Conspiracy's unique win condition and any special rules are welcome (from anybody who actually knows what Illuminati is). Fnord.
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A.I. Nuts, Again
Do you remember a week or two ago I wrote about a guy who patented the "Ethical Rules Of Artificial Intelligence"? Well - it looks like he's read my article and placed his own comments. I'm quite surprised and impressed that he took the time (away from his heavy schedule of philosophising or book-signing or …
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Sweet Sounds Of Perl
Claire'd like this, as she's been programming a lot of Perl recently:
There's a guy who uses Perl code to generate music in nightclubs. So far, so good. Well, now, he's taken to writing the code that generates the music live, in front of an audience. Of course, this brings up a whole suite of new … -
Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 In Name-Theft Lawsuit
The Austin Business Journal reports that the makers of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are taking to court the makers of a new show, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000, in which a group of guys sit in front of a cinema screen and take the piss out of the films they watch. And fair enough: it seems …