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Looking For Jen
Jen has gone missing. We gather she hasn't got a phone right now, but nonetheless, she's not responding to e-mail, Facebook wall posts, or even postal mail. If you're Jen - get in touch with me (use the contact form link on my blog if you can't think of any better way). If not, shout …
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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 … -
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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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; … -
Otters, Again
Saw my family of otters again this lunchtime. The young ones seem to have grown up now: they were all looking big and healthy as they were fishing in the Rheidol. I followed them along the riverbank and I think I've seen where they're nesting, which is cool.
Another interesting discovery: I didn't realise … -
Fictional Twinning
Claire's birthday trip to Manchester was a success last weekend; saw some good comedy, drank 'til late at a gay bar which has to be the only pub I've ever seen to have a balcony overlooking the middle of a multi-storey car park, and spent most of Sunday recovering. It's not like being 21: staying …
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1/0
On Ruth's recommendation, I've been reading 1/0 (One Over Zero), a webcomic that ran from 2000-2003. It's remarkably clever, drawing ideas about religion and philosophy and determinism and morality into a silly little abstract universe of it's author's (Tailsteak) creation. It could be said to be fourth-wall breaking, except for the fact that it never …
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Carbon Neutrality
Recently, Kit wrote about carbon offsetting, calling it wishful thinking at best - at worst, greenwash. In particular, he was looking at tree planting as a method of offsetting carbon emissions, because it's the most popular method by far. Just this morning I passed a truck making deliveries to a shop around the corner from …