Tag: fun
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Q
A couple of deeds poll later, and Claire and I are half-way to having changed our surnames. Our new surname: Q. I hereby declare this blog post to be the official FAQ of the Dan/Claire name change. So there, Ms Q.
1. You've changed your names?
Yes, we've changed our names. I'm now … -
Away For The Weekend
Apparently I'm giving a presentation at 9am tomorrow morning in Keele about a bit of software I've been working on. Suppose I ought to pull my finger out and decide what I'm going to say.
In any case, this of course means that Troma Night this week will be hosted by Paul (if it's … -
Philosophical Health Check
Came across a survey that was floating around the blogosphere, which attempts to challenge you to think about the tensions in your own personal life philosophy. It's pretty simplistic, and it doesn't seem to have been designed to tell you your beliefs are wrong or hypocritical so much as to make you think about the …
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Armadillo Run
Over the last few days, I've mostly been distracted by Armadillo Run, a fabulous little shareware game (Windows only... for now) somewhat reminiscent of The Incredible Machine. It's great fun, and the download is under 2MB, which makes it a reasonable download even if you're on a modem (who does that, these days?).
Each level challenges … -
Ski Time
Claire and I are off to Scotland for a spot of skiing while there might still be some snow left. We're leaving tonight and we're back at the weekend (probably on Sunday). In the meantime, we're leaving The Cottage, Mario, and Luigi in the capable hands of Matt (Hat variety). We'll be in Preston Wednesday …
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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:
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Black Sheep
We have to get this film for Troma Night: Black Sheep. It looks stupid enough to rival Isolation (angry mutant livestock!), which some of you saw last Halloween, but at least it doesn't seem to take itself too seriously. See the trailer:
In other news: good luck to everybody who's doing exams this week. -
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Well, that's Twilight Princess for the Wii finished. And quite a spectacular game it was too. Highlights [warning: spoilers] include:
Predictably Zelda: many of the best elements of Zelda games gone by made it into Twilight Princess, so much so that the predictability of some of the plot elements will make accomplished … -
It Couldn’t Be You
Following up on my Lottery Winners Counter JavaScript toy, and on Andy's recent blog post about trying to rig the lottery using statistics, I decided to write a new software toy to help demonstrate exactly how impossible it is to do as he suggests and guarantee a profit through the strategic purchase of large numbers …
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Top Ten Worst Domain Names
Do you think that the Italian power company, PowerGen, were actually thinking of how else their domain name could be read when they registered powergenitalia.com? And there's at least nine more equally badly-chosen domain names.
Oh, and happy new year. -
Synopsis For Harry Potter Movie
From an e-mail. Original source unknown. -
Hemi-Demi-Semi-Drabbling
You're probably already familiar with the concept of a drabble (if not, where were you in February?), a piece of fiction of exactly one hundred words. Today, I was introduced to the concept of a hemi-demi-semi-drabble: that is, a piece of fiction totalling exactly twelve-and-a-half words. Seeing as, no matter how I try, I can't …
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You Can Hang Out With All The Boys
This made me laugh out loud. Thanks to Faye for finding and sharing it. -
Wii Have A Problem
Found this website - Wii Have A Problem - which is a blog dedicated to problems that people have had with their new Nintendo Wii as a result of "the human factor" (what we'd call PEBKAC if it were a desktop device with a keyboard).
In any case, it's funny: the most commonly-occuring problem people seem … -
Tasty Meat Dispenser
AltPush button, reveive bacon.