I picked up multiple viruses last night, seemingly from the IMDB site. IMDB really is the suckiest site for that sort of thing. It's full of fascinating info for actor-spotters like me who like to say 'Oh yes! It's thingy thing from that movie!' or 'Bloody hell Pete Postlethwaite! You only had a few years left to live! You're a great actor, you ( Read more... )

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Windows 7 has started to run more slowly at start-up. From being the swish & swanky ultra-efficient newboy, it's become a bloated middle-aged bank manager. I should probably do something about it ( Read more... )

Si's Grandma is staying with Vic and Mark so we went over for a nice barbeque together this evening. What? More food? Yes please ( Read more... )

The first Supreme Commander was HARD. It made out to be the ultimate Robot-on-Mech warfare simulator and it was totally unforgiving. The net result was that in multiplayer, we would spend an hour each constructing the hugest, baddest game-winning unit from hell, which would then take another hour to reach your opponent's base before utterly ( Read more... )

I've decided that working from home is horribly depressing. Especially at the moment. The 2nd bedroom that houses my PC is still stuffed full of everything we usually keep in the loft. The insulation men didn't turn up yesterday. I eventually got a phone call saying that their driver had phoned in sick ( Read more... )

It's been a productive weekend. The spell of Roller Coaster Tycoonery is BROKEN ( Read more... )

At some points during the bank holiday weekend, I had that clicky feeling. That desire to fire up the computer, find some icons and start clicking recklessly. To move around 3D objects and build my own world. To place items at a carefully chosen location on a green surface with a satisfying 'thud' and know that my little people would get the most ( Read more... )

So that's what they've been getting up to on the other side of the planet ( Read more... )

Right, it's a bit of an epic blog tonight. First - here's PROOF at last that Simon and myself completed the Cyberman Jigsaw.

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