spooky empty friends page, because nobody has said anything for weeks.....

today it was discovered that one of the machines at work could hurt you if you set up a stupid program with a pointless step and then stupidly opened it during that step (the pointless stupid step unlocks the lid) and then stupidly stuck your hand in. The solution: stop everyone from using the machine, even if they are using it in a perfectly ( Read more... )

vat grown meat:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15402552

http://io9.com/5847879/what-if-dr-seuss-wrote-the-call-of-cthulhu

I just changed my bank account and credit card. I asked for an increase in my credit limit and they said no even though I have had the card for over a year, always paid on time and have regularly used it, apparently because I have increased my use lately so they want to watch me for six months. Well of course I have increased it, I've just had to ( Read more... )

Currently working on my LittleBigPlanet 2 version of the amiga classic Gravity Power ( Read more... )

I'm hoping to make a version of the ancient and excellent "Gravity Power" game, so I can share it with yeti, and he no doubt will utterly thrash me.

 So there I am, playing Little Big Planet, having a nice relaxing break, and Lisa walks in and suggests that we watch TV. I'm not desperately enthused by the idea, but ok I say, turn off the game and the PS3 and watch as she flicks through the channels, decides there is nothing she wants to watch, and then walks off. why couldn't she just leave me

 As I thoroughly expected, all the leak stories over the past few months have become "not as bad as we thought" on the actual budget cut day. I had a feeling all along that this was an intentional leak of scare stories so that when the big day came, it wouldn't be as bad and people would breathe a sigh of relief. Very Orwellian, they may as well ( Read more... )

 I am starting to tire of other peoples' incompetence and am wondering how I can do something about it.