Well, with the arrival of the svelte MacBook (see the new userpic) I suspect my iBook may soon be retired. The big decision is whether to get the MacBook before getting an iMac to replace my sick desktop PC (I know, I know. Never buy the first release, but it's sooo cute).

The next-generation formerly known as the Nintendo Revolution will now, apparently, be called the Wii (pronounced "we"). With a name like that, I think it's going to have the piss taken out if it something chronic (quite literally, given the meaning of "wee" in English). So it's going to be a three-horse race: The X-Box 360, the Playstation 3 (PS3 ( Read more... )

Wow. It's 45 years ago today that Yuri Gagarin made the first manned spaceflight, and 25 years ago today that the first shuttle boosted into orbit. According to here there are celebrations in a number of places ( Read more... )

When you see this in someone's LJ, quote Leo McGarry ( Read more... )

I paid a trip to Lisure Games on Saturday and picked up Exalted Second Edition. A fine looking book - I'm wondering if this means they'll be revising my contribution to that like, Exalted: The Lunars ( Read more... )

This makes those new Intel Core-Duo Macs look even more appealing.

Must.

Resist.

Stolen from Karohemd

Put your mp3 player on random and answer the following questions with the first 15 tracks:

1. How does the world see you?
Paranoid Android - Radiohead

2. Will I have a happy life?
A-Son-Ja-O Kodo

3. What do my friends think of me?
My imaginary friend - The Divine Comedy

4. Do people secretly lust after me?Riverwide - Sherryl Crow ( Read more... )

Okay, so it may be a long way short of BattleMechs or (for those of you watching BattleStar Galactica) Cylons, but I thought these were pretty damn cool: Honda's "Run" ad for the Asimo and a public demo of the same.

Now this was just what I needed to lighten the mood this morning.

The problem with playing MMORPGs is that sometimes things go completely pear-shaped ( Read more... )