This post will be brief, since I have been extremely busy lately ( Read more... )

The Australian Government is planning to introduce mandatory internet filtering for all Australian ISPs. The government's own studies show that such a filter would slow down internet access by 30-80%1. Also, even the best of the trialled filters would incorrectly block 1 in 100 legitimate websites2Even more importantly, the future free speech ( Read more... )

For anyone who wants something to procrastinate with, whether it be from exams, or NaNo, or work, this is an interesting (and vaguely educational) site: http://www.freerice.com/index.phpRead more... )

Best BBC headline ever for zombie day?

Woot! My computer is now fixed! (Also, I think I'll build my next computer from parts. That wasn't nearly as complicated as I'd thought it would be.)

My computer has stopped working completely - when I turn it on it just sits there making a noise like a chainsaw, and I don't dare leave it on for too long just in case it explodes or something. So I've just spent an hour printing out all my notes at uni. I probably won't be online much for the next week, since I won't have time to get my computer ( Read more... )

And it's finally done! All 61 pages and 13000-odd words of it...

Now I just have to get it printed, bound and handed in.

Today's D&D session was... amusing, insane, really fun in an "Oh God, oh god, we're all going to die" kind of way.

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Interview from sylver_spiders from the last interview meme. Took me a while to get around to answering the questions...

1. Is there anywhere in the world you would really *not* want to visit?
Anywhere where there is currently a war going on, or significant political unrest, etc. I have an aversion to being killed or kidnapped.

2. What movie would you most ( Read more... )

The translation of Night Watch, by Sergei Lukyanenko has just been released in Britain. This book is awesome, definitely better than the movie in my opinion. I don't know how good the translation is, but this review seems promising. Buy it, love it and then go out and complain that more of his stuff hasn't been translated. - I totally agree. I've ( Read more... )