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Leaving the 'Book
I haven't deleted my Facebook account yet, primarily because of organizational issues with LARPS and other role-playing games, that still need to be solved.
But what I have done is deleted all but the last month's posts and all the images I had uploaded, left almost all of the groups I belonged to, un-liked everything except a few friends writer ( Read more... ) -
Like Tears In The Rain
Moments of Viggo
from Shadows Fall (Crucible Chapter Five)
Sitting outslde the Hound barracks,
sipping the hot mead of the black bean,
watching all the ladies walk by.
Rathmon sees a living Havok, exclaims "Constantine!" and shimmers away.
Ragnoc is gone and Viggo stands guard over Fox, Samedi, and the corpse. Not that they need guarding, but ( Read more... ) -
Hydra 2014
Great weekend, need moar sleep.
I have however, proved to myself that I am still capable of staying up till four in the morning on both Friday & Saturday night, and still going to work the next Monday. Luckily I didn't have a lot of thinking to do on Monday. So what is it about Naomi, Steph, Nick & I, that results in the four of us always being in ( Read more... ) -
This is how you get started in coding (from Linda Liukas)
Finding the right product or motivation for your kid is the key. Some kids love making games. Others enjoy writing stories. One little boy I taught got very excited about "hacking" existing websites with Chrome Inspect Element tool. Another girl wanted to learn Java to make Minecraft mods.
You don't need to be a professional developer to get ( Read more... ) -
33AR Session 2 : Red Letter Day
Overall observations : Loved how people started coming to Jack for a certain type of help with their problems. So much happened that on many occasions I was thinking along the lines of "What? It's not lunch time yet?!?!" or similar. So much happened that when I tried to tell Sally about what happened Sunday night I had to keep jumping back in ( Read more... ) -
The Scott Card Superman Boycott
Like many things, this started as a comment on someone else's post, but got far too long for that. So, this is my view on the boycott of Scott Card's work on Superman being conducted by some comic shops and, presumably, comic purchasers ( Read more... ) -
Dreamwatch : Seabirds
Climbing high on a windy mountain overlooking the sea to get a better view of the massive tidal & storm surges in the ocean below, I watched sea birds glide down to the sea, becoming first dots, and then invisible against the steel grey mountains of water. One of them grew bigger instead, growing past the size of a seabird, until I was aware that ( Read more... ) -
Keep New Zealand Software Patent Free!
The Problem
In 2010, a Select Committee unanimously recommended that software be excluded from patentability. Clause 10A(1) of the Patents Bill will achieve this.
Unfortunately, the Government has decided to add clause 10A(2) at the last minute. While intended to preserve the availability of patents for inventions containing embedded software, ( Read more... ) -
Hitting & molesting Hatsune Miku
OK, I didn't expect this to be on the agenda quite yet, but what's your opinion on the hitting and molesting of bots in VR ( Read more... ) -
First Kiss on Neptune
Recently posted this on FaceBook, decided I should post here as well, as this is more reliable.
Unlike many on my friends list, I actually remember the events depicted in this movie. I was eight. When moon landing was broadcast, the entire Bamber Bridge Primary school were gathered in the school hall to watch it on the school's single ( Read more... )
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