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I’m feeling a bit sore today. Elbows, shoulders, arse, lower back, wrists, shins, etc. The usual post-crash stuff. It’s daft you get all these aches with even just a low speed crash. The bike’s screwed: the frame’s bent and the wheels are bent (plus some other bits), so they’ll need replacing. I really, really liked…

Hot on the heels of the Xbox 360 is the press release of official details of the next generation Playstation, due on the shelves Spring 06. It looks incredibly powerful, and Sony are already showing off some game demos. This box *will* have a Blue-Ray high-definition DVD drive, outputting 1080p gaming. It has a load…

Here is a detailed article about the Xbox 360. I want to see some games! It’s going to be very powerful, but won’t have a hidef DVD drive. Hmmm. That’s a shame, as it would have been a way of getting hidef DVD movies into Jo Bloggs’ living room.

Did anybody notice the prelaunch of the Xbox 360 (aka Xbox 2)? The actual hardware is supposed to be out in the shops by Christmas, which would be interesting, as the Playstation 3 isn’t due on the scene until 2006. It looks pretty boring and not particularly original in design (just like the first one…

It’s a Jameson’s evening. I feel really fatigued, like I’ve picked up a virus, but I’m probably just tired. I haven’t really stopped this week, except to sleep. I submitted a big, multidisciplinary grant application to the Royal Society on Wednesday, we had an anatomy exam resit on Monday, we’re finishing the 2 timetables for…

Sony and Toshiba have joined together to produce just one high definition DVD format. Sony will make the hardware, Toshiba the software. Blu-ray and HD-DVD will not fight it out like VHS and Betamax, thank crap. Does this mean that without the format war high-def DVD players will make it into our living rooms sooner,…

I don’t know why, but voting makes you feel really good, doesn’t it?

Yesterday I had a tail wind cycling both to and from work. Today they’ve cut the water off and the tea bag used in my last cupful of hot water had a hole in it, so I’ve a mug full of tea leaves. I tell you, life’s full of ups and downs.

Wow. Just watched Dr Who on NTL’s On Demand service. For one, Dr Who was superb – beautiful reintroduction of the Dalek and more hints at the final time war. But NTL’s On Demand service is working brilliantly. In a nutshell, NTL automatically records a bunch of TV programmes which are particularly popular, and you…

I’ve been a busy boy today – up at 5.30 to set up and take photos at our club’s novice triathlon, Try-a-Tri. All went well, as far as I know, and I got about 400 reasonable pictures. The light started to go early on, which made life tough: fast shutter speeds are needed to stop…