Month: August 2004

  • Time Flies

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    Apparently when you’re absorbed in an activity that requires a hgh level of attention, your perception of time does indeed change. Read this article. I just said I’d been losing hours to Warhammer 40000, Dawn of War, didn’t I?

  • Frog

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    It looks like Jack’s got someone to play with in his paddling pool this morning!

  • Oz

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    My brother’s in Oz and sent me this photo by MMS to my phone. Quite a different view to have in the morning. Cheers Nick!

  • Development

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    Wow, Jack’s reading classic development texts already. Well, OK, he caught me reading it and just liked the numbers on the chapter pages. But still.

  • Doom III Delay?

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    Aaargh! Zombies! Or rather, no zombies! Aaargh! Amazon have got a ship date of August 15th for my copy of Doom III, which would mean I wouldn’t get it for almost a week. In case you haven’t been paying attention (tshk), Doom III is supposed to be available in the UK on the 13th, already…

  • Athens

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    My mate Bob‘s gone off to Athens to support the GB team in the Olympics! Good, eh?

  • 10.3.5

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    Apple have released another update for OS X. I’m installing it now, but apparently it includes functionality to control your Mac from your mobile phone via bluetooth. This means I can run my lectures from Powerpoint and use my Sony-Ericsson to click through the slides. Yeah, I know you could already get 3rd party software…

  • Figures in the Dark

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    Too much! Whenever I close my eyes I see miniature Warhammer 40000 figures roaming about a battlefield, marching in units. Three days to Doom 3!

  • Bugs?

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    Are you spotting any bugs? Tell me about them via the comments (click below).

  • Mysteries of the Ocean Deepen

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    A number of online news services have been running a story with the above headline. To sum up, marine biologists from all over the world teamed up to catalogue life in the mid-atlantic during two months this summer. They found some bizarre species and broad diversity. Go visit the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen,…