Month: September 2004

  • Futility

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    I am a salmon. I am swimming against the current, going nowhere, fighting a path upstream to some unknowable goal, for some intangible reason. At the moment I am stuck beneath a weir; some man-made bullshit designed to keep my nose pressed down against the slimy bottom of the river. I can’t find a way…

  • Colours

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  • Unreal Engine v3

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    Wanna see some screenshots of the “in development” 3rd version of the Unreal Engine? Link

  • Oakley MP3

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    Oakley MP3 player. Good or bad? Hmm.

  • New Build

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    A new build of old and second hand parts, for a better winter/commuting bike:

  • Autumn Approaches

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  • HalfLife 2 Delay?

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    Could HalfLife 2 be delayed another 6 months? Link.

  • Twitching

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    Remember that thing I said about coping pretty well with no PC gaming? That it’s not an addiction? Well forget it. I’m starting to get really fucking jittery now. Next week it will be a month since my gaming rig blew, and my new components (OK, some of them are a *little* esoteric) still haven’t…

  • More Press

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    The ARC (the funding body paying for a current research project of mine) just phoned to ask if I’d be in their monthly magazine. Sheesh. When it rains it pours. All this publicity might go to my head! Or not.

  • Sod

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    People scoff when I claim that you can measure the law of Sod. Yesterday morning I was running (well, cycling) late to catch my train (Jack was up early). With the foreknowledge of Sod’s Law I predicted that the busy dual-carriageway that I have to cross every morning would be particularly busy because of my…