Month: November 2004

“Dear Sir / Madam, My name is Klara Linhartova and I am assisting in the coordination of the 15th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress (ISDB) from 3 – 7 September 2005 in Sydney, Australia.    The Congress will bring together the world’s leading professionals in the field of developmental biology, cell biology and animal genetics, as well as  policy makers, academics, technical specialists and educational groups.…

Fair play, Amazon did a good job with HalfLife 2. You have to authenticate each copy of HL2 online before you can play, and you could download the game, bit by bit, before it was released and unlock it to play. The servers opened to allow everyone to authenticate and play HL2 at 8am GMT…

Oh joy of joys – Amazon have shipped my copy of Half-Life 2. Will it be as good as we hope? Will it be better than the original? Have the endless delays left us expecting too much? I’ll tell you in a couple of days. I’d better hurry up and finish the bathroom and bedroom…

We’re decorating the bathroom & replacing the suite this weekend. Kim has always hated the pink bathroom, & estate agents agree that this is the most useful job we could do to help sell our house. She was very happy when she saw me heave the bog into the skip & it smashed. And there…