Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 9th, 2008
When taking a late-night stroll through a fairly remote field do not let your mind wander off and think about the film Zodiac.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
I was a little forgetful last night. I filled up my bike at the petrol station and then parked around the back of the station briefly so I could pick up some chips from the chip shop next door. After I had ordered my food I realised that ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I played some more Mario Kart Wii over the Bank Holiday weekend, after I'd recovered some sleep from the film festival. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how much more I'll end up playing. I've been relatively positive about the game with my initial impressions, but with some reservations about ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
This weekend saw me spend about half my time inside a cinema watching sci-fi films, at the seventh annual sci-fi film festival in London. This year's schedule of films was far superior to the previous year, where a misguided collaboration with a horror genre magazine led to half the ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My application to be a City of Heroes advocate for Crossover Games has been accepted. This gives me access to various extra resources in an effort to get the game running perfectly under CxG. I downloaded the latest nightly build and had a quick session in City of ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The NME had a glowing review of Portishead's third album recently, which piqued my interest. Their first album, Dummy, is excellent, their second is much bleaker but still good, and this third album is supposedly even better. That it comes many years after their previous release makes it ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The new extra lane on the M1 has been opened both north- and southbound for the northern half of the expansion project. What a difference it has made! Before this morning, I have never seen southbound commuter traffic moving at anything less than a crawl for a few ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I have another headache. Or maybe it's the same one from yesterday evening, subdued temporarily by some paracetamol and rearing it's ugly head again. I don't know why, but my headaches simply won't go away without taking some pills. No matter how quiet or relaxed I make ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Heading home from work yesterday I encountered the sadly familiar sight of slow-moving traffic on the motorway, as it edged its way through the roadworks for ten miles or so. I have about six miles to travel through it before a contraflow section allows me to break away from ...
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