Archive for June, 2004

Bits of Paper - Better than the Internet

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

I was pulled up on this the other week when we went to see The Day After Tomorrow. I genuinely said that bits of paper were better than the Internet. In that instance I was referring to cinema timetables. Apart from the fact that I have transcribed the Stratford times into my blog […]

New word of the day

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

One I haven’t heard for quite a while, possibly because I haven’t been back home to see the family for a while. But Laura posted a comment on the Not Shakespeare post containing the word “neb” which I had to make word of the day if only because none of the dictionaries online seem […]

Blogs

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

Blogs are great aren’t they? People probably stumble in here expecting some flashes of inspiration or just to see evidence of my undoubted genious only to be greated by a load of bookmarks cleverly disguised as informational posts.

Diplomacy

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

I was having a bit of a play with some Diplomacy software as I am considering running a game for some friends. This is the page that it produces with a couple of rounds of test data. I’m not 100% convinced and might keep looking for something better, or even just draw my […]

Zatoichi and other films

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

I went to see Zatoichi last night with Mike, one of the few people I know who was likely to appreciate it. The action sequences were brilliantly choreographed as was the tap-dancing! The whole cinema laughed out load a number of times as the comedy sequences were so good, and even Mike winced […]


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