...appear to pwnz my soul.

First FF:X1 invaded my compy.
Now FF:Tactics Advance has taken over my GBA.
And a CD of FF theme music is currently playing in the background...

*wanders off humming FF theme tunes, whilst GBA button twiddling*

This week, they opened a brand spanking new datacenter where I work - lots of servers, routers & a raised floor with funky green lighting under it - that kind of thing ( Read more... )

( Hee!... )

Well, I'm now up to speed with Matrix #2 - after I missed it's run on the big screens, it finally made to my little one in the living room.

It has to be said - riding a nice new, thoughtfully-fueled-up, shiny Ducati, full out, the wrong way down a crowded freeway & watching the resulting mayhem is a highly entertaining way to spend ones time. This ( Read more... )

Especially for codesama - here's the solution to your PC case dilemma - the Legobox!

FF:XI has the most long-winded-mega-install-of-doom of possibly any any game ever! So there! I've only just got to the point where I can fire up the actual game, after several hours of CD twiddling & form filling & beer drinking... er never mind the beer bit. T'was medicinal only. Honest. hic ( Read more... )

I'm currently waiting for the A/C chappie to come round and work his magic (this afternoon, so he's got < 3 hours left, thank you very much... :/ ). Spent the last couple of hours reclaiming the pathways at the front of the house from the evil grow-anywhere-grass-invaders - though attacking stuff with a strimmer is really rather theraputic for the ( Read more... )

The last commercial flight of Concorde has just landed at London Heathrow, bringing the era of civilian supersonic air travel to an end.

Born out of post war enthusiasm for economic growth via the white heat of technology & the beginnings of European political integration (Gasp! The French & the Brits working together on something?! It'll never ( Read more... )

You're taking the Norwegian driving test & you see pink hearts painted on the road - what can you now do?

You've just finished reading Harry Potter's latest escapades & you suddenly think up an interesting business opportunity for taking FedEx on, using owls - but you need financing... What can you do about it?

Lost & found:

Well, I seem to have lost my import Ayumi Hamasaki - Rainbow CD. I have a nasty feeling that it took an involantary walk from my desk at work. Bleh. On the plus side, though - whilst rooting about under the seats of the LimeyMobile looking for the aforementioned CD, I found long-lost Sapporo. Yay ( Read more... )