Schnee Schna Schnappi,
Schnappi, Schnappi, Schnappi,
Schnee Schna Schnappi,
Shoot me in the head.

'...heres a cool link' posts.

Look here for a large list of quotes about computing and software development and stuff, including this gem:

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

Robert Conquest's Second Law of Politics

I imagine that most of my dear readers know this already, but I have resigned from ARL, and will be starting a new job at Straylight Studios, near the uni her in Dunedin.

Its cool, with a side order of groovy.

Although its also a bit of a risk and stuff, so lets just wait and see how it all turns out.

So, more on my supposeed computer game. Its ticking along nicely, and is not at the point where I can post a screenshot without everyone bursting out laughing and how crappy it is (feel free to do so, of course). Its quite exciting, because all I need to do is slap in some networking code (harder than it sounds, but still faily easy) and it will ( Read more... )

So, long time, no write and all that ( Read more... )

I recently got a model as part of my prize for winning Southcon. Last time I won, I changed the pose of the model I got, so I figured I may as well continue the tradition. So I started cutting up this expensive piece of pewter... You can follow my progress/failure hereAlso, Ian (my boss) just got back from foreign parts, and he's scary happy. ( Read more... )

Important--Read Carefully before Opening.
By breaking the seal on this package you are agreeing that you have indeed broken the seal on this package. If you do not agree to this condition then promptly place this package in an inconspicuous place and claim that you never touched it.

One of the guys in my bible study group got married a wee while ago, and another friend asked him if he was going to open source his wedding. So he turned up a few weeks later with the source code to said wedding. And its open source, so I can stick it here too ( Read more... )

So I'm going to the Southcon wargaming tournament on sunday, where I'm technically the reigning champion for WarMachine (I won last year, but there were only four entrants including the organiser, and two of them hadn't played much, so I don't know if it really counts). Not really anything to say about that, but I felt like updating. I've been ( Read more... )

We watched moonraker last night withg my bible study group, and I have to say it is one of the silliest movies ever. We are all fans, to one degree or another, of Mystery Science Theatre, so we spent the whole time commenting on it, with much hilarity. I don't drink much, if at all, but we did come up with a good drinking game ( Read more... )