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At the end of voting for Burn Longer V Burn Brighter, a late vote for burn brighter wasn’t enough, and the healthy careful people win 3 to 2. The second part of my Go Ask Alice thoughts was supposed to go with the end of this poll, but I forgot and posted it early. [...]


Posted at: November 30th, 2004 - 10:15 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Neuromesh member and my ex-workmate Geoff points out :
You know it’s Christmas when…The Matrix collection comes out on 10 dvds and Lord of the Rings extended edition comes out on 12
That’s more than I would watch in a year. Who are these time rich people???


Posted at: November 27th, 2004 - 7:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Richard Branson (the Virgin guy) has the rights to a private space ship, and is working towards space tourism. Sigourney Weaver wants to be one of the first people on board.
How would you be if you were one of the other passengers and Ripley from Alien was in the queue in front of you? [...]


Posted at: November 26th, 2004 - 7:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0

The thing that really sucked me in to the book was the momentum of the descent into drug culture. For a book that was supposed to scare you off drugs, it painted a pretty exciting picture. Maybe I’m more unique than I thought, but I found it vicously attractive. Some people become completely [...]


Posted at: November 25th, 2004 - 10:00 am - Number of Comments » 0

Speed kills. It’s obvious that the faster a car goes, the harder it is to stop it when something unexpected happens. There are those who argue otherwise, and feel that speed limits are an attack on their personal liberty and that people should be trained better so they can handle a car at [...]


Posted at: November 23rd, 2004 - 1:27 am - Number of Comments » 0

Apparently Disney has decided to make Toy Story 3 without Pixar. The previous Toy Story films, along with Nemo, Monsters Inc and Bug’s Life, were made by Pixar but distributed by Disney. However Disney has the rights to Toy Story sequels, and obviously need to milk some more cash out of the franchise.
As [...]


Posted at: November 18th, 2004 - 7:00 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Important information for any budding Igors out there : the correct procedure for packing a fresh brain for transport. Waste not, want not.


Posted at: November 17th, 2004 - 7:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Stupid unicycle flash game My top score is 41.4 seconds. The top score listed on the site is around ten minutes. If you can’t beat that, feel free to post your best as a comment here instead :P


Posted at: November 13th, 2004 - 7:00 pm - Number of Comments » 4

(This is a review in two parts, the first about the book here, then the rest about some of my reactions in a few days.)
I read this book in two sittings. It’s the diary of a 15 year old girl in 1971 who gets involved in the drug scene (did I just say drug scene? [...]


Posted at: November 12th, 2004 - 11:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0

At the end of Pollarity III, Holden 7 Ford 1. I can usually guess what the answers will be based on the kinds of friends I have, but I would have expected that one to be more equal. I wonder if there is a real connection between personality type and car choice?
Now to [...]


Posted at: November 12th, 2004 - 4:07 am - Number of Comments » 0