According to Yahoo News, Brice Mellon will open a can of whupass on you in games such as Mortal Kombat or Soul Caliber. No news there, pretty much anyone can beat me.
The catch is, he’s blind.
The trick with games like that is mainly working up your combo moves, ie certain combinations of hi kick, [...]

Jews, Christians and Muslims all trace their religions back to Abraham. Christians can’t even agree with each other on how to interpret the Old Testament, so it’s no surprise in some ways that the three faiths would struggle to find common ground. We theologise, interpret, pick the bits we like…we overintellectualise the whole [...]

Poko and his dog Minus, together with toy monkey Mr Murphy, play in his room or in the garden. Poko can draw cartoon objects with his finger, which become real, and Minus has an eraser nose that can rub them out. You can play the Poko Pippity Pop GameThis isn’t overplayed in the show though.
Poko’s [...]

Based on a Slashdot discussion
People with brains who aren’t completely anti-tv bemoan the lack of intelligent programming. Often when there is a cool and intelligent and still entertaining show, it’s lucky to last a whole season. The reasons for this are not quite what you think.
My understanding was always twofold. I figured [...]

It’s difficult, trying to conquer depression and maintain your creativity. When an outpouring of suffering has been both your psychological release and your creative muse, how do you continue to be creative in the same way?
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed – but they produced Michelangelo, [...]

Next poll : Going camping. Do you love to get out in the fresh country air, close to nature and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, enjoying the simplicity and the peace and quiet? Or do you detest the mud, bugs and snakes and get twitchy if you are away [...]

Went to run Service Pack 1 for Win 2003 Server on the Windows server at work today. I balked a little at the recommended hard drive space though.

165 meg download to two terabytes recommended space is an awesome compression ratio!!

from the Sydney Morning Herald
Alison Sayer escaped the New York terrorist attacks by one day, but terrorism caught up with the Australian in London last week when she nearly lost her life when bomb blasts rocked the city.Sayer, 36, of Kurrajong in the Blue Mountains, was on business in the World Trade Centre in [...]

Obviously the scale is somewhat smaller than the WTC, but nonetheless London has shown what an immensely different character it’s people have.
People have been trying to blow up bits of London for decades. Centuries, in fact. This one’s nothing special. It’s no different to any of the others. London’s reaction to it is typified by [...]

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I can’t stop listening to this. Everytime I close the window, I’m irresistably drawn to open it again! Needs flash
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