The three of us just got back from campus, where we viewed a SIGGRAPH presentation. Basically, a whole bunch of cool computer animated movies. There was the usual stuff in there – the generic “behind the scenes” crap from Industrial Light & Magic, DigitalDomain, etc. But the good things were the independent stuff, the small… Read more
I forgot to note, also, that Bronwyn knew exactly where my surname is from. She’s the first person I’ve ever met who’s even got the country right, let alone the town. Scary. :)
Okay, so a week ago Simon Goldrei invited the three of us down to Santa Cruz for the day, to check it out. He moved here (permanently) about a month or so before I arrived, and has a nice shiny car (in the photos). Thus, given Santa Cruz is some 50km or so away from… Read more
Finally I’ve got all my photos sorted and posted… you can find the ski trip ones here. So, our trip. It was organised by Julius, an intern at Apple who’s here for four more months of his twelve. He sent a message out on the intern mailing list asking for takers for skiing, and I… Read more
Yeah, I am still here. Just haven’t had much free time this week, with Macworld and all. It’s been fun, but exhausting. This weekend I’m taking it easy, with plenty of time to finally write things up. I’ve got a few hundred new photos to sort through, which I’ll post as soon as I can.… Read more
Halo’s a great game. But buggy as #%@!. The Xbox version’s way worse, but even so, the Mac version doesn’t give me more than ten minutes at a time without a major bug. Such as this one here, where the level disappeared. This was in a 16 player online game. I was carrying the flag… Read more
It is my estimate, based on experimental evidence, that the human body can store approximately 3.7 billion litres of mucus, in the throat. Unfortunately I brought a cold or somesuch back with me after New Years, so I’ve been completely stuffed this week. I’ve been working on getting stuff into my journal, but it’s taking… Read more