EULAs

An immensely funny look at the sad sad world of software EULAs, over at TG Daily, here. Some of them are real screamers, such as the one from “The Breeder Group” (no, I have no idea who they are either) who require you to not only sign away your right to a chargeback (which is… Read more

Perseverance

Yeah, so I’ve been slack. I haven’t had all that much to write about… the whole weekend’s been pretty boring. I’ve hardly left the house… in fact I’m not sure I did at all. Just thesis, watching Lost, and of course that silly game of Risk. But I’m going to continue with this exercise nonetheless.… Read more

Stories

Here’s a whole bunch of immensely well written stories I wrote back in year 9 or so. I haven’t changed them at all; I’ve even left in the broken links, bad spelling, impossible grammar, and weird accreditations. Enjoy. :) First up, there’s Nightmare on Dungeon St. I have no idea why I picked that title…… Read more

Where should I be now

Ye gods… I actually wrote this in between the 21st and the 25th of May, 1998, for year 9 Geography (why we were doing this in geography, I have no idea). I’m guessing the assignment was to consider where you would be over the years. So, without further ado… Myself over the years….. 2008 Age:… Read more

Ancient history can be dangerous

It’s really cute looking back at the [partial] IRC logs from when Sarah and I were first going out… except when it gets up to the bit which reminds me why we broke up. And to see the date on it, and to realise how long things weren’t right. I’m suddenly not quite so interested… Read more

Risk

Ah, well, I shouldn’t have, but I wasted a good six hours last night playing Risk with the lads (Laura, Damien, Anton & Stef). It was an interesting game… it took quite a while for anyone to cement much of a lead. As usual, whenever Damien pulled together any significant power mass he would attack… Read more