From the cold ashes

So, journalling again and Xcode 4 and iOS 4.3 and iPad app development.  Interesting. This is of course prompted by my burgeoning desire to do some iPad game development.  I guess the urge really came into effect around New Year’s Eve, at which time I was thoroughly addicted to Game Dev Story.  But I wanted… Read more

Bridge School Benefit Concert

On Saturday I went to the Bridge School Benefit Concert at Shoreline with Erick and his two colleagues, Stefan and Kim. They arrived in S.F. earlier in the week on business, but of course one can’t pass up the opportunity to catch up, and to indulge in some solid touristing – only Erick of the… Read more

I wonder if the banks wonder why people hate them?

So I was set to phone home tonight, except I’m out of credit on Skype. No problem! With my futuristic money applying device, the Credit Card™, I can just refill my account instantly and be chatting away in no time. Except that Skype are refusing my card. In fact, all my cards. As did Blizzard,… Read more

WoW

Two weekends ago now, I finally relented to the crushing pressure of 11 million so-called peers, and installed World of Warcraft. Mainly because I’d been out the night before talking with Matt, in IHOP, and he’d described some of the more interesting sounding high-level stuff, involving big raids and PvP and vehicles, which sounded like… Read more

Sam, Jenny & Tia

Two weekends ago, on Friday, I met Sam, Jenny & Tia. Sam & Jenny were over from Virginia for the two weeks, while Tia hails originally from there but now Placerville – also known as “that small town with a couple of turns in it on the way to Tahoe”. ;) Anyway, we hit it… Read more

Moved

The move is complete. More or less. Last weekend was largely spent packing – interrupted, very welcomly albeit briefly, by a LAN party at Chris & Ryan’s – and the move itself happened on Monday. I had ML Movers do all the heavy lifting and hauling. It was expensive ($325 + $100 tip) but I… Read more

Pete’s weekend

Last Saturday I was invited out to Great America with Pete, Eyrene and some others whom I hadn’t previously met – Mickey, Ryan & Chris. Oh and Shelley turned up during the day, too, along with a few others whom didn’t hang with us perpetually, but whom we lingered about periodically. The invite came in… Read more