Give a gift

Reading time: < 1 min This one comes via Lynn. The idea is simple: someone’s daughter is getting married and she thought it would be nice to compile a list of recipes, donated by “us bloggers”. I think it’s a lovely idea (my sentimental side is in over-drive at the moment), so I urge you all to visit Susan’s site…

Breedster – game evolving?

Reading time: < 1 min Tom noticed “Strange, arcane shapes are starting to appear in the landscape of the breedster eco-system” (map) It’s still happening, now we have a large breedster bug appearing (bottom right) and what may, possibly, be a letter of a word? You decide:

But is it Scottish?

Reading time: < 1 min CL:AIRE aka “Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments” has just been submitted to the Scottish Blogs webring. That’ll be a reject then. I think this is my first instance of ‘form based spam’. Ick. I feel all dirty. I’m off for a shower.

AudioScrobbler

Reading time: < 1 min Well whatever they did to the technical gubbins seems to have done the trick as the service is now happily chugging along. Of course there is still a natural sway towards.. well.. “demographical music choices” but as more people starting using this it should even out. Right? Current Top 10: 1. non-mover: Modest Mouse –…

Sweary word

Reading time: < 1 min Dick. I have no reason why but it seems to have crept into my vocabulary as my current “swearword du jour” (more like swearword du semaine mind you). That is all. Actually, it’s not. Got some bad news from a friend last night. Can’t say too much but it has dredged up memories of a…

Fats Gonder

Reading time: < 1 min Because I can’t find it anywhere else on the internetweb, here is the opening text from Fats Gonder’s introduction for James Brown (Live at the Apollo in ’62). “So now ladies and gentlemen it’s star time, are you ready for star time?! Thank you and thank you very kindly, it is indeed a great pleasure…