A monk, taking a bamboo stick, said to the people, “If you call this a stick, you fall into the trap of words, but if you do not call it a stick, you contradict facts. So what do you call it?”Answer: At that time a monk in the assembly came forth. He snatched the stick,… Continue reading Zen
Year: 2004
Joint Operations
This is not a review. I bought this game last week and I would have to say that I am addicted. As the quote on their homepage says: It is my Battlefield 1942 replacement, not that I have played Battlefield for a while. As usual, Spong got me onto the game through his blog. [Update… Continue reading Joint Operations
i just realised
why is it that almost all of the blogs that I read are powered by .text? Surely this is not the dominating blogging engine out there?
OMFG! Google is down!
I cannot get to google. Tristan cannot get to google. I cannot get there from home, from work, or from an anonymous proxy in the US. Has there been some kind of war? [Update 11:44] microsoft.com and yahoo.com also seem to be affected, all three are up and down like a yoyo. I am off… Continue reading OMFG! Google is down!
Cheery Cheer
Since my early teens I have preferred diet soft drinks to the sugar kind. Back in the 80’s this meant that I was drinking Diet Coke, but as time has progressed the range of diet drinks has increased. With the advent of the Atkins diet, and mass sugar avoidance, I have been pleased to see… Continue reading Cheery Cheer
Jealousy
I wish I was here.
Orkut crazy
I have only been on Orkut for less than two days and I am already addicted. It is fun to build up a network and surf the people. The novelty is certainly a factor, I imagine things will slow down once I stop adding people that I know, but I am still enjoying it. I… Continue reading Orkut crazy
Firefox
I have been using Mozilla Firefox as my secondary browser for the last few weeks, and I am impressed. I use Avant Browser most of the time, but I am noticing that I am gradually increasing my use of Firefox. I chose Avant over Internet Explorer because it has tabbed browsing and cool middle mouse button… Continue reading Firefox