Critical Fumble

I wasn’t going to comment immediately on the death of Gary Gygax, co-creator of the Dungeons and Dragons game, because I was pretty sure that lots of blogs and webcomics would do so, and I wanted to try to avoid the “LOL DIDNT MAKE HIS SAVING THROW VS DEATH…

Oooooo pretty!

Okay, so I downloaded some 1080p versions of the Star Wars movies (the pack contained six films at 8.3GB or so each, three of which were The Star Wars Trilogy, and there were also three other, more recent Lucasfilm movies, which I will not discuss at this or any…

ZZZ * snork* ZZZ

So I just got a phone call from the Sleep Study guy – they got the data unit back and have finished processing the results. His exact words were “Yeah .. you .. are pretty bad, eh?” to which I had to fight not to say “I’m bad to the bone, baby.…

It's time.

I think …. I think I want to start my own country. I’ll need: – A Flag – A National Anthem – A Uniform – Government Ministers/Generals/Toadies – Uniforms for them, too – Passports What else is required? Immediate appointments are of course vizi as Grand Vizier – a good choice because he comes with…

A Slice Of My Life

Annette: “Do you know who Malcolm and Donna are?” JSR: “It’s not ringing any bells.” Annette: “Tess mentioned them in this Nut and Bee order. She says she’s staying with them in Palmerston North and you know who they are.” JSR: “Nope.” Annette: “Knowing your old friends they’…

Everything becomes clear

A new Terminator Movie in 2009 will feature Christian Bale as John Connor. So THAT is how John Connor is able to fight back and win against SkyNet with only a rag-tag band of human soldiers. Because he’s Batman. It all makes sense to me now.…

Industry! Science!

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 27/02/2008, originally uploaded by jsr.spathi. At last, they’re finally starting to do some work on the shitty building next to our place. All the components for scaffolding, etc, are…

...enshroud me in thy purple cloak.

My sleep monitoring machine arrived – complete with a blood oxygenation sensor (which attaches to a finger) and an airflow meter which is a little tube that runs up to under your nose, and has another couple of smaller tubes that fit into your nostrils. I made Fremen/Dune jokes while…