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A Christmas Carol
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No comments on A Christmas CarolThe idea of Patrick Stewart doing a one-man production of A Christmas Carol was a surprising one, but also one that I felt knew what was going to happen. I presumed that he’d read the book out on his own, using his unmistakable voice to enliven proceedings; nothing terribly difficult, and not terribly interesting, apart…
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2005 In Review
A few weeks ago, Stuart from feeling listless emailed to ask if I’d like to contribute to a ‘2005 in Review’ thing he was doing at his blog. The idea was that contributors would write about: “…something they’ve always wanted to do this year. It could be as simple as being able to see a…
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Accelerating Mass
The last couple of episodes of In Our Time on Radio 4 have been particularly good. The first was on Pragmatism, not a topic that I initially had much interest in until I discovered that the philosophy of pragmatism, especially that of Charles Peirce, is rather close to what I support – unsurprising, given that…
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Murses
Useful Ask Metafilter thread on finding a man-bag – increasingly a necessity in this world of digital cameras, iPods and Nintendo DSes. I read for the first time the word ‘murse’ in this thread, which is fun neologism.
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School of Dreams
School of Dreams by Edward Humes My secondary school (or high school, for you American folks) was a rather pleasant private school in Birkenhead, across the water from Liverpool. You could make a fair argument for saying that it was the best secondary school in the area, although there were a few others that were…
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Aliens hacking Earth via SETI
Scientists, be on guard … ET might be a malicious hacker – nice to see people starting to think about the possibility of a viral attack by aliens. Doesn’t seem too outlandish to me (honestly) and brings to mind shades of Vernor Vinge.
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Wearing the Niqab
Interesting Metafilter discussion about the Muslim niqab (dress for females that covers everything except the eyes)
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Books galore
I’m not sure why, but for some reason I’ve been going on a reading and writing spree in the past couple of weeks. It may have something to do with the fact that I’ve stopped playing Civilization 4 (at least until the patch comes out) – that saves an hour or two every night, but…
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Through the Rabbithole: ARG Lecture
The proper title of this talk was ‘Through the Rabbithole: The history and potential of Alternate Reality Games’. It was presented at the 2005 Montreal International Games Summit and is an introduction to the alternate reality gaming genre. Below is an essay based on notes that I prepared for the talk. It is not a…
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MIGS
Astonishingly, for the second time in a single month, I’ve posted to the ‘massive’ section, with a rather wordy report on the Montreal International Games Summit. This is the conference where I spoke about ARGs, and discovered that there’s more to Montreal than the fact that they speak French there. It was a fun and…
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