@ 2008-11-14 – 12:18:28
Macs are amazing Chad, but they're not quite this good yet!
Magic Mac - video powered by Metacafe
P.S. Well travelled... turns out I'm not. I just keep going back to the same places. My ambition is (and always has been) to see more of the world. Will keep you posted when that eventually happens.
visited 13 states (5.77%)
Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project
@ 2008-11-11 – 14:13:37
It's been highly anticipated for some time now, but Petri Purho's Crayon Physics Deluxe is finally available to pre-order.
The aim of the game is simple and lovely, and simply lovely. Draw shapes with your mouse and watch them come to life.
For an idea of what to expect, check out the following video. For a bit more about the game and its history, check out the wiki.
Crayon Physics Deluxe from Petri Purho on Vimeo.
@ 2008-10-29 – 16:50:59
I've been flicking through Skyscraper City, checking out the discussions on all the weird and wonderful tall structures going up around the world. The users of these forums really know their stuff, and their passion for the subject matter is outstanding.
I was slightly confused by the site's external advertising though. The banner ad across front door is for Bugarri. For those of you who have never heard of Bugarri, and in all honesty I hadn't, they produce specialist shoes. 'What is so special about these shoes?' I hear you wonder. These shoes contain hidden lifts, to discreetly add up to 4 inches of height to the vertically challenged gentleman, or indeed gentlelady.
Does this suggest that skyscraper fanatics' main demographic is that they are short? I'm amused by the idea of some psychology in this somewhere. I'm sure I'm wrong, but the thought of 136,000 pint-sized Skyscraper City users from across the globe gathering around their keyboards to discuss incredibly tall structures fills me with sheer delight.
@ 2008-10-10 – 23:53:44
It's been a hectic couple of days for me.
Last night I met up with a friend for dinner and a movie. A carb rich Italian dinner was followed by an incredibly expensive trip to the cinema. As we bought our tickets at the Vue in Leicester Square, I felt certain the cashier needed reminding there was only 2 of us.
We saw Pineapple Express, which was really rather good. In fact, I think I would go so far as to say James Franco was awesome.
Then, today I was at Be2camp 2008 which was a great chance to learn more about web 2.0 opportunities for the built environment. The presentations proved incredibly interesting, but I was definitely feeling an information overload by 3pm. As we didn't finish until about 7.30pm, you can imagine how frazzled my brain became.
Tomorrow I will be donning my 'I make the effort to keep fit' head gear (sweat band?) for aerobics and pilates in the morning. I've been doing these classes on Saturay morning for about 18 months now, and I have to say before that I didn't believe it was possible to get into a fitness routine. For me, that is. I can believe it of others. I'm pretty proud of myself, I have to say.
Right, it's time to take off all the week's hats, and stagger off to bed.
Night y'all.
(On my commuter travels today I was mostly watching Spaced, season 1)
@ 2008-10-03 – 16:03:59
We moved house about a month ago. With 2 kids under 4, we were so grateful to leave behind the home so heavily abused by mucky fingers, smoothie spillages (have you any idea how impossible they are to rectify?!) and weirdly, a family of ladybirds (but that's another story).
In the sitting room, we left the rug behind. Not out of kindness, but out of embarrassment. Beneath the rug lay the results of a turquoise crayon being tread into the carpet over a period of 2 weeks.
The day we moved in, I sighed with pleasure at the wooden floors throughout the ground floor. Smoothies, do your worst - I will defeat you with my trusty mop. Upstairs on the other hand, is fitted with a clean carpet. A clean CREAM carpet. No matter, I thought. We'll be spending most of our time downstairs, going upstairs only to sleep - no food allowed.
It turns out there are things upstairs far more damaging than a smoothie. A couple of weeks ago, I paid the penalty for bringing my youngest son into bed with me at dawn, and accidentally dozing off. I was awoken an hour later by his grinning face, and his green fingers. No, he had not been re-potting house plants. If only, soil I could deal with.
Number 2 son had meticulously covered a 2 metre square area of cream carpet with hundreds of green lines. Even in my horror, my eye was drawn to what looked like an attempt at a pattern. My brief glimmer of pride was quickly overtaken with horror. After 2 hours of scrubbing I managed to diminish only a quarter.
My sons are very pleased with their new rug.
This morning, a further assault was committed against the floor coverings of our new house. As I applied jet black liquid eyeliner to each of my lids, I looked down to see the tiny little pot of liquid had been dashed to the floor.
Interestingly, approximately 5 minutes prior to this incident I wondered just how much liquid liner there could be left in such a tiny container. The answer: Plenty. More than enough in fact.
Methinks another trip to the rug shop is on the cards.
(Now playing on the iPod: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon & Garfunkel)
@ 2008-10-02 – 12:15:29
First post.
Everyone must begin somewhere, so here we are. I think I will try and get the introductions out of the way as quickly as possible, because let's face it they are just not that interesting, but a necessary evil.
I'm 30, live in london with the husband (of 5 years) and the boys (4 & 2). Until recently, I worked for HMV where I could indulge my inner teenager with all manner of goodies. A month ago I entered the world of online journalism, and became a web content and community editor for Contract Journal. I have gone from the entertainment retail industry to the construction industry, I've swapped my Reni fisherman's hat for Bob the builder's hard hat.
As my blog blurb hopefully suggests, going forward I will be sharing my struggles to make sure I'm wearing the right hat at the right time. I'm already a little bored of the hat analogy so I imagine I will lose that soon, but stick with me here.
I think women probably feel this a bit more than men. This need to be all things to all people. It's bloody exhausting, as I'm sure you're aware, but it can be pretty funny too.
Enough of these intro shenanigans now. I will be back soon with a proper story to tell.
I hope it will make you smile.
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