“He knows all about the movements of the planets, but he don’t know how to move me”

Hi All,

A couple of things happened in the past few months which turned my life upside down, and this coupled with a relatively intensive summer internship means that I haven’t had that much time or energy for this site (although admittedly I’ve had time to play 10+ hours of TF2 every week…)

Still, this site is not dead! I am planning on reviving it very soon in the near future (still tweaking code when I can be arsed), so stay tuned! I am updating my tumblog every so often (about 2 times on average a day, although there can be a week of drought) at ilikeyou.addictedgeek.com, so check that out!

Gonna get Chimp to post something substantial soon also. He doesn’t know that yet, but once he reads this he will.

I play TF2 far too much.

Nuff said.

Also, sorry I haven’t been posting on here lately. Some stuff happened which turned my life upside down. However, I do try to update my tumblr more often, so go check that out if you’re bored.

I don’t care what Si thinks, Valve are better at this than bloody Pixar now.

Edit edit: oh god the update looks amazing.

Sweet. I need to fix my PC ASAP probably.

This clever little internet app lets me never, ever, ever, ever /ever/ need to carry a USB stick ever again, essentially an online storage space, but with really clever syncing, restoring, delta and undeleting features. It’s definetly really useful if you have multiple computers as it even syncs save files.

Dropbox

Addicted Geek loves to procrastinate, and of course the internets provides the best tools to do so. The latest tool to do so is a wonderful website called workFRIENDLY, which turns any website into a Microsoft lookalike, allowing you to surf and procrastinate without your boss suspecting a thing. There’s even a boss key at the top left corner which allows for even more work avoidance. Frankly, awesome.

workFRIENDLY (via Download Squad)

Last.fm are completly redesigning their site (as a current subscriber I get behind-the-scenes footage):

Which is great and all that (there are a few cool extra features), but I have one major problem with it - it kinda looks (and feels) too much like facebook.

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… Lolspeak is a language.

I’m not sure if this is old or not, but it’s amusing nonetheless.

I mean, every time I log in to flickr, it greets me in a different language each time (Hola, Shalom, Ciao, Ni Hao etc.), which is a pretty cool feature. I’m just amused that the impact of 4chan has reached this far.

Nintendo released Wii Ware in Europe today, so instead of revising for my Macroeconomics exam tommorow, I thought it would be a great idea to explore Wii Ware instead and see if there’s anything I may want to purchase. One of the main reasons why I would rebuy (possibly the only reason) an Xbox 360 is for Live Arcade, so if Wii Ware is successful then the need for that would be dimished. I eventually settled on Lost Winds, for the princly sum of 1000 points (around £7, if I recall).

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Lawrence Lessig is one of my geeky heroes, simply because, he speaks ‘common sense’. Here’s a talk he did a couple of months ago on this ‘common sense’, and it’s a really good watch. (Also, some really awesome presentation techniques used here, I might try the ’single word/phrase’ approach one day.)

[Note to self/for exams: Throughout the speech he talks about several forms of technological theories, from Social Determinism, Technological Determinism (in both its harder and softer forms), and of course his own four way theory. Also, the 'cc' he (doesn't) talk about at the end of his speech is what is essentially being done about copyright.]

Sorry I haven’t posted much recently, It’s exam season for me at the moment and it’s just gone straight to my head - but I am working on some stuff on the side! There’s a half written article, as well as some adjustments to the sidebars… I’m also working on a couple other sites for some friends, as well as another (keep an eye on the ‘directory’ panel to the right) project, so stay tuned!

Hahaha, this is awesome (click image):

I have this thing where I keep on claiming that my ethnicity is a disease and I will take over the world. Also, my square shaped head is the cause of much hilarity, apparently, even though I’m not particularly aware of it. (even though it’s not square shaped whatsoever, and even if it was square shaped heads are cool).

Much thanks to Lisa!

Actually it’s slightly older than that, but the first post I made on this site was right about now exactly two years ago. Hey, I’ve written quite a load of crap in the last seven hundred and twelve days…

Plus, I now feel old.