tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83266671013716311702024-03-14T15:03:21.454+00:00BrainshareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-36801101390652531632011-11-07T16:59:00.001+00:002011-11-07T17:05:11.146+00:00My Last Blogger PostSo things are changing, I've been blogging for a few years (November 2006 according to <a href="http://pikachuind.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-first-blog.htm" target="_blank">my first blog</a>) now. Since those days long past I have progressed from the original <a title="Brainshare" href="http://pikachuind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brainshare</a> where I had written a few Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-56416417475851973852011-07-15T16:29:00.000+01:002011-07-15T20:22:25.726+01:00My summer holiday 2011
So it's the time of year of BBQ's, shorts & jango's (& general sweatiness) so it's either April still, or finally the summer time! This year, there seems to be a distinct lack of my having a long summer break scheduled for fun & frolics in some foreign (or domestic) land - I've got no MWCC camp this year, no trip to France or anything in its place...so what's going on?
Well if you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-55879338880532825682011-07-12T16:28:00.000+01:002011-07-12T16:28:16.034+01:00GMiL 1
Memories:
Discovering Original Kronenbourg with JMC & other Cokethorpe people
during the infamous French Exchange to Argenton. We still celebrate
this when we get together & have a beer in the summer time.
Finding a dead rat at the Cranston's with Smellit & dropping it into
into wheelie-bin - also at that time the infamous bear in the woods
incident.
Eating ice cream till all hours Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-71680994590154886312011-07-05T13:43:00.000+01:002011-07-05T13:43:38.117+01:00My first animation to thinking about...a cinemagraph?So I have been experimenting with animations for a project at work (making a red pacman chew up some words & then boom, it turns into a red Deadmau5 instead!) & whilst researching techniques for how to make this happen, I came across a new theory of animations linked to animated gifs & high definition photos - combined to form a partially moving hd photo. The effects are quite Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-23528932157207920492011-06-01T14:21:00.000+01:002011-06-01T14:21:24.658+01:00Dear America...more good shows please & stop cancelling ones I like!So I've said it before, but in the last year or so has seen an irritating trend in the cancellation of what I considered to be rather good TV shows.
Some like Lost & 24 found their natural conclusion (well kinda) & others stopped in the middle of a secene (Sopranos) but some just stop when things get interesting.
So here are 3 examples of shows which have recently been cancelled:
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-72691691936472634392011-05-27T09:42:00.002+01:002011-06-01T13:47:49.511+01:00Wake-up song of the month: Foo Fighters "Bridge Burning"So I've had to get up rather too early too many times (more flights to the Dentist) so have needed something seriously loud to get me out of bed....this wins!!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-13269851622852560622011-05-26T19:40:00.000+01:002011-05-26T19:40:00.614+01:00Thor: God of Thunder vs. Thor (the movie)How is it possible 2 things can be so many worlds apart? I am of course referring to the difference between say a movie & a movie-tie-in-game! There have been some properly shocking games released at the same time as movies & I really struggle to think of one which has really stood in the same league as the movie they claim to be tied to (I would suggest a hefty pair of scissors would seeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-3492072567971440642011-05-24T17:31:00.001+01:002011-05-25T10:15:25.295+01:00Fighting...Bullletstorm & CoD7: Black OpsSo I've had both these games for a few months & with my recent
blog-slackerness (9 posts in Jan + 3 in Feb + 4 in March + 0 in April &
only 2 this month = fail!) I may have overlooked these quite remarkable games
which have been stuck in my console at various times since pre-Christmas (&
February with Bulletstorm).
So what's the big deal, well with Black Ops (Call of Duty 7) there Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-39389028019669930612011-05-17T10:18:00.000+01:002011-05-17T10:18:14.658+01:00Music is my drugless drug, but it's still addictive!
For those people that know me well, you will know about my
borderline-obsession with music. I listen to it all day, it’s always on in the
car & I even have to fall asleep with music (specifically the Adam Freeland:
Back to Mine, which has a massive play count of 1265…just on my laptop!)!
But one does occasionally need contemplate why this is the case – why
does my life need a soundtrack?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-86775532815472134842011-05-03T12:09:00.001+01:002011-05-25T10:14:54.459+01:00How to write good
Avoid alliteration. Always.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Contractions aren’t necessary.
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
One should never generalize.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-33505036296206424112011-02-14T13:23:00.001+00:002011-02-14T13:28:53.949+00:00Facebook Games = Fail
So as many will know, I am a Facebook user & a bit of a
(massive) old-fashioned gamer (yes, I realise the irony in the fact that a)
this makes me old & b) old-fashioned really just means console/hardcore) but
what happens when you combine the 2 & I try playing some of the games now
available on Facebook?
Well unfortunately the result is a resounding....fail!
Now the reason is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-28782237908785699112011-02-06T19:08:00.000+00:002011-02-10T10:10:50.985+00:00Who do you think you are?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-44048239145970719882011-02-02T15:04:00.000+00:002011-02-02T15:04:44.089+00:00Online overdose?
A very random thought from this morning & it's all about online social networking
So when I got engaged last Easter, the way we told people, was actually not by telling people (confused yet?) it was in fact by utilising online social networking - specifically updating our relationship status on Facebook! The effect took only a few moments & then the (digital) congratulations Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-59408764692027575592011-01-28T10:30:00.000+00:002011-01-28T10:30:10.072+00:00ID?Playing around with a few digital business cards:
1) Streaming RSS feeds into my; Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube: http://flavors.me/pikachuind#d3f/blogger
2) 'Proper' digital business card: http://idently.com/pikachuind
Each have their use, but the digital business card is pretty epic win!
We continue...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-12754110305220060872011-01-26T19:47:00.001+00:002011-01-27T10:02:50.613+00:00Fable 3
Fable 3 - another 2010 sequel, but a game so much darker than previous Fable games (check out my previous review for Fable 2), there are parts which bring some serious edge to the gameplay - you really are facing off against the forces or darkness...but first you have to get to be king (or queen).
This game is split into 2 halves - questing to gather followers, when you have enough, you can Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-63567157466288299782011-01-25T12:51:00.000+00:002011-01-25T12:51:34.542+00:00Redesign...againSo I've done a quick redesign to make all things new for 2011 & I hope you like it
We continue.......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-8277781797380674172011-01-25T12:02:00.003+00:002011-01-25T12:05:27.822+00:00Wake-up song of the month: DeadMau5: "Strobe"Now a classic Mau5 track, this week I've been using this song to wake up to, do the wsahing up to & drive to - it is EPIC! It's from 2009's "For Lack of a Better Name" album
&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-10973668246720142062011-01-25T12:00:00.000+00:002011-01-25T12:00:59.424+00:00Wedding Update: now it's this year!So it's 2011, the year when I (finally) get married to my beloved (awww) and to be honest it's looking a lot closer this side of January than it looked/felt last year - things are starting to get firmed up and put in place to make our special day ....special!
Expanding on my previous post there's a lot going on with the wedding now - it's all kicked off again & I've now established many Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-65649309689768126872011-01-19T15:45:00.001+00:002011-01-19T15:45:35.382+00:00Getting older IRLSo apparently it was my birthday & it was my largest by far (irony? I think not) & I am now officially an age that rhymes with; dirty, flirty, hurty, shirty, etc. & I was beginning to wonder if this partially-interesting fact would make any real difference to me - the sad truth is that it did - although almost imperceptibly!
So we had a few issues with Maddie getting my Birthday/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0Oxford OX2 8EJ, UK51.7932548 -1.273281951.7899368 -1.2805773999999999 51.7965728 -1.2659864tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-49149175910801824582011-01-06T15:26:00.001+00:002011-01-06T15:26:40.860+00:00Another CotD - Tarantula by Pendulum....classic!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-88873093935485208572011-01-06T11:39:00.000+00:002011-01-06T11:40:59.330+00:00CoTD 2011: Noisia - Alpha Centaurithe first track on my CotD 2011 version (Choons of the Day for those uninitiated!) that noise has been stuck in my head for like 3 weeks so far - it's got a riff that won't quit :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-10400293716890727642011-01-06T11:37:00.000+00:002011-01-06T11:40:59.331+00:00deadmau5 - Raise Your WeaponA slow build-up, but some seriously dirty beats - poetic as well!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-24044829392889308622010-12-22T11:51:00.001+00:002011-01-06T11:40:59.332+00:00Wolfgang Gartner - IllmericaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-75793899535650605572010-12-22T11:51:00.000+00:002011-01-06T11:40:59.333+00:00Wolfgang Gartner - UndertakerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326667101371631170.post-19749932664621466642010-12-03T09:57:00.000+00:002011-01-06T11:40:59.333+00:00deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal RightsLooking forward to seeing the Deadmau5 in Manchester next Friday ftw!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02039024711021869847noreply@blogger.com0