Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2009
The Dangers of Turning the Page too Fast
Thursday, March 19th, 2009Flipping through g2 in the Guardian quickly at lunch today I half caught the text on the picture above. Except not quite. I miss read it as "Est Aux Folies Bergerac". That was an image of John Nettles I didn’t need…
The Customer is Always Wrong…
Thursday, March 19th, 2009at least if their a tennant. The picture is of a leaflet sent out by Arena Housing and they have now apologised (see the BBC for more details). Last year another Liverpool landlord put notices on the house of tennants who they say hadn’t paid their rent. A growing number of tennants are being evicted […]
Lego's Business Cards
Thursday, March 12th, 2009This is so much cooler than a standard bit of card… Lego’s Business Cards.
Two Ragnarok Articles almost Ready to Go
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009I’ve finished an article for Ragnarok, The Panzerfaüste Song Book, porting the shanty rules from Strange Grogge to Panzerfaüste and bringing the songs up to date. Needs a bit of checking before I send it off but hopefully its ok. I’ve also just finished a short article for Ragnarok for the game Slag!. Three new […]
The International
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Just back from seeing The International, a twisty euro thriller that jumps between Europe and New York weaving the tail of a bank which is tangled up in some very shady deals. Clive Owen gives a strong performance and is ably supported by an excellent cast. The pacing is deliberately uneven which avoids the danger […]
Big Vue News Catch Up
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Catching up on Vue related stuff: nearly 2200 alerts (which may have up to ten possible web pages in each alert) to possible Vue content checked of which a grand total of 3 pages made it into the Vue News Blog. The hit rate is normally higher but there were a lot of Vue 7 […]
This Way Up
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Just saw a short (9 min) animation on BBC1 “This Way Up”. Well worth a look.
Ragnarok 53
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Issue 53 of Ragnarok, the Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamings magazine, is out now and includes an article by me – When Ants Attack – for use with the game Tusk. This issue, and the last three back issues are also now available from Wargames Vault as PDFs.
All Joomla! and no Play makes Mark…
Sunday, February 8th, 2009… really tired. Just finished a couple of month long project in Joomla! at work including a solid weekend in the office last week to finish it off. I’ve learnt a lot about Joomla! although there are somethings I still need to learn. Its an interesting content management system with a different way of approaching […]
Gingered Lamb Stew
Friday, January 9th, 2009Something I cooked last weekend and I was typing the recipe up for a friend so I thought I’d post it here too. Double the ginger if you’ve got a cold (triple it if you dare). Makes: 4 to 6 Servings Serve with plain rice or lentils. 500g Lamb Stew Meat Diced into 1 inch […]