I’ve been to the ThinkGeek web site many times. Always thought it was pretty neat and they had some cool things. I’d say to myself “I need to order some of this stuff” and then forget. Well, yesterday Todd sent me a link to the site about thier Caffeine section. So I placed an order. Read More …
Month: August 2003
Planetside, a keeper.
I’ve been playing the game Planetside for a few months now and it’s really got me hooked. Not in a “gotta play it now, I need a fix” sort of way but rather like putting on a comfortable shoe that you know and love. The game never really ends and any sense of real accomplishment Read More …
Pepsi Vanilla
I have to say I really like the new diet Pepsi Vanilla. I like it better than diet Vanilla Coke. It has a lot less aftertaste. It uses a blend of “AceK” (Acesulfame Potassium) and Aspartame like Pepsi One uses. The result is very smooth and not as biting as diet Vanilla Coke. The non Read More …
Roof Plant
Maybe this puts my house into that category of bulidings that are so high end they have roof top plants. Then again, maybe it’s past time I had someone come out and clean off the roof.
A good author and amzon.co.uk
I stumbled on a good author of a new hard sci-fi series. The author is Alastair Reynolds and the book was Revelation Space. I won’t go into detail on what it is about, you can read that at Amazon. Anyway, after reading it I found his follow up novel, a prequel called Chasm City. And Read More …
Convergence Revistited
Here is something I found interesting and possible only because of recent advances and the openings of the world: The New Diamond Age. The possibilities are quite endless once mass quantities of cheap diamond can be created. Many SCI-FI books have countless uses for diamond in a world where it’s almost free to manufacture. We’re Read More …
Living in the woods
Living in the woods is great. It’s beautiful and there are tons of interesting critters around when you least expect it. Small herds of deer sleeping in the front yard, newborns wondering around with their mothers in the back yard, owls, hawks and endless little moles in the mulch beds. But it’s also a lot Read More …