Archive for November, 2006



Stupid people make the world go round

Published on 28 November, 2006

There has been an awful lot of media attention in the last few months about the ‘virtual reality simulator’ Second Life. Mainly articles about how people have made or spent ‘real world’ money in a virtual environment. This is a far cry from the reports of Mr. Zhu who was killed in real life when [...]


Keeping it straight

Published on 10 November, 2006

Had a fantastic Aikido session last night. I’m glad I went, seeing as I’d had a very bad day at work and was tempted to go home and curl up with a pizza. Ran through two hands from front, but the first hour was simply positioning – taking Uke to the point of throw, but [...]


Test Drive: TT

Published on 5 November, 2006

Yesterday, I had the chance to test drive the new Audi TT 3.2 litre V6 Quattro. I have been looking at the TT for the past few years, and was intending to order the old design 3.2 Quattro Roadster, but then Audi announced a new design. I was planning to see what I thought of [...]