Wednesday, July 25. 2007Malignant society
One particular woman and her son did just this, blissfully ignorant to the obvious fact that once everyone had left the carriage there was plenty of room to embark. They hogged the open doorway arrogantly, refusing to move to let other passengers pass easily. So far this could describe any morning's journey to work, and most days I'm simply amused (or bemused) by the sheer aberrations being played out before me. Upon arrival at the next stop, Gare Centrale, this woman's son, who must have been no more than 8-years old and no less than 6, started screaming painfully; «Maman, maman, mon bras! Il blesse! Il blesse!» Continue reading "Malignant society"Sunday, July 22. 2007Rediscovering old adventure games
Over the past few months, I've been able to revisit these old and nearly lost gems, with the aid of software emulators such as Nick's NAGI for the old Sierra AGI games, FreeSCI for the early 1990s Sierra SCI games, and finally ScummVM for those brilliant LucasArts games of the last decade. Continue reading "Rediscovering old adventure games"Sunday, July 15. 2007L'été et la Foire du Midi
I was starting to believe we'd had summer in place of spring and it was now autumn, but sure enough though summer has finally arrived this weekend. Perfect timing, as the 127th Foire du Midi officially opened last night. Continue reading "L'été et la Foire du Midi"Monday, July 2. 2007Happy New Year!¤ Happy new year to all the bean-counters in countries and businesses that are presently closing their books from the last 12 months. Pity the accountants, and may their entries be doubled and their sheets balanced.
More importantly though, pity us poor IT sods who still have to take a bunch of manual steps to prepare systems for the coming new financial year. Woe unto us. |
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