WozQ
You see that question about Breakout in this interview here? That was my question that I submitted.
Technology Guardian: Was it true that Steve Jobs ripped you off over the Breakout game you wrote for Atari?
Steve Wozniak: It's true, I didn't know it at the time, and I didn't know it until 12 years later. And there was no reason for it, but it's a minor issue. Compared to a person who is behind a company that's behind such great products - they created iPod, he created Pixar - compared to all those great things, this was just a tiny slip. He could have been more honest with me: I would have gladly let him have all the money back then, so who cares?
I think what he's saying is "I don't really care; I'm a millionnaire."
I haven't updated my Breakout game in ages, actually. I got bored of it.
Posted on: Thursday, 26th October 2006
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Politico-rant
Ah-ha-ha! Someone else hates all the same TV as I do for pretty much the same reasons. Whoever thinks it's a good idea to show stupid people with ludicrous amounts of money buy second houses, do them up, and rent them out thereby artificially inflating house prices in the South East and tricking everyone into thinking we're all really prosperous when actually we're not, it's just everything's so expensive, is some kind of idiot.
I think everyone who likes property and small business programmes, and the consumerist culture it represents is actually a secret Thatcherite - Loadsamoney seems to be the primary motivation behind all the schemes...
Problem is, of course, we're all complicit in this earn-buy-sell-buy-credit-debt-earn-sell cycle to some degree. I'm not going to repent until I've saved up for an xBox 360, a new laptop and a Wii, though. It's got movement sensors in the controller! It's going to make my life better, don't you understand?!
I think this country's in trouble, and not because of terrorists or free speech or communism or conservatism or whatever, but due to the fact that nobody seems to care about anything.
On another point: Yeah! 80s indie pop!
Posted on: Wednesday, 25th October 2006
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Japandamonium!
I had a Japanese lesson this week. Konichiwa, Ogenki desu ka? Hai, Nintendo 64.
I'm doing it because I fancy learning a foreign language, and learning Japanese means that I can buy cheap games from Japan over the internet without having to wait for them to be translated into english. Also, I can impress girls with it.
Nobody seems to have noticed that this site went offline this week because I didn't pay for it. Those capitalist nazis.
Watch this:
Posted on: Saturday, 21st October 2006
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TV that I hate that my housemate always watches
...even though it's awful and I want to watch something good with spaceships or spies in or something.
How Clean Is Your House?
I hate this programme. Terrifying cleaness nazis Kim and Aggie go round to someone's filthy house and tell them that they are sick and disgusting.
The main reason why I hate it is because my housemate gets stupid ideas from it and says stuff like "you need to scrub behind the u-bend because loads of germs are there." And she says things like "that's like your room" - which is true but doesn't need to be said, frankly.
You Are What You Eat
"Dr" Gillian McKeith comes round to a fat persons house, and, after sifting through their faeces, comes to the staggering conclusion that only a trained nutritionist can that this person eats too many pies and needs to eat more celery. She also complains that their poo smells.
Risking it All
A family decides it's a really, really, really good idea to spend all their money on a carpet cleaning business. It isn't because they forget to budget for spending.
Property Ladder
A smug middle-class couple decide to artificially inflate property prices and stop young people from buying houses by purchasing a swanky flat (which is always in Brighton) and making it look as inoffensive as possible and selling it to idiots. Then Sarah Beeny comes in and says "I don't think you should buy gold kitchen units," and they do anyway and go £10,000 over budget.
House Doctor
Some people want to sell their house. It is not selling, so they are told to move the sofa and then it sells. Do people really go into a house and go "What is going on?! They don't have a table in the dining room... WHAT IS HAPPENING?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND GET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE!!!?!?!??!!" Evidence from House Doctor suggests that they do.
Posted on: Wednesday, 11th October 2006
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Look what I made
I'm on the cutting-edge of satire.
Posted on: Saturday, 7th October 2006
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Annoy American teenagers on Youtube
I believe it was the late Kurt Cobain who said "What else can I say? Everyone is gay." Wiser words about teenage alienation have never been spoken.
My not-very-funny fake prank call on youtube has had nothing but negative comments, and judging by the time zones and language used probably by Americans who don't understand irony. Lame!
Leaving comments on stuff is a stupid idea anyway. It doesn't encourage any kind of useful feedback, you just get people telling you you're rubbish or amazing. Or trying to sell you pills.
Anyway, enjoy this Tony Benn fan-art:
Posted on: Saturday, 7th October 2006
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weirdos by the canal
So, I'm sat by the canalised River Soar eating my sandwiches when a man starts to come towards me with a dog. This is not an unusual occurance; many people walk dogs these days. His dog sniffs a bit too close to my sandwiches.
"I'd move your sandwiches - my dog wants them!"
"Oh, right. Yes. Ha ha!" I move my sandwiches to a higher position to make sure the dog doesn't get them. I carry on eating. I become aware the man is still there.
"You can give the dog one of them, if you like," he says.
I try not to make eye contact. "Er, no thanks. I think I can eat them on my own, thanks." Why is he still stood there? Is his dog peeing on my foot? I check just in case. Nope. He's just stood there. Making conversation, I suppose, but slightly weird conversation.
"Listen, mate, is that your coat?" he says, pointing at my jacket which I'm sat on to stop my trousers getting wet from the bench.
"Erm... yes. Yes it is." I have now finished my sandwiches. If he doesn't move, I'm now in a position to make my excuses and leg it.
"Oh. I had a coat just like that. Ah well." he wanders off.
What was all that about?
Posted on: Tuesday, 3rd October 2006
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my new job.
My new job is going alright so far. Highlights include:
- Being pointed at during a meeting.
- Creating a wall of boxes, like in hit sit-com the Office, only funnier, because I did it.
- Forgetting my login password (I have about 800 passwords, ok)
- Being introduced to loads of people, most of which say "You're not Jane!" or "Jane, you've put on weight" or something similar and to which I politely smile and say that I am not Jane.
- Read about how much holiday I have
Not had much to do so far because my boss needs to fit into her new role as well. If this takes too long, I may have to make a flick book out of post it notes and perfect my staple, paperclip and rubber band sculpture.
Posted on: Tuesday, 3rd October 2006
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