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Are You a Hard Core Gamer or Casual Gamer? 2008-02-07 08:20:29 Well… which one are you? 8bitrocket has made a manifesto and the term “mid-core gamer”. For people like me who aren’t hard core into gaming, but aren’t exactly casual either… He writes… Hardcore gamers consider me a casual gamer and casual gamers consider me a hardcore gamer, so what am I? …In any case, I have decided to call myself a MID-CORE gamer. I have no idea if there is another term for me or the millions like me, but I like this one and I’m sticking to it. I know it’s not CATCHY or SEXY, but it is accurate… I always hear industry people talk about CASUAL and HARDCORE, but never the in betweens like me. I have to search online and bargain bins for games that fit my needs. Although MJ is most definitely a Hard-core gamer… I’d say I’m between casual and mid-core… making me mid-casual? say what? do we really have to be politically correct about this? Maybe MJ can write a new thesis ...

Microsoft is Stupid, Apple is not… 2008-02-07 07:04:01 Jim Lynch says that the problem isn’t Windows users… It’s Microsoft! My boss Lance recently wrote a column about how Macs need security software too. In his column he pointed out that Mac users are no smarter than Windows users. I respect where Lance is coming from, we’re all human and quite capable of making mistakes. However, I think he got it wrong. It’s not necessarily just about the users, it’s also about the companies and people who create the operating systems that we use each day. Frankly, there’s no other way to say this: Microsoft is stupid and Apple is not. Technorati Tags: Windows, microsoft, Apple, Mac, Users ... Apple  Microsoft

South Africa: Ignore the Doomsayers… 2008-02-04 03:41:41 This is the letter Alan Knott-Craig (MD of iBurst) sent to his team: Hi guys, 2008 has certainly started with a bang! The future was rosy on 31 December 2007, but suddenly everyone is buying candles and researching property in Perth!A combination of recession in the USA, global equity market negativity, high interest rates, the National Credit Act and power outages have combined to create the perfect storm. But don’t panic! This is not the first time there’s been doom and gloom. Every few years the same thing happens. We experience massive economic growth, everyone is optimistic and buying Nescafe Gold, and holiday homes, and Merc’s. The positivity gets ahead of itself and the economy overheats, and then panic sets in because the economy seems to be collapsing when in actual fact it’s simply making an adjustment back to a reasonable level. It happened in 1989, when SA defaulted on its international loans and the stock market and Rand crashed, it happened in 1994 when the ANC t ...

Personalised Music Magazine 2008-02-01 06:09:41 This… this just rocks. It’s a Music Magazine which tailors itself to your tastes. Customised content has long been held up as the Holy Grail of digital publishing, and idiomag is making that promise a reality with a personalised, daily digital magazine about music that is based entirely on members’ individual interests. Launched just over a year ago, UK-based idiomag uses a system of weighted tagging to customise both content and advertising to readers’ personal musical tastes. Readers initially name their favourite music topics and weight the relative importance of each of them in the content they will view. idiomag then uses that information to serve articles, tracks, videos and other multimedia content in a high-quality, audio-visual virtual magazine format that readers can enjoy in page-by-page fashion. idiomag has content partnerships with publications including Billboard, 365mag and Hip Hop Nation as well as popular blogs such as Aurgasm and BlogCritics. ...

I Renounce Thee, Satan! 2008-02-01 02:45:14 hahaha. Classic. ...

Scientists create Synthetic DNA! 2008-01-28 06:50:03 The move, which comes after five years of research, is seen as the penultimate stage in the endeavor to create an artificial life form based entirely on a man-made DNA genome — something which has tantalized scientists and sci-fi writers for years. “Through dedicated teamwork we have shown that building large genomes is now feasible and scalable so that important applications such as biofuels can be developed,” said Hamilton Smith, from the J. Craig Venter Institute, in the study published in Science. The research has been carried out at the laboratories of the controversial celebrity scientist Craig Venter, who has hailed artificial life forms as a potential remedy to illness and global warming. However, the prospect of engineering artificial life forms is highly controversial and is likely to arouse heated debate over the ethics and potential ramifications of such an advance. Link I was thinking of Aldous Huxley’s brave New World as soon as I read the Title of ...

American McGee’s Alice to be made into Movie! 2008-01-26 08:03:16 This is going to be Brilliant! I loved the game and the twisted tale of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland. I hope they don’t dissapoint. The Movie’s being developed by Sarah Michelle Gellar. Link ...

The World is Not Enough, Dubai Goes After the Universe 2008-01-26 07:59:55 Dubai’s premier property development company, Nakheel has just completed its ambitious project to build “The World” islands, but not content, their next offshore development project plans to take over ““The Universe.” This will feature man-made islands in the shape of the Sun, Moon, with the planets in between. It’s controversial because environmentalists say the developments are wreaking havoc on marine life and the coral reefs, although Nakheel claims that they will invest money to maintain sustainable marine development. I’m just wondering where the development will stop. ...

Links 26-01-2008 2008-01-26 07:42:42 First… for the Workers… How to Deliver a Presentation Like Steve Jobs 7 Essential Tips for Freelancers Next… The Bloggers… Optimising Performance for WordPress Blogs Thirdly… The g33k5… Basic Concepts in Science: A List And Finally… something we all need… 24 Ways to Achieve a Deep Uninterrupted Sleep ...

Links 25-01-08 2008-01-25 07:43:38 1) Clash of cultures: the screaming minarets of Oxford A plan to call Muslims to prayer with a loudspeaker has divided opinion in Britain’s oldest university town. 2) ‘Is he a good Muslim?’ A Jo’burg imam allegedly ran a lucrative illegal marriage scam for months from an office at his mosque in Joburg. - Basically he lured women into thinking they were getting jobs, and eventually they ended up married to Pakistanis. 3)Are Facebook Applications A Privacy Disaster In The Making? 4) “Rambo” Just when we though we’ve seen the last of Rambo, Stallone Acts, Directs and wrote the script for the new one which takes place in Myanmar And finally… for the g33k5! 5) Data Cabling as Art Technorati Tags: Links ...

The Worlds Loneliest Prada Store. 2008-01-25 03:57:40 this is ‘prada marfa’, an unusual building located in the desert near marfa, texas on an otherwise desolate stretch of highway 90. behind the glass a selection of shoes and bags, presumably more expensive than the structure itself, have sat untouched since 2005.very few people have ever been inside prada marfa and money has never been handed over inside the premises as it’s actually a spooky piece of art / clever promotional stunt erected by michael elmgreen and ingar dragset, 2 berlin artists seemingly intent on playing with the public’s minds.from the artists… ‘..the combination of a vast, open desert landscape in an un-populated area and a luxury goods store is completely unthinkable. nature suits fashion as a visual backdrop, as one often sees in advertisement. the minimal, corporate prada design and the desolate surrounding ranch land make a great impression together, but simultaneously the two forces also render each other useless.’ Link Technorati Tags: Prada, Lon ...

Life on Mars??? 2008-01-24 01:36:24 A Chinese website is claiming to have found photographic proof of aliens on Mars. The picture, found after thoroughly analyzing photos taken by NASA’S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, seems to show a figure walking across the Martian landscape. According to The Daily Mail, the internet has been “abuzz” with speculation as to what this may or may not be. Cries of “Proof!”, “Shopped!”, “Optical illusion!”, and “Bigfoot!” have been heard, echoing across the tubes. A larger, 43MB panoramic version can be found here. Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet [Daily Mail] Link UPDATE: But what is it? Just a rock, astronomers say. It’s hard enough to accurately recognize figures and faces across the room. Mars, depending on when you measure it, is about 35 million miles away. The best telescopes aren’t of much help in determining surface features, and that’s why NASA sent robots with cameras to Mars. The reason many ...

Scientific Pick-up Lines 2008-01-20 05:17:00 New Scientist’s Feedback column ran a compo “Flirt with science” in December, where they invited readers to submit science-related chatup lines. They’ve published the winning chat-up lines, which absolutely rock, If you’re a g33k like I am and love all things absurd and scientific. Would there be any resistance if I asked to take you ohm? Emma Byrne, London, UK I love the way you smell so different from my dad. Toshi Knell, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia – I dont get this one. Would kissing you increase global warming and damage the Arctic irreversibly, or is it just enough to break the ice? Andy McCready, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK I’ve had my ion you. Gary Duffala, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US Baby, you must be a start codon because you are turnin’ me on. Jessica Swanson, Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Canada I don’t wish to brag, but in several parallel universes I invented the internet, warned the world about global warming, r ...

Interesting Work Email… 2008-01-18 03:26:42 How fast would you jump from your seat if she was talking about your car??? From: Naude, Chantelle Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:52 AM To: _ml_am_Unilever-ZA-all-ridge-users Subject: Would the driver of a VW Polo, ND 560-0XX, please proceed to your vehicle as it is not stationary LOL, shame… apparently this happens occasionally at the office, last year an Audi rolled and fell over the edge of a platform face down in the company garden. Technorati Tags: Work Email, Car, Not Stationary ...

Britney Spears may convert to Islam??? 2008-01-17 12:30:55 Spears and her new British-born man Adnan Ghalib “U.S. pop star Britney Spears is allegedly so in love with her new Muslim man she’s considering converting to Islam to marry him, British press reports revealed.” Full story here. Ummm… Well, if she does… good for her! At least its a positive step this time. ... Britney Spears