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Caitlin’s currently playing (watching?) Final Fantasy XII
Some quotes from her:
(after 10 minutes): So when do I get to play?
(after 15 minutes): So many cut scenes!
(after 17 minutes): I would have thought at least that fight wouldn’t be a cut scene
(after 20 minutes): oh, so I [...]
Well, I just spent the last 24 hours running the Conflux 4 virtual mini-con. It was exhausting – I had intended to be up for the whole 24 hours, but unfortunately I faded at around 7 and had to go get a couple of hours sleep – but it was definitely very worthwhile and [...]
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I took Caitlin to see The Incredibles this afternoon. I wasn’t entirely sure it was a good idea, as I knew it wasn’t quite a kids movie (and is rated PG), despite being by Pixar, but I figured it was probably safe enough.
Well, once she started grabbing my arm and [...]
I just got back from seeing Finding Neverland with Emma.
It’s the story of J.M. Barrie and the family that were the basis of Peter Pan, with Johnny Depp as Mr Barrie.
It was a very emotional film….from tense awkwardness at the beginning (or pretty much any scene in which he’s talking to [...]
Wheeeeeee….
And that’s about all I have to say.
‘cept that if you haven’t seen it yet (which probably means you’re either in Australia, or some small developing nation), then when you do see it, make sure you see it on a big screen with GOOD sound. Cinemax or whatever the equivalent for [...]
This is probably just about the most useful piece of software I have seen in a long time.
It’s a Mozilla & Firefox plugin full of STUFF for web developers.
It can outline blocklevel elements, table cells, or any other element you specify. Something that would be extremely useful on it’s own. [...]
