Adventures in Home Working, Episode 1

ME: I THINK I MELTED THROUGH MY KEYBOARD AND FELL INTO THE MATRIX I DON’T KNOW HOW DO I TELL SHOULD I DO SOME KUNG FU? HIM: You have to ask me to upload kung fu, of course ME: oh yes. Import kung fu! HIM: XTREEM TYPING ME: MAKE SOME MOVES HIM: Oh sorry. It seems I imported ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ instead ME: THIS TRIAL IS INCONCLUSIVE   I’d do some pictures but I am petulantly hot.

A bad egg?

An issue where consumer action can have a real impact on the way things work.. Unsustainable palm oil is hidden in many products, and is directly responsible for the destruction of millions of acres of rainforest. Think happy orangutan* thoughts and avoid Easter eggs from bad people! See here for a table listing the results of a survey on palm oil use in chocolate. *and countless other less photogenic species, indigenous humans, general ecological damage, greenhouse gas emissions and PUPPIES** **not puppies. Except indirectly.

Gamers Litany (Strike the earth!)

I must not game. Gaming is the mind-killer. Gaming is the little-death that brings total obliteration*. I will face the game. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the game has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Surrounded by empty crisp packets. — Bene Gesserit Litany against Gaming It has been a while since I first discovered a compile of Dwarf Fortress that works natively-ish on a mac and I have remained strong since I don’t know – about 10 solid hours after that time. There is no such thing as an ex-DF gamer.  Every day,…