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Kim Chi Virgin

Like porn, it is goo-ee, smelly and a little bit disgusting, I am off course talking about Kim Chi. The ubiqutious Korean side dish consisting of spicy fermented Chinese cabbage.

Well after much procrastination I have finally cooked my first batch of Kim Chi.

The Avengers 3D

Been looking forward to this movie since I heard it was in production. I was hoping it would have the humour of the Ironman films and I was not disappointed.
The script was witty, no major cringe moments and a good deal of personal development for the major characters.

In addition there was a sh##t load of [...]

ebooks

Just finished reading George R.R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords on my Kindle. I actually own the books, but I find the Kindle is better for reading with the exception of:

- Pictures, in this case maps- Quickly moving from one section of the book to the other, like you would with a reference book. The [...]

Memory Lane

PC Mag has an article 10 Classic Computer RPGs

It included one game based on D&D which I spent hundreds of lunchtimes at high school playing with four other guys – Wizardy

 

I still remember killing an Orc with 7 hp with a tiltowait spell causing 85hp damage

Tiltowait is “somewhat like the detonation of a small tactical [...]

New Camera – Canon S100

 

I recently purchased a new camera. I wanted some relatively cheap, but flexible and small.

Small is important because no matter how good the camera is, if it is too big to carry around then it is useless. The S100 fits in a shirt pocket.
It also has RAW capability as well as full manual control so [...]

My first game of Baduk (Go)

 

Played my first game of Baduk (Korean word for the game of Go) today

Playing white, my position at the end game was … I suck!ZERO score, computer was 90.5 … still learning the strategy.I keep getting confused with the rules for Chess and Gomoku.

 

At least it is better then losing chess in four moves … [...]

Battlefield 3 Pre Release Download

Not long now until Battlefield 3 will be out. In fact I have already downloaded it

If you purchase Battlefield 3 through Origin, EA will let you download it from the 21st of October. Unfortunately you can’t play it, not even the single player version.

   Its just sitting there tempting me …  B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S !!!!

You click [...]

Steve Jobs

 

A slightly more famous Steve then I passed away today. Its hard to believe that someone who helped invent the personal computer is gone, and at only 56 way too young.

I can’t even begin to think how much money on I have spent on Apple products, starting with the Apple IIe way back in 1984.

I [...]

Tax Time

 

I always use e-tax to do my Australian tax return.

For the last three years I have the same process:

1. Enter all the data that is relevant, then get an answer that says I owe the tax office money2. Procrastinate for two or three months until finally I figure out what I have done wrong.3. It [...]

Learning to Dive

Last weekend (Friday, July 22nd) I started a Scuba course at Dive Plus.

 

Friday, 6pm:  Introduction, basic theory and practice in Dive Plus swimming pool.

Saturday, July 23:  Sunday, July 24: Dives at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier.

 

Saturday, July 30: One Dive at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier and written test at Rye Pub.

Our group would have finished yesterday, [...]