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Kings and Stormlight, A New Epic Has Landed!

September 21, 2010
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“The Way Of Kings” is the first book by Brandon Sanderson in his epic series, “The Stormlight Archive”. By his own admission, this is the series that has been moving around his brain for many, many years now. Brings hope to any nerd who spent their saturdays writing out characters and places and scenes where [...]

Tagged as: brandon sanderson, george rr martin, jv jones, robert jordan, the stormlight archive, the way of kings

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A Host Of New Old Content

September 20, 2010

Put up a few stories from the old story site. One of them is new, Hunter Of The Strange. Also, a few songs went up.

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Pulse Faster

September 17, 2010

It was a privilege to attend the “Go For Growth” Sydney Seminar today, where Verne Harnish gave forth his wisdom. The single most important phrase I heard today was this: Pulse Faster

Tagged as: go for growth, rockefeller habits, verne harnish

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Firefox and Chrome Showing Garbage

September 12, 2010
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Just when you think it’s safe to go out at night. In Firefox, going to both “http://stuandrews.com” and “http://www.stuandrews.com” reveals what’s in the picture. In Chrome, going to “http://www.stuandrews.com” does the same thing, although the “http://stuandrews.com” works fine. I’ve given Google a half-hearted search, but seriously? This is quite bizarre. And to top it all [...]

Tagged as: chrome, firefox, garbage

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My Memory Is Faulty: A Lesson In Perspective

September 9, 2010

For numbers, for complicated passwords, for remembering how to tie my laces .. I thought I was set. Unimportant facts drawn from dusty fantasy books in water-damaged carboard boxes at the back corner of old bookshops. Yo. Living through the memory of equipping that first augmentation in Deus Ex, of taking down an entire level [...]

Tagged as: memory, proverbs, wisdom

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Rebirth, Starting My Websites Over

September 8, 2010
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It’s been a long time. Since a lot of things. Like blogging. Like knowing what is going on with my web presence. Like caring about it all. What galvanised me was that my sites, all of them hosted in one place, started getting Google offside. “Huh? What buffoonery is this?” I would ask myself as [...]

Tagged as: blizzard, game development, rebirth, space office fight, the plastic detectives, web presence

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Wallabies vs The Irish Match Report

June 26, 2010

Up and down. Yup, we’re missing some key personnel. Sharpe. Kefu .. err, Palu. The two Benns. Digby. There are some good signs, particular in the forwards. And there are some worrying signs. Piggies (Forwards) Daley and Faingaa, quality. Improving every game. Daley trucked up well, and with a bit more weight I reckon he’d [...]

Tagged as: the rugby man, wallabies

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