Pretty fireworks

Pretty fireworks

Claire got some fireworks for the kids (read as: Claire got some fireworks for Claire) and while I'm not usually a big fan of the noisy, cat scaring things, I thought I'd take some photographs of them. Ethan was delighted, though he definitely preferred the whoosh bangs to the sparkly pretties. Lewis was enthralled for a while, but you know…
My memories of Phantasy Star Online

My memories of Phantasy Star Online

Back in the day, you couldn't beat a bit of PSO on the Dreamcast. I remember begging my Mum to let me play it online, she agreed eventually but I had to pay the bill every month. I had many characters throughout my adventures with DC PSO, but the three pictured below are the three that I enjoyed most. You…

Ricky Gervais – Science

Jane and I went to see Ricky Gervais last night, his Science mini-tour. Had about as much to do with Science as his Fame and Animals tours had to do with Fame and Animals respectively, but he was altogether very funny. A great night out. Stewart Francis was the warm-up, he was also quite funny. Recycled a fair bit of…
Halo 2 screenshots

Halo 2 screenshots

That piece the other day reminded me of all those screenshots we took of Halo 2 years ago. They used to be up on the gallery that was integrated into our old phpBB2 forum, but I have them saved and would like to try and reproduce them here for you now. Bear in mind, with no screenshot feature in Halo 2 these were photographs of a TV screen taken by Orca.

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The Big House is becoming a reality

Well, the lady whose house we want to buy has made an offer on a house she wants to buy and it has been accepted. Now we hope she'll accept our offer on her house, then the wheels can be set in motion for the move to "The Big House", as we call it. I'm hoping the similarities to a…