Lee’s blog

The Q of S

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:10:35 +0000

"What did you think?" "Weirdly, Quantum of Solace is probably the first movie where I've finished the videogame adaptation before seeing the movie. I got this weird sense of spacial familiarity - as if it was set locally, or somewhere I'd visit...

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A question of definition

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:27:53 +0100

"This is arguably the first presidential election of the HDTV age. So is it more important a candidate looks good on high-def... or on YouTube?" That's the question I asked author Neal Stephenson at a Q and A in London last night. I couldn't...

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Jar Jar Economics

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:46:18 +0100

"Yeah, well I blame George Lucas." "Oh for... Well you seem to have been consistantly blaming Lucas for everything bad the last few years. Do tell - how has this creator of fiction caused the current economic crisis?" "You say that, but the eco...

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Wrapped in the flag

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:45:31 +0100

After unexpected UK success in this years Olympic games, and the prospect of pouring millions in public funds into the hosting of the next one, sustaining some level of excitement about the Olympics is suddenly the new patriotic duty. I try, I ...

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ICANN FAIL

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:37 +0100

I've never been a fan of ICANN. They're a ludicrously costly organsisation whose "authority" stems from administrative stewardship for some of the internet's universal namespaces. As I used to point out: ICANN costs millions to run every year an...

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Comic chat redux

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:50:35 +0100

Hah. Now every stupid instant messenger conversation I have can be rendered as a poorly conceived anonymous three-panel webcomic. Huzzah. There's still a bit of cut-n-pasting to do, but stripgenerator.com seems to be quick and simple enough.

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Watt the...?

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:28:45 +0100

Why the hell are we still labelling light-bulbs in watts? The energy consumption of a light-bulb is rarely the overriding criteria for choice (otherwise we'd be saving energy by sitting in the dark), it's whether it's bright enough for its inten...

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Donut Plains

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:15:18 +0100

"My girlfriend is always kicking my arse at Mario Kart DS - the Wii version may be my best chance to claw back some dignity," I say, gripping a white plastic toy steering wheel. Apparently, in Mario Kart games, having played the first game...

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Snow day

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:19:49 +0100

It snowed in London last night. As made my way down the street I felt a cold wet thud against the back of my head. For the first time in my adult life (that I can recall) I'd been pelted with snowballs by kids. And not the powdery snowballs of...

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Browsing history

nobody@vox.com(Lee) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:56:26 +0100

One of the things on my mental radar for 2008 (trends: tea-snobbery and "kaizen") is the mainstreaming of personal statistics - data gaterered about a specific person, presented (primarily) for the use of that same person. The concept is alread...

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