Extending party games to mobile

May 02, 2006 | Comments

Extending party games to mobile: "Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this is that I could imagine participating in a game with my group of close friends. Each round is a quick “I’m thinking of you, and about who you are” sort of casual interaction. I’d want maybe 3 or 4 rounds a day, not too much."

Lurking in my personal LazyWeb is a game where you physically pass your phone around to play... for no reason other than I can imagine it being quite neat, chucking the game from person to person as it clicks and whirrs...

Avant Rural

May 02, 2006 | Comments

I want to go to this: AvantRural. Found a flyer for it in my pocket this morning as I walked into work - I think someone pressed it into my sweaty palm as I wandered down the North Laine on Saturday.

Dress code: "wellington boots and dressing gowns appreciated but not required". The flyer promises "bovine modulation" and "badgercore"... brought to you by (amongst others) "the early gurning centre".

But "badgercore".

Say it again.

"badgercore"

Aftermath

May 02, 2006 | Comments

I haven't laughed so much in years. But my head hurts and I can never go to the circus again.

A long day

May 02, 2006 | Comments

Ah, a long day. But it's over now, and I'm settled in at home. I'll cook myself a spot of supper then settle in with a good film. A friend of mine lent me one he's been talking about for ages this evening - that'll be perfect. Just the thing to see me through til sleepytime.

How to Have a 36 Hour Day

May 01, 2006 | Comments

How to Have a 36 Hour Day: "It's a list of ways to save time that you may or may not have thought of.  Implement a few of them and you'll likely open up a couple of hours each day that you didn't previously have ."