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My darling wife gave birth to our son, William Joseph Kelly, last Monday - the 21st of July (after about 28 hours of Labour). In the end the Doctor (she was fabulous, in fact everyone at King Edwards Maternity Hospital was fabulous) had to resort to the forceps. So after 5 days I can say I'm totally smitten with the little blighter. Of course he's been keeping us up at nights, but he sleeps most of the day - which I thought was typical teenager behavior, not newborns :)
Follow the link for entirely too many photos of my new son :) (The first man on Mars ;) )
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| Top 100 Computer Games |
[Jun. 29th, 2008|06:30 am] |
Thanks to Angriest
1) Look at the list and bold those you have played
2) Underline the games you LOVE.
3) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've played 6 and force games (and probably emulators) upon them.
100 - River City Ransom (aka Street Gangs)
99 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
98 - BattleToads
97 - F-Zero
96 - Mafia
95 - Herzog Zwei
94 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
93 - Quake II
92 - Dragon Warrior (aka Dragon Quest)
91 - Virtua Tennis
90 - Master of Orion
89 - Alone in the Dark
88 - Final Fantasy VII
87 - Thief II: The Metal Age
86 - Final Fantasy X
85 - Prince of Persia
84 - Ultima VII: The Black Gate
83 - Contra
82 - Gunstar Heroes
81 - Freedom Force
80 - Baseball Stars
79 - Shining Force II
78 - Star Wars (Arcade)
77 - Archon: The Light and The Dark
76 - Tetris Attack
75 - Crimson Skies
74 - Syndicate
73 - Return Fire
72 - Galaga
71 - Half-Life: Counter-Strike
70 - Pokemon Red/Blue
69 - Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs
68 - Starsiege: Tribes
67 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape
66 - Homeworld
65 - MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
64 - Advance Wars
63 - Sonic the Hedgehog
62 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
61 - Sam & Max Hit the Road
60 - Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
59 - Bionic Commando
58 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
57 - Mike Tyson's Punchout!
56 - Final Fantasy III (VI)
55 - Fallout
54 - Panzer Dragoon Saga
53 - Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
52 - Metroid Prime
51 - Grand Theft Auto III
50 - Wing Comander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
49 - Grim Fandango
48 - The Secret of Mana
47 - NHL 94
46 - Super Mario World
45 - Battlefield 1942
44 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
43 - Soul Calibur
42 - Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
41 - System Shock 2
40 - Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
39 - DOOM
38 - Madden NFL 2004
37 - Wave Race 64
36 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert
35 - Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
34 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
33 - God of War
32 - Resident Evil 4
31 - SimCity 2000
30 - Halo
29 - GoldenEye 007
28 - Half-Life 2
27 - Burnout 3: Takedown
26 - Final Fantasy II (IV)
25 - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
24 - Tecmo Super Bowl
23 - Super Mario Bros. 3
22 - Half-Life
21 - Deus Ex
20 - Ms. Pac Man
19 - Metal Gear Solid
18 - ICO
17 - Star Control 2
16 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
15 - Super Mario Kart
14 - Rome: Total War
13 - Chrono Trigger
12 - X-COM: UFO Defense
11 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
10 - Super Metroid
9 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM
8 - Street Fighter II
7 - StarCraft
6 - Sid Meier's Pirates!
5 - Super Mario 64
5a - Lego Star Wars
5b - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
4 - Sid Meier's Civilization II
3 - Tetris
2 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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| Barasoom Awaits |
[May. 26th, 2008|01:54 pm] |
Pictures from the Phoenix lander are now up on the NASA website. Gives a warm glow when you realise how far away these pictures come from (the exact distance escapes me, but it takes about 15minutes for the radio signals to get to earth, so you do the maths ;) )
NASA - Home
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| Rant |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|02:27 pm] |
<rant>
It would appear to me that China has much claim to sovereignty over Tibet as The UK does over India (or Tibet for that matter), or Germany over France, or The Italians over Europe – ie they invaded it once. So I wonder what is a nation, and what are they good for?
Obviolusly they provide frameworks for collobaration on large scales, without them I doubt the industrial revolution would have occurred. We certainly would have not reached the moon. But by what right do nations (or people) claim land as being theirs, is simply being first enough, or does ownership rely on the ability to enforce it?
People living in the west would be hard pressed to claim poverty when confronted by the real poor of the world, but does that entitle the Governements of the west to unfairly distribute the wealth of the nation to people who already have a significant advantage in our societies. At what point did it become the fad for Governements to sell the peoples future for short term gain?
Here in Australia, we have witnessed the sell off of our infrastructure and services. The rationale for selling off Telstra is unclear, except that the incumbent Government had an idealogy that demanded that it disenfranchise the whole of the people to the advantage of a smaller advantaged subsection of the people. At one point we all had ownership of the Telco and it served our requirements, now it servers the shareholder with the less loftier requiremnt of making money.
Similarly the Commonwealth bank was once harnessed to the betterment of the Australian populace, it acted as a very real control on the banking market. The proliferation of record profits and out of control bank fees is a direct consequence of the selling of this state assesst.
With the Chinese government looking to buy Companies to control the price of resources it might be a good time for the Australian Government to do the same, starting with Telstra and the Commonwealth bank.
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History of Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wealth of Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Property is theft! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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| The Incredible Hulk |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|09:05 am] |
Edward Norton is one of my favourite actors, so I'm really looking forward to the new Hulk movie. Not that I dislike Ang Lees Hulk, it was a dammn fine bit of film making. But I felt it was a little slow,and the tacked on ending was confusing and rubbish. Fingers crossed that this will have a great ending.
IESB.net - Movie News, Reviews, Interviews and More! - The Incredible Hulk Featurette |
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| Big polluters demand billion-dollar 'ransom' |
[Mar. 18th, 2008|12:26 pm] |
I'm reading this article on the age:
Big polluters demand billion-dollar 'ransom' - Environment - theage.com.au
If I was the Government I'd take the money these rich SOB's want and fund ordinary Australians putting in solar panels, wind mills and every other kind of self generating, greenhouse friendly power infrastructure known to man. While they are at, they can also help fund water tanks. The average block of land can me made almost self sustaining with modern technology. Oh and I'd slap a carbon tax on food, based on how far its travelled while I'm at, to encourage people to by local.
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| The Mysteries of Mercury |
[Mar. 13th, 2008|10:31 am] |
More on Mercury, a number of mysterious craters have been spotted. Various theories abound, but no one is really sure.
SPACE.com -- Mysterious Craters Seen on Mercury
Craters come in all shapes and sizes, some more bizarre than others.
Recent photos of Mercury have revealed two new categories of crater
that scientists are puzzling over how to explain.
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