Yeah yeah, I only seem to post to LJ when I want something. c_c

Either way, general request to all my friends. Bonus points if you can drive too! (Though that might not be required..) I'm going to be moving house (all of about ten minutes walk from the current one if everything goes okay with the house we are in the process of being credit checked for) and we could do with some able bodied pairs of hands to help carry boxes and generally help out and be awesome.

Weekend would be the 4th-5th and we'd provide food, drink, maybe cover travel costs too and if needed, floor space for sleeping if we planned it to run over two days (though that would depend on who could help and when!).

If you can RSVP in the comments below and let me know if you could come help, that would be awesome! If you can't uh.. never mind!

Content? A Con Report? No such luck. :) I've still barely stopped to breath since ConFuzzled finished. Current estimates for that are sometime in early July, more on that story later.

For now, I'll have a go at the yagfox meme and see what it gets me! Comments are screened but will be unscreened as I reply to them so ask whatever!

The problem with Live Journal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

You hate Twitter, allow me to make that assumption.

If you don't hate Twitter then well, you already know what I'm about to say, so just read at your convenience.

But allow me to continue as though you do.

You don't see the point do you? Who wants to know about every little thing someone else is doing? Don't people have any worries about their privacy? Aren't they egomaniacs? How the hell can you say anything important in such a small post?

I'm hoping this post might answer these questions and even if you do not wish to join, then you will at least understand why everyone is using Twitter and why it's not as dumb as it sounds.

What Twitter is Not
Despite what you might of heard, Twitter is not about every little detail of your life.

In fact, anyone who does make tweets (posts) about every little aspect of their existence are considered boring and n00bish by most Twitter users (apparently called Tweeple, but I refuse to use that word in polite company).

Just because the post is small does not mean it shouldn't be interesting. Your friends and acquaintances have to read these things and they have their own lives, which they consider a lot more interesting than yours.

Twitter is also not a Social Networking site. For some reason, I often see FaceBook being referenced in close proximity to Twitter and the two couldn't be more different.

FaceBook is a megalithic website where you enter in tons of personal information, upload photos, buy and install web applications and games that apparently provide some little extra must have feature or other.
Then when you've done all that, you can have several hundred 'friends', few of which you care about and in the end, all that lovely data can be slurped up to advertisers thanks to a paper thin privacy policy.

Compared, Twitter is small, tiny.
You enter a username, an optional location (Sheffield, England or the Moon would all be valid) and a tiny profile (160 characters) of what ever you want. You can upload an icon and a background for your page if you want one.
After that well, you post anything you want, whenever the mood takes you, with as little personal information as you wish to give. You can even choose to make all your posts private to your friends.
Any other third party tools operate outside of Twitter and have no direct link to the server. It is a far more free form and open platform.

LiveJournal is more of a social network than Twitter.

What was Twitter designed to do

Allow a user to post small messages about what they are doing, no more than 140 characters in length, so that it supports text messaging and relaying messages to mobile phones.

What people Actually use it for

Whatever the heck they want.

There are no expectations about what you should use Twitter for, any more than there are for any other form of communication, which is what Twitter has become.

I've tried to think about listing examples of what people use it for but really, just look at what ever existing form of communication tools you use and you'll find the same things. If you talk about it somewhere else, people tweet about it too.

The difference is Twitter is not like any existing communication medium.

• There are no expectations that you should reply like IM or e-mail to another's post, you don't have to say anything if you have nothing interesting to say.


• It is less time dependant than IM or IRC, you can check back and see what others have been doing when you have the time.


• At the same time, it is more instant than e-mail or blogging. You can ask your friends for a recommendation on something to buy as you enter a shop and get a reply within minutes, not hours.


• It is more public than some mediums as you can reach many people instantly, and yet more personal, in that you can engage more directly with (mega or micro) celebrities and others where you were only a voice in the crowd before.

If nothing else, it helps you learn to get to the point. Make your statement, say your piece, see if anyone cares and if they do, discuss. If you think you can't say anything interesting in 140 characters, think again. Sometimes one word is enough.


There, I hope I haven't gone on too long. (If this is tl;dr for you then maybe you really should look in to Twitter. ;)

And more importantly, I hope I've helped people understand a little more about what this is about and why people like it.

Its not the end of privacy or a cry of 'pay attention to me!', its just a new way to talk.

Hello :)

Happy Christmas! :) And a Merry New Year!

n_n

Making race tracks with books on the carpet and racing RC cars are fun. Even more so when you add the soundtrack of Mario Kart Wii. Who said that games have destroyed the imagination?

Me: Ooo! Time for some inspirational music to get me in the coding mood! *plays the music from the trailer to the new Halo 3: Recon trailer* Now.. must envision what I need to work on next.
Muse: Halo 3 music? Hmm.. you listened to this lots while writing your last novel. And this is new music for a trailer so.. *flood of mental images and ideas for the new novel*
Me: I hate me so much.

This is the second one of these they have done. And my title is serious, we're likely to have this sort of tech around in less than a decade. :)

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&amp;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:98d1f695-b5e4-4492-ace0-cc3ba2adb375&amp;showPlaylist=true&amp;from=msnvideo" target="_new" title="Beyond Touch: A Futuristic Vision from Microsoft">Video: Beyond Touch: A Futuristic Vision from Microsoft</a>

Finally, got another release out the door, Amuse with colour support can now be found here!

This one took a lot of work and it didn't help that I completely screwed up my source control database when I upgraded from the .net Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta to the Final RTM version. Oh well!

Also installed IE8 Beta 2, its neat so far. And safe travel and lots of fun to all my friends currently at PAX, you lucky sods. c_C

First time I've pasted a video :P

This should be amusing to anyone who hates either those unskippable piracy warnings, or team killers and modders in online multiplayers. Enjoy. ;)

My Wii has just been stolen (along with my SSBB game disc inside), waiting for the police to arrive and complete the formalities.

If you are on my console's friends list, please send an a message to the console telling who ever gets it that is has been stolen and to contact you back for a reward for return. Thanks.

After the results of the brief poll yesterday, I'm now on Twitter!

So, as the saying goes, you can now follow me at http://twitter.com/nidonocu.

Having a Twitter account is not needed, you can just plug the RSS feed in to your favourite reader I believe. Though it would be neat if I could have more of you on here. :) Desktop apps are available as with LiveJournal to make it nicer to use!

More interesting and informative posts will follow soon. :3

Poll #1230928 Twitter
This poll is closed.
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: All

Should I join Twitter?

Update: Please give a comment if you can as well as to your thinking behind the option you vote for. :)

Update 2: Poll now closed as Yes collectively hits 10 votes (each getting five votes each). I'll see how it goes!

As promised in my last post, I created a CodePlex project for Amuse and now I'm pleased to announce that its going live as of now!
I'll keep this post brief and stick to the basics!

You can access the project home page from here: http://www.codeplex.com/amuse

From there, you can check out the FAQ and all the various bits of information, as well as links to the .net Framework download you will likely need and Amuse its self.

Source code is also available and is released under the BSD licence.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support as I work on this! Extra hugs to Knives / Sketch (_sketch) and Tatikyas / Nall (raimei) for joining the project and if you're still interested enteirah, I'm open!

Not much to look at right now I know but I'll be aiming to do weekly updates and builds from now on. If that doesn't speed up progress, I don't know what will!

Firstly, additional welcomes to a couple more people on my LJ who added me post-ConFuzzled. Have now added you back. :)

Secondly, just wanted to say I'm fairly proud of myself for having done some neat coding yesterday. For those who don't know, I'm working on an MU* client called Amuse for connecting to MUSH's and MUCK's in particular and I've been working on it on and off for the last few years. o_o
The trouble is of course, I've been learning as I go and each time I've made some progress, I discover some new way of doing something that makes things easier but means I end up throwing out most of the code I had done up to that point.
I've now set myself a deadline for a first release by creating a (currently hidden in its pre-release mode) CodePlex project which will self-delete in 16 days if I don't publish in time. This also marks my first Open Source project. go me. :P
If anyone new to my LJ does have an interest in .net and C# (or I guess any code) and wants to help, please let me know. o.o;

Finally, does anyone have £45 to waste buy a neat present for me? ^^ I can't really justify my own money right now since well, its not really mine. c.c;

Its finally here. o__o I'm 50% through the Subspace Emissary after 6 hours on normal and now my fingers hurt.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl Friend Code: 1418 - 8145 - 2034

Link me or comment me with yours and I'll add 'em back post haste.

Firstly, welcome to my LJ for all the people who have friended me, way too many to list! I don't post that often but I hope you like what I do post. :P

The convention was simply amazing, I just don't want to stop talking about it because I don't want it to be over! Even now I'm my brain is still in convention mode and I want to get up, set things up, do things, hug things, play games with people and so much other stuff.

In fact, I can already say that the staff had already started discussing next year as the last attendees were being driven off. We know what needs improving and we will try our best to make it happen. We already have some great ideas for next years stage events and we hope we will be able to get even more of you involved next year.
Still though, we are listening to everything you say. I'm personally scanning LiveJournal for all I can but please, sign up for the forum and make a post to the feedback board. You don't have to even copy paste, just drop a link to your public entry elsewhere if you've already written up a con review!

Additionally, a mini front page has been setup with links to the forum and gallery which is up and running. Just register there and you can post your photos for everyone to find. :) (Surprisingly, I've only seen myself a few times so far! I think Tiger Tom and Spirit Raptor took the most of me, and they of course are still reviewing their snaps and selecting the best.)

( Full personal report and conbadges )

Hugs to everyone I met and thank you again to everyone that made it great. I'll see you next year!

I write this first 'real' post for a little while being stupidly tired. Having been working non-stop for the last few days on something for Confuzzled which is now just.. two days away. Hopefully it will be done in time.

Anyway, my real purpose for this post was to ask people, its my first con, what should I pack and bring? ^_^;

Thanks for your replies. o_z I sleeeeep now.

Yay, yes, it is my birthday. :3 Today I shall enjoy tasty foods, a little cake, treats, new books, games and other things!

If you are not completely satisfied that I have enough things, please contact me via the normal methods and arrange to send me more things! I like things. ^^;

Humphrey Lyttleton has died aged 86.

I grew up coming home from school and hoping I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue would be on that evening, it often reduced me to fits of laughter.
His role as the sour-faced host playing with wonderful comic timing the straight man in a stupidly silly show was the thing that kept it all together.
I don't think it will be able to continue without him, but any who heard it I think will never forget it.
Rest in peace Humph.

Yes, haven't posted in ages, this seemed appropriate though!