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Sweet memories will last a long long time

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:05:34 -0800

The last year has been an oddly game free zone. Under the perpetual threat of trans-pondian deployment I resisted buying anything new - all my old consoles would be packed up to come with me but I'd sell off my 360 and the modest stack of "Review ...

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Johnny Lee is a minor god

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:39:06 -0800

Not content with previous hacks using the Wii remote - such as a multi-touch display and a cheapo interactive whiteboard - the rampant coolness that is Johnny Chung Lee has just posted a video which demonstrates head tracking using the Wii control...

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When two tribes go to war

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:59:41 -0800

Ok, I need to play this game. This might actually persuade me to break the habit of a life time and spend actual money on a Sony console - something I've never done before. UPDATE: Now with video ...

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90s Music Monday

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:38:46 -0800

I have to confess I struggled with picking a track today. I'm off snowboarding in a few days and I was up at 5am watching the snow reports from Tahoe so I really wanted to do ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's epic "Will You Smile Ag...

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Eye of the Tiger (dum, dum dum, dumm, dum dum, duuuuummm)

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:42:40 -0800

Forget Faceball - it may be getting all the publicity but true hipsters know that's there's only one game in town. And yes, despite being so jetlagged that I have brief moments of believing that I'm a humming bird, I am now a proud member of the ...

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80s Music Friday

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:43:19 -0800

Bit of a first, an 80s track, but there's a line in this song which keeps going through me head ♪ You didn't get up this morning because you didn't go to bed You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red ♪ Why yes Mr Jetlag! It is 5...

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90s Music Monday

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:35:15 -0800

Oddly resonant, this one Message Ends

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Aren't you sharp as a tack?

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:31:44 -0800

Q: What do you do if you see 16 lawyers lying dead on the floor? A: Stop laughing and reload. You know, I really feel like I get this joke now in a way I've never truly got it before.

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90s Music Monday

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:04:04 -0800

I was once told by someone that, at one point, the top 20 tracks in the UK singles chart at the time were all penned either overtly or semi-anonymously by Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, Take That's Gary Barlow or Gregg Alexander. I have no idea if that...

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