Nickster’s View

I read recently that Green Day have been clearing up at music awards events, specifically the Kerrang and MTV awards. How Green Day can beat System of a Down for ANY award blows my mind. I could expect it from MTV but not from Kerrang. It is truly a crime against music…and […]

I’m on hold to a callcentre for British Gas. It’s 5.12pm and i’ve been on hold for at least 10 minutes now - my mobile sitting next to me with their holdmusic for a radio. Another progress bar. Progress bars are actually pervasive - ask anyone who drives in London. Not […]

Things are getting perceptively slower again. To hell with Moore’s Law. All of a sudden, despite all mod cons, I’m back in the slow lane. I have pretty tasty enough boxes - an AMD64 3200 with 1gb RAM and 10k SATA drive as my workstation, and an AMD XP 2400 with 1gb […]

As reported by the BBC and Sky News, a gamer in South Korea died after a 49 hour StarCraft session.
What a lightweight! Call that l33t?! I can just see loads of concerned US mothers banning little Johnny from playing StarCraft but thinking that GTA: San Andreas is a fine alternative. Or maybe […]

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