ACM Queue - Game Development: Harder Than You Think - makes me think writing games shouldn't be too hard, all you need is a really poor ide [and a big plan]

Animals on the Underground

8x dvd 66inc . socket a mobo 16.44inc . palm 3xe 38inc

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Gibson's Passion overshadows Oscars Gibson admits it's violent. But the interesting thing here is that "Gibson's film has provoked protest..." - there's a picture of people protesting outsite - saying it's fiction etc. You don't get people outside "Knightmare on Elm Street" saying "This film is fiction" etc... so why the big uproar?

Daily papers here in the UK so far have been pretty scathing. The Mirror thinks the film is sick. (way overly violent, with made up extra violent bits), a church is Denver Colorado put up a bit sign saying "Jews killed Jesus Christ" flaming the anti-semistism that the film is accused of...

iPodlounge | All Things iPod they take apart an ipod mini - so you can see the insides, which basically contain a screen, battery, and a 4gb Hitachi microdrive. (doesnt' sound right, I still think it should be called an IBM microdrive)

Financial Freedom Secrets a book you can buy.

There's a new magazine out, currently issue 2 - Retro Gamer. Looked at it in WHSmith, looked cool. subscribe for £35, and get a free namco home arcade games thing (normally £25! only has 5 games so you wouldn't actually want to buy it yourself). Alternatively, do what every other bloke seems to do, and read it in your lunchtime at WHSmith, and play the games on-line. while we're on the subject: WotR - Eugene Jarvis bought me a pint. The History of Llamasoft written by the main man Jeff Minter himself.

Fujifilm Q1 Digitial 2mp, £64 pixmania (who require faxed confirmation of address after you've placed the order - and after they've taken the money before they will post anything to you!!!!) and about half the size of the Fujifilm Q1 is the "Shotz 2600" 2MP (Shotz Imaging - Model Shotz MS-2600 - neat thing about this one apart from it being TINY, is that it does sound with vids) in jessops for £80 (now on their site) and microwarehouse used to have it for £61 inc vat. (like this and this but not marketed as 3mp when it's only 2mp - and not overpriced like those ones) - if you can find a review of either of these cameras anywhere - I'll be very impressed!

WINAMP.COM | Player Winamp 5 is available from winamp.com but I want Winamp 2! :( luckily you can still get it from download.com. Winamp 2 plays AVI files and displays the frame rate whilst you play it, whereas Winamp5 didn't want to play AVI files when I just tried it.

57% and 44% better in dual and single configs respectively HP report shows Opteron servers beat Intel servers.

Fujifilm introduces entry-level FinePix A120 3MP better pictures here. (uses CCD, not superCCD).

Slashdot | MS May Be Forced To Sell Stripped-Down OS In EU..

It's a passionate film. It's also a bloodbath. Brutality engulfs Mel Gibson's vision of the Crucifixion. sounds a bit over the top in violence. (according to this review)
Truth and fiction of 'Passion' / Gibson film goes beyond Bible to tell story of Jesus' crucifixion: "While it's not mentioned in the press handouts, Gibson has told interviewers that he was heavily influenced by a 19th century book of visions, 'The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,' by Anne Catherine Emmerich, a German nun and mystic. "

Life for Tube platform murderer
I completely misread that headline. Thought he was going to start a new life. Or that they were going to renovate the Tube platform.

Slashdot | US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter
Quite a surprising move! Just the other day there was some tv proggy on helicopters and the comanche looked pretty advanced as opposed to the black hawk helicopters which are famous for films such as "black hawk down" and for being shot down a fair few times in the most recent iraqi war.

schools: invasion of privacy or legitimate policing? and freedom of expression or 'unsafe' religious beliefs?

Hitachi Deskstar drive 'meows' during drive check don't buy Hitachi hard drives. They make meow noises.

The Passion of the Christ shows the last 12 hours of Jesus' life, and is to be released in the US on Wednesday.

Canon A300 ebay buy now £90 bargain £5 postage. There's others on there for £100 buy now if you don't get this one... (although with less favourable postage charges) cheapest on net new is around £122/125 inc postage. (see dealtime.co.uk) and i can't believe nobody bid on this 1.3mp one which was only £35, which retails for about £70/80 at play/firebox.com

BBC - Music - Dance
ok and if you did happen to win, but can't be bothered with the whole 'using a computer, downloading itunes, install, buy music' thing, these people will go and buy a bit of music from one of their less mainstream artists, where the artist gets a bigger slice of the dollar.

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Asylum seekers stitch up mouths

If you haven't heard, pepsi in America are giving away free itunes tracks, with one in three bottles being a winner.. just find the caps that say 'you win' or whatever. anyway. turns out it's pretty easy to spot the winners before you purchase. search for pepsi tilt for more info. see!