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  • Cary Walkin’s Delightful little RPG (role play game) made in Mircosoft Excel.

    This is a wonderful little RPG-style game, the functionality of which has been put together using only Mircrosoft Excel.

    Props to the game’s creator, Cary Walkin, for making this delightful little mini-RPG. As a (somewhat reformed) fan of RPGs, I can honestly say …

    Posted: March 27th, 2013 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Games
  • White collar crime (UK vs. US)

    Here’s a brief overview of how white collar crime is handled in the UK and in the US.…

    Posted: July 3rd, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • Cutting with a katana

    This is a short video of my first session wielding sword.

    Dangerous? Yes. Enjoyable? Absolutely.

     

    …

    Posted: May 18th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • LEGO guessing game: answers

    LEGO Guessing Game: answers

    *** SPOILER ALERT ***

    As promised last week, here are the answers to the LEGO guessing game and LEGO guessing game continued...

     

    Starting from the top left and moving left-to-right, the six images represent:…

    Posted: April 3rd, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • LEGO guessing game continued..

    Due to popular demand and the success of the LEGO guessing game (part one), I’ve tracked down and decided to add these two extra LEGO models for your guessing pleasure.

    I’ll post the answers for these along with the other …

    Posted: April 2nd, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • Never noticed so many flags before..

    Well spotted, whoever put this one together! (Perhaps this could be used for “Flag Bingo”?)

    Enjoy!

    (P.S. Click to enlarge the image)…

    Posted: March 30th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • What would the world be like..

    smoking pie area

    ..if we all made an effort for a day to make a similar change? (Certainly a far more amusing place!)

    “Thinking outside the box”? Whoever thought of this has clearly never seen the box! :o )

     …

    Posted: March 30th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • NASA video: stars in space

    Ever wanted to watch the stars-go-by from a vantage point in Earth orbit?

    The following video was composed from photos (by Don Pettit) into a time-lapse video (by Alex Rivest) and was shot from the International Space Station (ISS).

    It’s …

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • Great use of perspective.

    This piece of pavement art, by Julian Beever, makes great use of perspective to give the impression that passers’ by can appear to be stuck in a burning building.…

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
  • LEGO guessing game!

    Join the LEGO guessing game! Can you guess what the LEGO models represent?

    Some people have real trouble with this – it can be quite difficult to get – especially if you don’t have the correct “cultural key”.

    (Clue: If …

    Posted: March 27th, 2012 ˑ  5 Comments
    Filed under: Miscellaneous
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