Say goodbye to laser?

Microsoft has teased us all with the below image, which is linked to an announcement on the 9th of September:

Say goodbye to laser? The only 2 consumer products I can think of that use laser are CD/DVD drives and gaming mice. I really doubt MS have come up with an alternative to data storage, so the speculation is a mouse that uses a blue LED. This, as far as I know, is the first of it's kind, as every other optical mouse before is either red or laser.

Allegedly, amazon.de has "leaked" the images of the product:

I'm actually up for trying this kind of thing out. But, if the image above is anything to go by, it's ergonomic for right handed people. Damn you MS :( PLEASE PLEASE make a lefty/neutral version.

9th of September tells all...

No more redirecting

You might have noticed (especially those of you that go to www.ali-sob.com), but I've finally managed to set blogger to publish directly to the domain, meaning that there is no more good-delicious.blogspot.com! (and :( also)...

So now visitors that go to www.ali-sob.com will see the blog directly, rather than be redirected to good-delicious.blogspot.com. Anyone who still uses that address will be sent to ali-sob.com automatically :)

It took my domain registrar 6 months to answer a ticket I opened, but they finally did! I might as well change them seeing that my registration ends next month.

Good Delicious!

AHA!!!

Spotted on the way to Bury St Edmunds :D

No wonder I keep hearing shouts of "medic, meeeeeedddiiiiiiiiic!!" at night....

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Left4Dead has been delayed till 20th of November.

We LOVE you Valve.

Geeky Twins :)

World War Z

A few days ago I finished Reading World War Z, which is an oral history of the Zombie World War, or Z War One.

Written very cleverly in mock-documentary style, Max Brook's draws a vivid picture of how a Zombie epidemic nearly wiped us from the face of this Earth. From the very first outbreaks (presumed in China), to the mass-hysterics and profiteering, the book tells a terrifying story of how the world as we know it may not have existed.

What's great about the book is that it's very easy to read. Each chapter is an interview with someone, telling their part of the story. There are lots and lots of characters, BUT you don't need to remember any, nor get confused by who's who. The genius of the book is that it's the overall story arc that matters. You don't need to follow a certain character as it's the Zombies and their War that are the centre piece here.

The chapters are small and easy to read through, and some characters really are notable for the brief period you know them for.

I'm not a fan of Zombies nor horror books in general, but this book I can whole-heartedly recommend to any fan of fiction. Read it, before the movie ruins it all in 2010 ;)

EDIT: forgot to mention, a DRM-free .mobi ebook of WWZ is on the kitchen ;) I actually bought it from ebooks.com (with DRM) so it's proofed and 100% official. You'll need the mobipocket.com reader to view. Enjoy.

Hot on the kitchen!

You'll find:

The_Prodigy-Live_at_V_Festival-x264-2008-mV4U

and

VA - Video Games Live Volume 1

First is video, second is mp3 ;)

Robocoaster!

Me and Haniboy on The Robocoaster, a thrill ride at Mall Of The Emirates, Dubai!
Amazing filming by the one and only, Salahtron!

PS: Most of the screaming is him, not me :p

I'm back

Had a great time. Just landed, waiting for my luggage in airport, then
the long drive back home.

More later :)

See you soon!

I'm off to Amman/Dubai tomorrow!

Part celebration of the end of 4 years of SHO-dom, and the start of 5 years of Registrar-dom, and part to meet up with family and friends, most of which I haven't seen for 8 years!

I'll be going alone, Mrs SoB has work to do. Back to .uk on 19/08/08

So, for those that I'll be seeing there - see you soon!
And for those that I won't see - see you when I'm back!

Surprised

Night 7 (and last!) - 10:07

The PERFECT breakfast! Courtesy of Mrs SoB :)

Night 6 - 05:53

Sexually explicit?! Ok then: fuck pussy wank!