So THAT'S what it is!

Man... woke up today around 17:30, got up to a TON of dishes that needed washing. Did that, then took the TON of rubbish out to the skip at last. Finally thought it would be good to have some "ASDA american fried chicken and chips", which needed 1/2 an hour in the oven.
Opened the oven and what do I find there? a TWO MONTH OLD half lasagne that was in a WELL ADVANCED decomposition stage!
The whiff was overwhelming! the whole flat instantly stank of rot, the oven was rendered invalid for at least a week, and I'm currently typing this with my eyes watering cos of the damn pong!
The funny thing is, for a few weeks every now and then I would smell something rotting in the flat but had no clue what it was. I looked all over the place for dropped pizza/dead rodents etc but still nothing! I just gave up on it and thought it was just me. But there you have it, that smell was non other than lasagne ala fungus.

Now I wonder if I can stomach the roast dinner I just microwaved... here's hoping!

Not-So-Good-Delicious!

Hi! It's you! GO AWAY

Not really sure why the title of this post is at it is. Any gamer worth their salt should recognise the quote from the cult classic, the Neverhood.
Anyhow, just wanted to update good delicious briefly. First and foremost a big MERRY XMAS to everyone out there. Hope things are much better next x-mas :)
I'm lucky enough to be working 7 nights (started yesterday, finishes new year's eve!), so my rhythm is going to be all topsy turvy until next year!
The mac is ok, the more I use it the more I realise how I was foolish in the past not to get my hands on one earlier. The system is absolutely gorgeous, and it's just how a computer should be.
And I guess that's it. There's a lot of gaming news and other stuff that I really should be putting here, but it's getting late now (20:40) and work starts at 21:00....

Merry X-mas y'all.

I know, I know, but this really made me laugh. Courtesy of the EXCELLENT little britain show

Trying to run a conversation and download something, ie CONFUSED!

You're NOT going to believe this

OK OK, sit down and be calm. Relax and take a deep breath.
I'm currently posting this from my new laptop! What's so shocking about that I hear you say? Well, this laptop happens to be a Powerbook 17". Which is, erm, ahem, made by.... APPLE!
Yes, your eyes don't fool you, the SoB has switched platfoms (well my main PC is still IBM + Windows)! To be honest, I'm still getting used to Mac OS X. It feels great to work with and literally drips with the style apple are really famous for. But being a windows whore for the last 9 years makes it a bit difficult to get used to something else. Add to that the fact that macs don't have a right mouse button, and we've got a problem Houston.
But still, the laptop itself is a piece of beauty. It's very light weight (about 3kg) and thin, with a big 17" screen and a slot loading (aka no tray) DVD burner superdrive. It also has MAC OS X (Panther) with the iLIFE suite installed.
A great thing about the system is that it's based on *nix so very stable and no viruses. Also, it sets itself up to be compatible with your existing network (in my case it seamlessly connected to my windows wireless network hassle free, and can read shared files from windows pc, and ofcourse use wireless internet).
For the time being, I'm happy. Let's see what happens in a week or so once I've calmed down :)

Till then, Good-mac-delicious!

It's here!

After going through some sort of madness and actually cancelling my pre-order for the nintendo ds, I actually managed to get my hands on one of these beauties (I had to ask a friend going to malasia to get me one and she had a rough time getting her hands on one cos they were all selling out!)
Anyhow, this shit is hot!! it's got dual screens and touchscreen, plus some really cool processors that can juggle around 3d images (it's like a portable n64 I guess!)

all in all a great system, I'll come back later with more details!

sob

NDS

Fanboy? NO!

Seems like it's been a while since I've updated good delicious. Life takes it's toll sometimes and work is getting too busy these days! oh and ofcourse there's the small matter of the life absorbing games recently out (half life 2 anyone? Metroid Prime Echoes, Paper Mario, Prince of Persia 2) Man I just don't know what to do next :)
In other news, I just found a video that would put a smile on anyone that knows who mario is (everyone!). Some japanese nut (fanboy!) has replicated the mario theme AND sound effects on an electronic guitar! It's brilliant stuff, and no explanation will do this video justice.
Point your browsers over to http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=marioguitar.wmv and be amazed!
Till later y'all.

No Comment

Jean Michel has decided to postpone the release of the Live in Beijing DVD until the first quarter of 2005. Today, Warner Music confirmed that the DVD will be released on 21 January 2005 in the UK and on 4 March 2005 in The Netherlands.

Does anyone out there

know how to solve Rubik's Cube?
drop me a line if you do, it'll stop me from going insane

Your's, Red-orange-green-white-blue-yellow

Cover sleeve for the latest Jarre DVD

Live in Beijing

Here I go again talking about my favourite artist, Jean-Michel Jarre.
Having done tons of concerts, this man for some reason has only released ONE concert on DVD (Oxygene live in Moscow). But, our prayers have been heard and finally they're releasing his latest concert in Beijing (To celebrate the start of the French Year in China, something cultural) as a DVD!
22 years after visiting China originally (he was the first western artist to be allowed in the then communist China, having to do 6 concerts to satisfy the fans!), Jarre goes back to Beijing to do what he does best, amazing music and concerts that amaze even the most synical viewer.
Anyhow, enough of that, I've preordered it and let's hope it's as good as his excellent album AERO.

Till then, GOOD DELICIOUS

Hi, Care of the Elderly SHO. Can I help?

Yeap. That's how I'm spending this cold but lovely weekend.
Doing 12 hour shifts (8:30 to 20:30) Friday through to Monday at the hospital.
Now that I've got some spare time, thought I'd blog about what goes on in a standard hospital out of hours (after 5pm weekdays, all weekend).
Generally, things are run with "skeletal staff". For every major speciality (Medicine, Elderly, Surgery, Paediatrics, and Gynaecology) there are 2 junior staff (House officers and Senior house officers [HO/SHO]) and one registrar (grown up guy about to become a consultant) looking after all the current in patients and also any new admissions that come our way (via GPs or A&E).
The big bosses (consultants) are at home and can be contacted 24 hours a day in case of emergencies.
To put it in numbers, our hospital has 600+ in patients, looked after by a handful of juniors. Not everyone is sick and needs attention of course, but everyone is a "potential sicky" and can "go off" at any time. Also, generally in every major speciality at least 15 new patients are admitted that are acutely ill and need urgent attention.
This puts alot of strain on everyone working out of hours. Some times it's nice and quiet and not many people are admitted and all the wards are fine. But sometimes all hell breaks loose and you have one person having a heart attack on one ward, the other dropping his blood pressure on the other, a really sick person in resus (A&E) not breathing, and a HO that's confused about a patient they just asked him to see. All in all, it can get quite hectic!
But I guess one shouldn't moan. Choosing medicine as a career (well I didn't really choose, they forced me to it!!) comes with it's pros (non I can think of) and cons (I'll write a book about that some day!) :)
And finally, if you managed to read all this and still haven't manged to browse away to something alot more interesting (http://www.mysticalball.com comes to mind), then I thank you for being a loyal G-D but also urge you to go do something else on your weekend!

Till later then, good delicious!

Half-Life 2

This game is FINALLY out.
I'm not a big fan of the first one, but this one is so cool. Bought my copy today and ran it, just gasped at how beautiful it all is.
Get it now guys, trust me :)

IT'S ALIVE!!!

Frankenstein or Shrek 2, you decide.
After hours of endless fiddling and setting up and all that stuff that anyone remotely associated with a PC is well used too, I FINALLY got my xbox to communicate with my pc and the net via my wireless configuration!
I had to change the position of the router/gateway, and also reconfigure a ton of stuff. Anyhow, yesterday I managed to play a reasonably lag-free game of Topspin tennis on xbox live (got creamed, but that's besides the point!). As far as ftping/streaming stuff to the box is concerned, the network is very slow (not doing the full 54mbit/sec that the G protocol boasts). It is more than enough for xbox live, but still needs fixing!
Now that's out of the way, I can go back to playing halo 2 and see what the fuss is all about.
Good-delicious y'all

RE 4 Special Edition Gamecube Controller. For the FREAK IN YOU.

Now that's what I call cool

Designed with an actual Chainsaw lying in the middle of the R&D lab during brainstorming sessions, this massive sculpted controller comes with a built-in sound chip, imitating the roar of the powerful weapon. The attention to detail goes as far as having gory blood marks on the blade. When not chopping Zombies into pieces, the Resident Evil 4 Controller can rest on its stylish stand, on top on your TV, well at sight for the bill collectors knocking at your door. Very impressive in size, it will bring you fear and respect at the same time, yet light and ergonomic, it stays comfortable and does not affect gameplay at all. Holding it in your hands for sure makes you feel like a man; now who said the Cube was for kids?

If you're wondering WTF all that is about, it's the resident evil 4 special edition gamecube controller!! I'm not a fan of the games, but this surely has to be cool by any standard.
Check the awesome picture above.
Oh, and before I go. Interested in it? get your arse over to www.lik-sang.com and order it :)


SoB

Happy Eid!!!

Just a quick note to wish everyone a happy (safe!) Eid!
I hope things get better in Iraq soon, I'm watching something called "Voices of Iraq" now, someone's given 150 digital cameras to the people of Iraq just after the regime fell and they're just saying what they want, and what they think of it all. It's scary watching a city I grew up in and loved fall apart like that.
I hope everyone's ok there... and again

HAPPY EID!

Wireless Schwireless

Yes, it's a rant. I hate it when things don't work.
To celebrate my new flat and BB thought I'd treat myself to a nice wireless router from CISCO. It's a linksys, and I also got a wireless adaptor for the xbox so I can use xbox live!. So far so good, and I managed to get my xbox to say hello to the pc magically over the airwaves! Problem is, ever since my BB was activated the damn wireless network stopped working! it's driving me up the wall!!
And because there are no cables to fiddle about with, you end up thrashing at thin air in the hope that you might create some disturbance that will carry the data across one room to another. Still, nothing seems to be working.
*sigh*. I go fiddle some more, but don't have that much time as I'm going to London to celebrate the lesser bayrem (at last! woops, maybe wasn't meant to say that :p)
Peace till later.

Zen ADSL 1000

At LONG LAST!
yes, today I finally got the damn email that confirmed my adsl was installed and is up and running. And here it is in all it's glory doing business from my home pc! Wow it feels so much better back on broadband. This one's a one mbit connection also which is faster than my old connection here.
now, what have I missed from the net the last month or so........ there's so much to catch up on!

see ya around!