Category: Random Wednesday

  • Instant Gratification, the Internet at it’s Finest

    Above all things that are great about the Internet, the instant gratification of needs and desires is the one I love the most.  Second to that is Google’s amazing ability to find the answer to just about anything, third is Wolfram Alpha’s fantastic website.  But I digress.  Actually, it’s probably the second best thing about…

  • To reduce stress levels, just give up (gaming) #randomwednesday

    I gave up on a computer game last year.  Just stopped playing.  I don’t know whether my fingers are losing their responsiveness now that I’m getting old, but I just could not get past the first boss fight.  And this was only about 5 minutes in to the game.  Fortunately, it was one I had…

  • Can we have another power cut, please?

    It’s Random Wednesday, we had a power cut over the whole of Shetland last night, and I’ve just finished going through the aftermath of that. Now that computers have become such an ever-present part of our lives, the very idea of a power cut fills me with hope and pleasure.  Strange, you might say, given…