tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:25:53 +0000MeIronmanHalo 2MelbourneWiccaUltimate AllianceSickSayingsResident Evil 4CuteThoughtsYowieFilmclipWeekend AssignmentHousephoneMovieStupid peopleHaloOblivionLive WriterProduct PlacementStoryDalim's Current AffairsJarvis CockerMacbethZebra GodBabyDnDQuestionsHalo 3Will ShakespearvideoMarketingToday TonightWorkRaygunSustainableBackNewsEclectic Reader 2012Terry PrachettGamingThe ChaserAngelStoverWilliam GisbonWoWNWNChristmaselection 07PulpWiiConcertTarotED-DayLiterary FictionFall Out 3The CurePaganLifeBrian MayiTunesSelfZeldaJapanLoveTrojanLocalSwimmingStar TrekGiftDr WhoThe Young OnesTwitterDoomPS3DoctorTechnologyJohn ScalziChefonline novelZombieFamilyNINXbox 360JeffHarry PotterCommentsyoutubePowerNapBrian RossCity driversFutureAdvertsLibraryThingTransformersAVG1984GundamCoffeesleepThe Lost ColonyDanny ChooGhostwood10 thingsAspergian TestsPoppy Z BriteTheatreVirusShoppinginternetFoodLinksWeatherThe CultIan AstburyWritingRiderLinkANJBy The WayReligionAnjelCurseListsTripReviewsRaymond FeistThoguhtsRadioheadCookingVideo GamesCookieMusicResturantsJobsComicsBeliefCreation MuseumBigfootAirquizThe BoysGoogleGuitarBloggingQuakeDaughterHealth CareQueenOrwellMemeMonday Photo ShootWeeks TopicShameless self promotionLushKOTORStar WarsWilTimeRantTelevisionFenceBooksSomething strange something new - the things that I dohttp://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dr Dalim)Blogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-3326028064889191707Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +00002012-01-25T19:20:43.873+11:00DaughterTechnologyFutureinternetA recent post on Boing Boing regarding teenagers sharing passwords with friends and significant other has raised some questions with me - mostly based around my daughter and the world she will grow up in.Now I regard myself as someone who at least is aware of most of the technology and the advances that it offers to our lives - I advocate for the use of new tech at work and I am always looking athttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/mLwc-F8x8r4/passwords-and-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr Dalim)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/mLwc-F8x8r4" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/01/passwords-and-children.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-1303649329209155174Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:50:00 +00002012-01-23T19:48:05.568+11:001984Literary FictionOrwellEclectic Reader 2012This is the first of my 2012 reader challenges, Literary Fiction - which Wikipedia defines asThe term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction (i.e., paraliterature). In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more upon style, psychological depth, and character. This is in contrast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/WFawFXrJorI/nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr Dalim)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/WFawFXrJorI" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/01/nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-1950699690008680083Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-12-23T22:21:50.857+11:00Poppy Z BriteBooksIt's no surprise that I like Vampire novels (now I am most definitely not talking about Twilight vampires here but the Anne Rice and Poppy Z Brite Vampires - real fictional vampires). I have quite a few novels from these authors and more which cover the subject but the one that had a profound effect on me as a late teen I have never owned...Lost Souls, by Poppy Z Brite.Zles, a good friend of minehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/U5Lyj0wReWI/vampires-and-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/U5Lyj0wReWI" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/vampires-and-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-4545774230195809224Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:38:00 +00002011-12-23T16:56:12.336+11:00MusicGuitarSo this year I had a goal... to learn to play one song all the way through on the guitar.I have owned a guitar for many years starting with a 3/4 I got sometime in high school... but I never really learned to play - sure I could muck about and run maybe a few chords together or follow a mate (slowly) with basic chords but not really play a tune someone would recognise. So this year I decided to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/jSLjdW0BEhI/guitar-playing-and-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr Dalim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/jSLjdW0BEhI" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/guitar-playing-and-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-9040283638569553336Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:58:00 +00002011-12-18T22:58:00.462+11:00Alex Day, musician and vlogger, came up with a challenge to try to get an independent single to Number 1 on the UK Charts. His great little song Forever Yours is up on iTunes as I type (in fact the single version has already been downloaded to my account! I know I live in Aust and will not affect the UK charts - however it has reached mid 40's in the Aust iTunes charts so that is cool. What's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/zfgGoaZtfdI/forever-yours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/zfgGoaZtfdI" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/forever-yours.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5596298184468621255Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:39:00 +00002011-12-17T13:40:05.649+11:00Product PlacementGiftCoffeeThe above heading does not include those strange folks who do not drink coffee but as I choose to believe they don't actually exist... it does work! So I was reading Gizmodo today and discovered this little invention... A great little invention for making a perfect dipper coffee at home or the office - the simple system allows you to brew the coffee in the "Clever Coffee Dripper" before placing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/7OtCxzYwb0E/coffee-addiction-we-all-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/7OtCxzYwb0E" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/coffee-addiction-we-all-have.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5511241373228786891Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:22:00 +00002011-12-15T21:22:05.960+11:00Video GamesShoppingGamingBooksLocalJohn ScalziJohn Scalzi has this neat little post over on Whatever Amazon, Local Bookstores, Me Go on read the article... I'll just wait until you are finished.... Are you done? Great, now while I can see Amazons marketing machine saying "In a free market economy we are just trying to do all we can to create awareness of our brand and drive sales..."Yep that is right... you have the right to do it... buthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/B5H-XjPxtBQ/your-local-book-store.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/B5H-XjPxtBQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/your-local-book-store.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5090441043256240456Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:21:00 +00002012-01-23T20:05:16.512+11:00BooksEclectic Reader 2012So I have signed up for the Eclectic Reader Challenge 2012Basically I need to read at least one book from the following genre...GenresLiterary Fiction - Nineteen Eight-Four, George Orwell Crime/Mystery FictionRomantic FictionHistorical FictionYoung AdultFantasyScience FictionNon FictionHorrorThriller /SuspenseClassicYour favourite genreShould be a lot of fun - oh and I need to review them here onhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/lzihjuOKHCA/eclectic-reader-challenge-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/lzihjuOKHCA" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/12/eclectic-reader-challenge-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5036470308356778902Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:22:00 +00002011-10-31T18:22:04.912+11:00Well this is a surprise... I would usually play a Dwarf Cleric!!!  I Am A: Lawful Good Human Paladin (5th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-14 Dexterity-15 Constitution-16 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-16 Charisma-16 Alignment: Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/EDpFvz6HeAc/dungeons-and-dragons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/EDpFvz6HeAc" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/10/dungeons-and-dragons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-4328393617857953825Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:46:00 +00002011-06-04T23:59:09.636+10:00MusicThe CureConcertOK so I wrote this really long post about the concert... then the Internet ate it... So instead I'm not going to review the show - I'm going to tell you how this whole experience has made me feel... if you want to read a review might I suggest here which is my mate... So The Cure... I first heard them when I was a teenager... I must have heard them on the radio but the moment when I really tookhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/AEw6mP4kf1Q/cure-reflecting-on-reflections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/AEw6mP4kf1Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/06/cure-reflecting-on-reflections.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8095848462468013803Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:41:00 +00002011-03-19T23:42:54.815+11:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/5Zukg6IB1rM/yours-gave-me-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/5Zukg6IB1rM" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/03/yours-gave-me-all.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-564947369053301843Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:25:00 +00002011-03-19T23:37:35.034+11:00My Vampire Song<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/eqBpEfNtOa0/easy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/eqBpEfNtOa0" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/03/easy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7971758674587984880Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:10:00 +00002011-03-19T23:11:38.979+11:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/X1sTIC9mXe0/drown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/X1sTIC9mXe0" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/03/drown.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7968265973578632914Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:03:00 +00002011-03-19T23:03:58.032+11:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/9aQBXPnaPos/madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/9aQBXPnaPos" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/03/madness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7474937578247237383Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:53:00 +00002011-03-19T22:55:20.377+11:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/g7Bxu8hfh00/evil-dreams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/g7Bxu8hfh00" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2011/03/evil-dreams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-3857748262184292068Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:43:00 +00002010-10-07T20:43:24.564+11:00So I asked my Tweeter followers for someone to make me a crochet D20… Then got told off cause my wife ofcourse can crochet !!! However before I could turn around my goodfriend Dee made me one… like in 10 minutes or so it seemed… Thus I have a new D20 – still to pick it up – and a wife who is impressed with Dee’s speed and skill at making crochet D20’s Wife has promised to make the rest of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/jgK_-6nfJPY/large-d20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/jgK_-6nfJPY" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/10/large-d20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-807904507487546222Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:57:00 +00002010-04-30T17:57:07.258+10:00I found this site via boingboing I hoe you like it as much as I do… A few examples of the sheer badness! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/wKWtF5JvPM0/bad-bad-book-covers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/wKWtF5JvPM0" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/04/bad-bad-book-covers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8505122691940897272Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +00002010-03-29T19:59:18.544+11:00I have just been reading this article on Kotaku about ‘The Making of a Video Game Fanboy’ and I was thinking what am I… A Fanboy or just a gamer and what is the difference? The article talks a lot about the obsessive fans of consoles and how they are developed. I can see why they exist and how they have come about. For instance I grew up on a PC using DOS 6 and Window 3.1. I understand the PC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/0ddj3CxTrO0/gaming-fanboy-i-think-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/0ddj3CxTrO0" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/gaming-fanboy-i-think-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7510281190080552084Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:45:00 +00002010-03-23T20:56:28.381+11:00So it happened, the birth I mean. We went to bed Friday night, Anji a lot earlier then me (10.30pm) I crashed in a bit later at midnight or there abouts – I read for a bit then finally got off to sleep at 1.00am. 1.30am Anji awoke with a cry I think my waters have broken! Amazingly she got out of bed, so the fluid only went on the lino floor (easy to mop). After a quick clean up and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/EZNRmbEh-zk/kate-hana-harnwell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/EZNRmbEh-zk" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/kate-hana-harnwell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-1586376957545911599Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:02:00 +00002010-03-19T20:02:34.317+11:00Mygoodfriend Jeff has probably already gone through several pairs of pants due to this news but I think it still has to be said… The Hobbit will begin filming in July this year. It is expect to take a year or more… AND they are filming two movies… According to studio New Line, the first film will be an adaptation of The Hobbit, the novel Tolkien published before his Lord of the Rings cycle.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/sYVmXLmjdd4/hobbity-goodness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/sYVmXLmjdd4" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/hobbity-goodness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8373587413858160825Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:00 +00002010-03-18T22:26:07.980+11:00To celebrate the new year… umm or something like that! I have a new layout… That all I really had to say. Byeeeeeeeee http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/ix4MEPl83_g/new-layout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/ix4MEPl83_g" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-layout.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7765863690211372388Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:07:00 +00002010-03-18T22:20:35.082+11:00MusicIt seems that my past is revisiting… Suede are playing in London on the weekend. A reunion get together of sorts… still no Bernard but then again he was only in the band for the first 2 big albums – and still has so much effect on there sounds even though. To celebrate both the band and the getting back together here is one of my favourites… And to show all the non-believers Bernard Butler… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/DCZSbKAACNM/suede.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/DCZSbKAACNM" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/suede.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8352590331660170535Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:05:00 +00002010-03-18T17:05:00.632+11:00I have borrowed Fable II of a friend – I thought I needed something to play to keep my mind off the Impending Doom or else I am a glutton for punishment. Either way it is a really fun game and I am enjoying being able to grab a few moments here and there to play it. Not that I can say I have played it right through (I doubt I am even more then a 10% into it at the moment). The game play is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/eLOKpbmLzYA/fable-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/eLOKpbmLzYA" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/fable-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-2846647895460198429Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:39:00 +00002010-03-17T20:39:12.806+11:00AnjelBabyYes it has been a while since I posted something here. Life has taken over as you probably can imagine – getting everything ready for the arrival of the Impending Doom (as we have started to call it) Why Impending Doom? I hear you ask. Well that is easy to answer. It seems that most of our friends and family seem to feel the need to tell Anjel and myself how horrible the who birth experience ishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/SREBln9zrgc/long-time-between-drinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/SREBln9zrgc" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/03/long-time-between-drinks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-489406023420261823Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:56:00 +00002010-01-14T20:37:24.620+11:00I have a couple of guitar projects for this year. One is putting a new pickup and wiring for my Peavey Stratocaster guitar.It red (which makes it heaps faster then other guitars) - two single coils (neck and mid) and a humbucker at the bridge end. I want to wiring it up so that I can select each single separately and have tone volume for that pair. I will then wire a switch for the HB to allow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~3/5tyAWKHukxw/guitar-projects.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dalim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeIsToAStranger/~4/5tyAWKHukxw" height="1" width="1"/>http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2010/01/guitar-projects.html