Monthly Archives: June 2004

sick

I was home sick today, with a combination hayfever and flu. Tops. I’ve slept in and taken it easy, but also siezed the opportunity to have a LOMAC sortie with some of the guys from the VAAF. We had a great 2 vs 1, with me in a lone F-15 vs Fenis and Burnzoire in [...]

overtrained?

In my first few weeks at the Royal Military College, I was taught (read shouted at) to not walk between two cadets standing on opposite sides of a hallway having a conversation but to stop, excuse myself and wait for their permission to cross between them. I just realised that I still do that unconsciously; [...]

locator template

locator.psd (921k file) Set this as your skin and load it in the viewer. See what colour the mystery part is. That will tell you which row the part is on on the skin. Then rotate the map 90 degrees and look again – this will give you the column.

the idiot box

Cath and I have had somewhat of an epiphany since moving to the UK. When we arrived, we made a conscious decision not to buy a television. That isn’t to say we don’t watch TV (my 24″ Sony Trinitron makes an excellent screen with a TV card in the PC) and we now have a [...]

robbed

If I were an England fan today, I’d be pissed. England were most definitely robbed in their loss to Portugal in the European Cup last night. The refereeing was sketchy at best, blatantly one-eyed at worst. Now I’m not normally the sort of person that leaps to my feet and punches the air when England [...]

news

Saw the Red Hot Chilli Peppers on Saturday in Hyde Park – or should I say, saw them on video screens over a large fence :) Still, they sounded good and we had a great day drinking and playing football in the park. The Chillies were pretty good, though their rendition of Donna Summers’ “I [...]

the best thai food ever

Cath and I took her mum to dinner last week at Nahm, the Michelin-starred brainchild of Australian David Thompson in Knightbridge. We all agreed that it was without fear of contradiction the very best Thai food we have ever eaten or heard of. I am not kidding, make a booking right now. Here’s what The [...]

lock on 1.02

Having finally got my uni work out of the way for a few days, I had time to fly some LOMAC last night with the long-awaited 1.02 patch. What a massive difference. The F-15 radar is finally effective, the framerates are much better, all in all it’s a pleasure to fly now. Too bad I [...]

news

1. NSW lost Origin 2. Bollocks. 2. LOMAC patch 1.02 out. Schweet. 3. Chemistry TMA04 just finished. Uggghhh.

aahhh… the familiar smell of failure

England has upheld their title of being the biggest chokers on the planet, going from 1-0 up to 2-1 down in the final two minutes of injury time against France in the European Cup. Without a shred of a lie – with 30 minutes to go and England up by one, I stated quite clearly [...]