Monthly Archives: June 2004

saki afb

Sometimes this sim is so beautiful. Taken after a mach 1 low pass and vertical climb over Saki airfield.

why do I keep rolling left?

Had my first online game of LOMAC in a while last night. It was a 4-man sortie with Woody, RangerKarl and Bucket in A-10s at sunset. Very cool. I had been farting around toasting light armoured vehicles with cluster bombs, mavericks and uranium milkbottles, paying little heed to the small-arms fire coming below when I [...]

UniProfile

Here is the latest version of the UniProfile for the X-45. If you don’t know what it’s for, you probably don’t need it. UniProfile_v1.2.0_build-14.zip (23k file)

it’s grim in the military

Budget cuts are taking their toll on the US Navy. Aircraft carriers are increasingly being seen as unnecessary in the modern geopolitical sense and a new, more mobile fleet has been ordered. Goose would not be happy.

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Just got my results for M301 TMA03 – 95%. Kickass.

weird science

The genetic engineer who invents a violet crumble tree will be rich indeed.

evanescence

I bought the the Evanescence album “Fallen” today. They’re a curious band, mixing goth powerchord semi-metal with piano/violin anthems. It’s a great album, highly recommended. The song “My Immortal” goes straight onto my Tim songlist.

word of the week

This week’s word is “asshat”. Try and use it in a sentence, e.g. “That Kitty on Big Brother is such an asshat”.

one year

Exactly a year ago today, at this time, I was sitting in this same room at this same desk, tapping on instant messenger to my three surviving brothers. In the six hours since I had taken that phone call from Chris, the one that I will never, ever forget, everything I knew and held dear [...]