Category Archives: Weblogs

August 19, 2005 · 4:32 pm

Bloggage

I’m guest-adminning for Desci at the moment whilst she and her much-discussed boyfriend are out chasing this halfway around the country for a week. In her abscence she’s arranged for a Fitsian smorgasboard of exciting and dynamic guestposters to stimulate her readership daily in the manner to which they’ve become accustomed. You should really check it out.

Operative Cronin (formerly tobyesterhase) gave up blogging for a while, but is happily back, and brings detailed news of the operative meetup in Buffalo, New York back in June.

And the inimitable Nada Awad aka Deadsoybean has quit blogging (and gone all Quilly on our asses), which is, contrastingly, sad. But she has her reasons.

Look, It’s My Earthly Fortune

Not including 5c coins and the $1.62 in my bank account: eight dollars and thirty cents.

What should I spend it on?

I get paid tomorrow, and I’ve enough food stashed for tonight. I was thinking maybe stuff for breakfast (milk, bread, eggs – that kind of thing) but that’s so mundane, and I crave novelty.

As advised at Chez Rorschach, my position on the Big Brother question: Vesna was robbed, but our maturity and commonsense as a nation will prevail tonight when Tim, quite easily the least obnoxious BB contestant ever, emerges rightly victorious.

(UPDATE – I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there’s something wrong with the world. I don’t know what it is, but I feel it – like a splinter in the back of my mind, driving me mad..)

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August 12, 2005 · 8:44 pm

neurocam.com Is Back

After a fashion.

In other news, good to see sub-xero is still kicking along.

*rolls eyes*

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August 10, 2005 · 4:41 pm

Alexis & Althea

Alexis is, happily, back with a new url and is – I believe – in search of a new template, if anyone knows of any good ones.

Stealthy Australian non-operative neuroblogger Althea is also acknowledged.

Advisory (& Dan Pritchard)

Posts will likely be a bit thin on the ground this week. I am feeling sick and demoralised and – just for a change – I have a stack of email that I really want to clear.

Jo is taking me to Luna Park on Thursday. It’s just down the road from where I live but I’ve never been. We shall eat faerie floss and go on the Faerris Wheel. If it’s open. Which, looking at their site, it isn’t. Unless it’s school holidays right now. Is it school holidays? It isn’t, is it. Damn.

I’ve also been encouraged to attend a certain event on Friday, which should be interesting.. although I probably won’t be able to say much about it.

What else? Dan “Conchis” Pritchard is drawing attention to himself again. Dunno what it’s about, but it seems to have something to do with the return of the legendary Robert Henley and they’re all over it on the Neuroboards.

Here are some nice bonus pics of The Magus burning which somehow got left out last time:

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August 1, 2005 · 7:09 pm

iPod

My silver iPod mini (codename: Magnus) had been misbehaving; the battery wouldn’t hold a charge for longer than 20 minutes. But it was a gift purchased at Cash Converters and I didn’t have a receipt for it. Still don’t.

I was a little concerned about this, but I need not have been.

I simply went to the appropriate page on the Apple website, gave them my serial number, filled out a short multiple choice ~~test~~ description of the problem, and with no futher questions asked, by some miracle of internet/real-world crossover technology, a new (well, refurbished) one arrived via the analog postal service today, a week later.

Now I have to post my broken one back to them and they will refurbish it and send it to someone else. I have this warm, glowing sensation; I’m really a part of something.

Hooray for Apple, the large corporation it’s sort of okay not to despise.

(Subsequent to actually opening said package: it transpires that Steve & co. have, in fact, sent me a refurbished power adapter, which is of no use at all. Hmph.)

In other happy news, Ms Fits has acknowledged my existence. I feel a bewildering array of emotions. Of course this is a joyous occasion and a vindication of many years of struggle but I am somewhat plagued by a sense of unworthiness.

Also: what am I to do with the rest of my life?

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July 30, 2005 · 7:03 pm

Recent Searchly Hits

“want to work as a machinist”
“masked woman”
“salo castration”
“how do you get 2 eggs on a tamagotchi in australia”
“peter carey the cartographers” (Presumably looking for the story “Do You Love Me?”, which I actually wanted to post but rejected on the grounds that it was too long.)
“katie holmes brainwashed scientology”
Four days later: “katie holmes has been brainwashed”
A few days after that: “has katie holmes been brainwashed?”
“teigan fun at the feddish”
“neurophone pics”
As always, several for (variously) “neurocam”, “neurocam assignment”, “neurocam operative”… but also multiple hits for “Robin Hely”, mostly from Google New Zealand. Don’t know what that’s about.

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July 28, 2005 · 1:26 am

The Neurocouncil

Operatives Rorschach and Li (note tragically melted face), and a non-blogging operative

It was a success, I think. A somewhat disappointing seven operatives showed up in person – Cat was there proverbially, and Operative Jojo sent an apologetic text message or two – but these operatives were not in themselves at all disappointing.

One I had never met but knew online. Three I had previously participated in an assignment with. Of these, one had officiated at my book burning, one I knew online, and one was half of the pair of elusive and, of course, mysterious non-bloggers who emerged from their holes – which is always good. One had discovered quite an interesting thing. (dude – email me)

A detailed report will not be made since somewhat inevitably more was said than is entirely suitable for broadcasting.

Operative “no pictures!” Reanimator and another non-blogging operative

Expect a William S. Burroughsesque audio cutup from Operative Reanimator shortly. Along with another interesting project or two.

An attempt at a collective audio blog post was made. It may require some work.

A good time was had by all.

I was a pussy and had to bail early.

Neurocam will be fine.

Everything is fine.

Relax.

Li‘s melted face is admired by a non-blogging operative and American Guy

UPDATE – American Guy & Reanimator have reports which actually cover what we discussed to some extent, if you’re interested in that. A lot of Reanimator’s is made up, though…

2nd UPDATE – Rorschach and Li have also posted reports, Li’s being by far the most accurate.

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July 22, 2005 · 1:22 am

Simon‘s Gone To A Lot Of Trouble

And I want to see him getting some comments, okay?!

Okay.

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July 20, 2005 · 3:39 am

Neurocam, Weblogs

I am not moving Tript‘s link out of the Neurobloggers’ section in silent protest against his sad decision to give up the practice.

And I have added two, both from California: Dev of Neurowiki fame, and hitshermark, who is, weirdly, not actually an operative yet as far as I know.

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· 1:06 am

Li‘s Literacy Skills Are Progressing Well

It’s really a shame about his face melting.

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July 15, 2005 · 3:16 pm

Ritual Burning Of The Magus by John Fowles

Operatives Jojo, Li, Reanimator, Teigan and Xade attending.

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July 14, 2005 · 12:13 pm

Audio Message From Lady J!! (452kb MP3)

I’m so proud.

I would normally keep such a thing out of the public sphere, but she posted mine.

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July 6, 2005 · 11:48 pm

Report From Our Man On The Frontier

Operative Li writes:

trying…to…audio…blog….

i’m kind of tripping right now and can’t work my machinery…

i got this pic though.

is it supposed to mean something? only the person i was 10 minutes ago knows for sure.