continuous partial attention, erm I think

I recently twittered that I found 1,650 references in a goolge seacrh to continuous partial attention. So I thought I would do something to save having read all of those entries in a CPA/Web2.0 type way as a joke.
I created a yahoo pipe which takes a search of yahoo for CPA and then pumps that into content analysis which then pumps that into Flickr to find photos that represent the content analysis of the CPA entries.
What does it mean? I have no idea!

Red nose day, is this wrong to be able to see it on youtube?

I managed to miss a lot of comic relief this year, though I did record it on sky+.
Giving money to red nose day is essential as a n organization is does fantastic work AND provides great entertainment.
So seeing this fantastic sketch up on youtube, does that mean that people are going to watch and not donate? Does it mean that DVD fund raising sales will lower later?
I dont think so, I think that it is great that many more people will get to see these fantastic bits of comedy and get made aware or comic relief.

Kaneva and Second Life

Kaneva and Second Life, originally uploaded by epredator.

I have had a quick go with my apartment in Kaneva. First things first a picture form Second Life of epredator to stick on the wall.
Blending?

Kaneva apartment

kvpred, originally uploaded by epredator.

After a faltering start on vista using xp has let me get to my kaneva apartment. It just needs some furniture.

rockabilly history

Youtube does it again. My favourite song of all time Stray Cat Strut



I ended up looking for this due to a chain of events again.

I was helping find some music to calm baby Sam. So my itunes was being shuffled through. I then realized when I read a twitter about Jim Purbrick being in Brighton that I did not have Rumble in brighton on itunes. All my stray cats is on vinyl. I was a rockabilly when everyone was doing punk. So I hit the shop to find Rumble on Brighton and bumped into a superb Brian Setzer Orchestra best of live album. Including a cool version of the strut. So I downloaded it.

Meanwhile I had thrown together a video of Sophie's favourite game grape escape


Was uploading to youtube and thought, oooh stray cats I wonder, surely they wont be on there. Sure enough they were.

So now I am thinking I need a new avatar to sport the massive hair setzer style that I used to have when I was a kid growing up as a rockabilly rebel.

Its all too superb to take in.

Some more cool stuff

I managed to get all fired up by the PS3 keynote and in the midst of all that my new work laptop arrived.
So I now have to do all teh installs and moves of data etc, play with Second Life on it generally give it a work out.
However, GRAW2 for teh 360 has just come through the door and that needs a good session on it.
All that I am supposed to be helping build the mega power that is eightbar in Eve online.
Starting to look like there is too much to do :-)

Anyone ever seen one of these before?

IMGP0729, originally uploaded by epredator.

I have been looking at some of my old gadgets, getting a bit retro to help Sophie learn some stuff. The PC is an obvious vehicle, but this little gizmo I used to find fascinating and I have never seen one anywhere else.
Of course now I just googled it and it still exists.
Now I neeed to see if we can get some more cards for it.

Blending Mickey? as Spin says?

IMGP0690, originally uploaded by epredator.

Here we have teh updated Mickey Mouse all CGI paused on a Sky + PVR whilst at the same time enjoying the original B&W mickey on Youtube on a wireless laptop.
All to show my dad what this mad world is now all about.

Stuck on the A34

IMGP0709, originally uploaded by epredator.

I tried to drive to Warwick on Wednesday. Got 50 of teh 120 miles and the a34 got shut. We did not move much for 3 hours.
This amusingly dirty lorry was near me. It made me laugh.
The other picture on Flickr after it is so I have the timestamp for the fact we had not moved very much at all.

So Twitter/Tumblr/Blogs too many?

I have been sucked into twitter and now tumblr. It is hard to know where to post what. Its very exciting to have to find some sort of filter or meta voice to go across all these.
With all teh other things, and places to be. The world certainly is not shrinking !

Two of everything but still get a bluescreen of death

My new machine, the dual core, dual SLI gfx cards and 2 Gb is actually very good. I am pleased with it. Though I cant say I have gone WOW at Vista. Yes its nice, but the first time I put my machine into sleep mode I got a Blue Screen of Death. Maybe it knows who I work for.
So I am busy gettgin all the bits I need where I need them, recovering my itunes, setting up the media centre to talk to the 360 etc. It all takes too much time.
I got lots looking for outlook express, but it is now Windows Mail. Seemed to work teh same though not very good at getting my imported stuff from my old machine. Its great when a windows product does not recognize a windows file extension.
Still, it seems to work, its very fast and most of all both the first look and old school versions of Second Life seem to be working. VERY FAST !
I can now run FRAPS and go all machinima rather than my previous youtube movie which was a video camera pointed at the screen.

Crackdown rocks

As the title Crackdown on 360 is very good, must play, but working call first its 10pm :-)

How hard can it be to deliver a computer?

Given my 3 year old desktop at home melted I bought a new Mesh computer.
Firstly I had the very helpful barclaycard fraud detection squad stop the transaction phone my work voicemail (despite the message saying I am not here) which then took 1 hour to sort out with them and with Mesh.
I had planned to work at home tommorrow, specifically to be in for the delivery of the new machine (more critical now as my work machine is on the way out). They phoned me at 6 pm today to say "sorry there has been a slight delay". The slight delay is actually 7 days! Apparently the defualt excuse is that "we are waiting on the hard drive from the supplier". A bit odd that, not an uncommon part.
So having rearranged meetinegs etc I am now left with having to move stuff next week. I have no machine, and they already have the money. I picked Mesh because I bough my in-laws a machine a while back and I was impressed, but thinking back that was a week over too. Could it be part of the business? Take the money, delay a week must be some profit in that?
Anyway, noit sure if that will inform anyones buying decision. I am sure the machine will be lovely next week, I get less of a clash playing crackdown as that's on its way too now.
Anyway up to you, customer service atleast they told me. hmmmm not great.
Mesh
*UPDATE This I actually good, but could have been tricky. My machine has now been delivered only one day late. i.e. It came on friday (today). This is fantastic news, and I am lucky Jan was in.
So Mesh are back in my good books, but they did set my expectations in a strange way :-)

Roo Reynolds aka Algernon Spackler

Roo Reynolds aka Algernon Spackler, originally uploaded by rooreynolds.

I have to work and share an office with this.
Roo blended his RL with his SL
I have blended my avatars instead :-)

vanity pipe

Well I had to have a go with yahoo pipes and made a vanity pipe for second life references and me :-)

Much rejoicing as the gamerpoints mount up

I finally overtook aidy in gamerpoints on Xbox Live yesterday. Whilst playing, of all things in this HD interconnected hi tech gaming world paperboy.
I am not sure Aidy realized that we were in competition, and its not that hard to rack up some achievments. However, as gamers we just play. We seem to have a similar set of games and turnover in getting new games too. He also seems to be slightly better than this aging gamer so I love a challenge.
I also rebranded my blades and gamer pic with battlestar graphics. Why, well I can and I like battlestar.

The first two cards are an image of the state of play. 5364 plays 5359



The second are the 'live' cards that will change over time so you will be able to see how much I have been beaten up for this post :-)

I love music but sometimes forget - Still the brits is great

We have got the Brits on TV tonight, live awards show. Firstly its great as it finally has come of age, gone live and suitably edgy. Russell Brand is a hoot and insane.
They just had Brand introduce Steven Tyler and Sophie Ellis Bextor (never would have thought I would ever see that) to introduce an award that the Killers got.
What was great was to see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers perform. I have been a fan since the first time I saw and heard give it away on MTV. I am so glad they have become such a mega band as people used to say 'who?', the same used to happen with Green Day.
The other weirdness is that I have to admit I really like the Take That song that the reformed boy band did. Patience as a song is crafted and performed so well that it is impossible to ignore. It seems like it could have been pushed out in any genre and work.

Now I have to say that I never thought with my rock, blues and rap portfolio that I would ever post a youtube link of take that!
I alway sused to make a rule I woudl not buy a CD (yes old skool) if it did not have a parental advisory sticker on it. But music is music.
And what do you know they just one the first live brit vote for the best single.

Guiness Hands, Genius!

I was getting a little creeped out by the new guinness TV adverts. However, whilst watching the one in the middle of electra glide in blue on Film4 I bothered to follow the URL.
This website and the advert are as per usuall with guiness pure genius.
It reminds me of the I like monday video (must be a b3ta.com (viewer discretion a must))
Also there was a dnacing cow/cheesse online video maker back in the 99/2k era which I seem to have lost.
Still whilst looking for the odd cow rock video I found let them sing it for you again

Back to work - paternity leave is over

My paternity leave finished and I was back in the swing of things today. Thats not to say I have not been stil lin touch, both read and writing blogs, popping into Second Life and keeping tabs on all things metaversal of course.
For me everything it a continuum, a set of threads interwoven through many parts of life. Stopping cuts these threads.
Twenty, or even ten years ago these threads would not have really existed in most people lifes. For me though they do now, they are enabled and enhanced by much of the technology and by a willingness to use it.
Now its not to everyones taste, but for me it works. Seeing these patterns, keeping them going is a skill and not everyone can do it, measure it or even accept it, but the world takes all sorts :-)

I just realized no trackbacks on blogger.com

I was scanning my blog feeds and ended up on wonderland about a battlestar game I then realized, after some hunting down that this blogger.com - its google its easy place doesnt do trackbacks!
What a pain!
So I am guessing I will have to look at moving. Trackbacks, both serious and comedy, are far too important to miss out.
Anyway the post was about battlestar and games and here is the game I have from back in the day