Xbox Cheat Sheet
Various bits and bobs related to the Microsoft Xbox consoles that may be useful.
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Various bits and bobs related to the Microsoft Xbox consoles that may be useful.
Read moreI had a strange dream last night and, as usual, can only partially recall it:Away on business, I arrive at the Travelodge, a budget chain-hotel, just after seven in the evening. I’m due to see a client the next day and the familiar mundane routine is about to commence – check-in, dinner, shower, film and bed.
Read moreA company I worked for had abdicated responsibility to maintain their fleet of cars by making individuals perform car checks when using a ‘pool car’. Nobody knew what they were looking for so I made this checklist to help everyone out. Somebody may find this useful and at the end of the day, being in a safe car could not only prevent injury or save your life but could save lives of other road users/pedestrians.
Read moreI love optical illusions. They remind me of the limitations of our sensory engagement with the world and just how much our brains really contribute to processing those inputs. Our brains do ‘fill in the blanks a lot’, exemplified by this paragraph that was prolific on the web in the early 2000s: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Net result: reality is in the mind. Animals remind us of those sensory constraints. The commoner garden blackbird has far greater colour-vision/acuity than humans. From its perspective, other blackbirds are a multitude of colours. Perhaps the octopus illustrates the sentiment better though as Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses in Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness – the octopus is an intelligent creature whose evolutionary path diverged from our own 750 million years ago and its[…]
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