I for one can’t wait to see the upcoming blockbuster from Marvel Studios, “Lad”.

(Always love when image cropping does things like this)

Finished reading: A Darkness at Sethanon (The Riftwar Saga, Book 3) by Raymond E. Feist 📚

This captures a good chunk of my feelings on the Metaverse:

It’s funny because VR is such a powerful technology, as anyone who has used it even once can attest. But Meta, its biggest proponent, doesn’t seem to know what to do with it beyond “what you already do, but worse.”

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The thing I can’t understand about the Metaverse is why.

Why would anyone want to subject themselves to this horror? If this is the best idea anyone has for convincing people to strap a big, ugly device to their head, then they are going to lose a lot of money.

Today my daughter brought home her prizes for school fundraising, which included an exceptionally cheap plastic “VR headset” - just a slightly better version of Google Cardboard. I stuck my phone in and she watched a 360-degree YouTube video of a roller coaster. According to her, it was the best … read more

Finished reading: Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist 📚

The Ark Nova zoo is a little slow going, but I’m still out in front at the moment 🎲

Just watched the latest She-Hulk, and gotta say Daredevil was fantastic. The banter, the action… it was all spot on. 📺

Our expert judges have rated over 100 entries across 21 categories to determine the finalists for this year’s Innovation Awards. The post From simplified tax software to environmentally-friendly retail packaging, these are the Finder Innovation Award finalists for 2022 appeared first on … read more

Awesome trip out to Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo.

I don’t think Google can launch a new successful product anymore. Surely the weight of its failures is more than its successes?

Google is shutting down Google Stadia and refunding everyone’s money www.techradar.com/news/brea…

Managed to go out to dinner with the wife (and without the kids) for the first time since March last year. It was wonderful. I’ve missed those quiet meals.

How am I feeling right now? I’ve written a fair amount today. Nothing revolutionary – nothing that will change the world. But I managed to type out a bunch of words in sentences that made sense. Funnily enough, this feels like progress. Which is good. Because my motivational challenges at work are … read more

Today I had 1 meeting at work. It was designed to give me clear goals about what my role is supposed to be. Instead, I got goals to come up with what those goals should be. What annoyed me today? I am not enjoying work at the moment. Hell, I’m not enjoying much of anything at the moment. The problem … read more

Kids are finally at an age they can clean up after dinner. They don’t do a good job, but at least they do it.

EA is making an Iron Man game. it’s crazy that it took this long, given how awesome it felt to fly around as Iron Man in Disney Infinity. 🎮

Colleague pointed out I’d made the homepage of news.com.au yesterday. I’m the guy standing in the background of the main pic. 🤣 Show me the money!

Finished reading: Magician by Raymond E. Feist — have read this a few times, but I still really enjoy it. Now on to the next one! 📚

I have been holding off on the expanded Switch online offering since it launched. I just couldn’t see the value. But this… this could change things. 🎮 GoldenEye 007 Has Online Multiplayer On Nintendo Switch But Not On Xbox press-start.com.au/news/nint… read more

I have spent way to much time this week organising my Marvel Champions collection, only to discover I need more packs to add to my Marvel Champions collection. 🎲